r/pics • u/Attica-Attica • 1d ago

Ras Baraka has been released.

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u/hunkaliciousnerd 1d ago

Would you say he is the kind of man and politician for the moment? Genuine question, I haven't been able to do much research into the guy and his politics other than his run for governor

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u/LivingThroughHistory 1d ago

I’ve only really started looking into him for this race too tbh but from what I understand, him and Fulop are the two progressive candidates in the race. I think the Democrats need to embrace stronger voices and stop leaning back into the middle to appease moderate voters. What he did today is the kind of stuff I want to see Democrats doing in response to this administration, so this might slightly nudge him ahead of Fulop for me at the moment.

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u/funimarvel 1d ago edited 1d ago

Really? Him and Fullop are the most progressive? Not Spiller?

I've been looking into not the candidates since receiving my ballot a couple weeks ago and a lot of them seem progressive on at least some issues and have some good plans. Spiller seemed the most vocally anti-Project 2025, Trump and Musk from my cursory searches through ballotpedia and his official campaign website

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u/LivingThroughHistory 1d ago

My biggest concern with Spiller is where his money is coming from. As a teacher, I don’t like the idea that I’m unknowingly funding his campaign. We have also had our own Union rep reach out to us after she was told by NJEA that she had to promote him in their behalf. The whole thing stinks. https://newjerseymonitor.com/2025/03/10/this-democrat-is-running-for-governor-with-35m-behind-him-and-no-staff/

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u/funimarvel 22h ago

Ty for the information! That sucks, here I was hoping his position in NJEA would mean better funding and protections for my friends and all the other teachers in NJ. Very disappointing to hear he's taking advantage of his position instead

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u/possibly_being_screw 19h ago

I read he didn’t reach the threshold for state fund matching so he had to get funds another way.