BOSTON—Mayor Wu kicked off her extended Fourth of July weekend not by addressing payroll chaos at City Hall — but by blasting Donald Trump.

In a sharply worded statement released Thursday, Wu denounced Trump’s “so-called Big Beautiful Bill,” accusing him of targeting Boston families while giving “massive tax cuts to billionaires.”

Wu specifically framed the bill as a threat to her climate agenda, warning that Trump’s plan would gut clean energy programs that are “powering the region’s economy.”

Here’s her full statement:

“President Trump’s so-called Big Beautiful Bill is an attack on the people of Boston. The President and his supporters in Congress are jamming a bill through that will steal health insurance and food assistance from thousands of Boston families while giving massive tax cuts to billionaires.

The bill takes a hatchet to clean energy programs that are powering the region’s economy and will raise the costs that regular Bostonians pay for college, cars, and home improvements.

It will make our country poorer, sicker, and hungrier, and should be opposed by every American who believes that our national government is meant to serve everyone, not just the most powerful and connected.”

But while Wu took aim at Washington, City workers back home were left wondering when they’d be paid.

Friday, July 4 — the day after her remarks — was also a scheduled payday. But because of the July 4th holiday, paychecks didn’t post, and no advance warning was issued to employees. The delay caught many workers off guard and sparked confusion across City departments.

According to reporting by the Boston Herald, the Wu administration did respond to the controversy after the fact, confirming that many employees would be paid on Monday, July 7 — but by then, frustration had already boiled over internally.

📎 Read more on the City’s payroll chaos here:
City of Boston Employees Left Without Pay on July 4th Weekend

Mayor Wu’s Trump statement came just hours before the City shut down for the long weekend — and with paychecks missing, her critics say she appeared more focused on national headlines than local responsibility.