N.J. Governor’s race is a month away. Newark mayor Ras Baraka was arrested today seeking to enter an ICE detention facility in Newark. Wondering how much of a bump, if any, he gets from this. Remain concerned about Gottheimer as his ads are constantly popping up on YouTube and elsewhere on line. Meanwhile Sherrill has been virtually invisible. Maybe she’s doing more of her ads on tv and radio.
N.J. Governor’s race is a month away. Newark mayor Ras Baraka was arrested today seeking to enter an ICE detention facility in Newark. Wondering how much of a bump, if any, he gets from this. Remain concerned about Gottheimer as his ads are constantly popping up on YouTube and elsewhere on line. Meanwhile Sherrill has been virtually invisible. Maybe she’s doing more of her ads on tv and radio.
Doesn't seem that Baraka's agenda here is any different than Democrats who did the same thing in Trump's first term as POTUS when ICE was committing atrocious crimes then.
I'm not sure this is going to change the dynamic of the NJ-GOV race in Baraka's favor but I'm glad he's doing it.
It's a good thing to do, and actually doing it differentiates him from the other candidates even if they all support his actions. There's a difference between getting yourself arrested and opposing a policy.
This is a very brave move from him. Not only does he show that he’s willing to put himself in harm’s way to protect his people, but it shines a light on how low Trump’s ICE is willing to go.
I wonder if any of the not-Cuomo NYC mayoral candidates are thinking something like:
"Damn, I should think about doing some high profile act of anti-Trump civil disobedience to get some press to try to break out of the pack, cause that NJ guy just got millions in publicity"
N.J. Governor’s race is a month away. Newark mayor Ras Baraka was arrested today seeking to enter an ICE detention facility in Newark. Wondering how much of a bump, if any, he gets from this. Remain concerned about Gottheimer as his ads are constantly popping up on YouTube and elsewhere on line. Meanwhile Sherrill has been virtually invisible. Maybe she’s doing more of her ads on tv and radio.
Is this Trump trying to prop up Baraka in the primary thinking he’ll be easier to beat in the general?
Do you think he's that strategic? I don't.
Doesn't seem that Baraka's agenda here is any different than Democrats who did the same thing in Trump's first term as POTUS when ICE was committing atrocious crimes then.
I'm not sure this is going to change the dynamic of the NJ-GOV race in Baraka's favor but I'm glad he's doing it.
It's a good thing to do, and actually doing it differentiates him from the other candidates even if they all support his actions. There's a difference between getting yourself arrested and opposing a policy.
This is a very brave move from him. Not only does he show that he’s willing to put himself in harm’s way to protect his people, but it shines a light on how low Trump’s ICE is willing to go.
I wonder if any of the not-Cuomo NYC mayoral candidates are thinking something like:
"Damn, I should think about doing some high profile act of anti-Trump civil disobedience to get some press to try to break out of the pack, cause that NJ guy just got millions in publicity"