By Ras Baraka For Governor Campaign
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New Jersey (April 21, 2025) – Yesterday, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka joined MSNBC’s “The Weekend” to discuss his gubernatorial campaign and the destructive impacts of the Trump administration, particularly for African Americans.
In a discussion with Symone Sanders-Townsend and Michael Steele, Mayor Baraka spoke about the opportunities that his family found in New Jersey and how his background is the epitome of the American success story. Mayor Baraka then spoke about supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion as a matter of good government and protecting immigrant communities and due process.
The interview follows an unprecedented joint endorsement by six statewide progressive and labor organizations: Rutgers AAUP-AFT, 32BJ SEIU, New Jersey Citizen Action, Make the Road Action New Jersey, New Jersey Working Families Party, and the Workers United LDFS Joint Board. Polling continues to show Mayor Baraka as not only a leading candidate in the Democratic primary for governor of New Jersey, but as the most favorable candidate among voters.
The full interview can be watched here.
