Monday, November 28, 2011
Politics Charles Barron Running for Congress on the "Robert Mugabe Is My Hero" Party Line
Posted by Mark Asch on Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 2:40 PM
Assembleyman Hakeem Jeffries also seems set to run in the 2012 Democratic primary, after redistricting; Barron previously ran for the seat in 2006, taking 35% of the vote in a three-way race (Towns won with 45%, as sleazy Atlantic Yards opportunist Roger Green, whose state Assembly seat is now held by Jeffries, took 15%).
Colin Campbell of the Brooklyn Politics Blog was at Barron's Sunday presser to record his announcement; it's notable mostly for his doubling-down on his anti-colonialist politics, starting at around 8:00:
"They told me when I get up here, don't say nothing about foreign policy, Charles, 'cause they're gonna use that against you." The comment about Mugabe's heroism is in reference to his land-redistribution policies.
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