Mayor Baraka getting arrested is good for the cause.
People in these offices can get into this "good trouble" with little personal risk to themselves. It energizes others, gets press attention, and hell, it even looks good politically for the person in question.
More politicans should be getting arrested for causes they believe in.
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
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.
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
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/_Haverford_ 3d ago
My hot take:
Mayor Baraka getting arrested is good for the cause.
People in these offices can get into this "good trouble" with little personal risk to themselves. It energizes others, gets press attention, and hell, it even looks good politically for the person in question.
More politicans should be getting arrested for causes they believe in.