Baraka's background
NJ gubernatorial candidate Baraka applauded violent rhetoric by Louis Farrakhan
As Newark deputy mayor, Baraka said introducing Farrakhan at a speech where he espoused violent and conspiratorial views was ‘the best job that I have had thus far’
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Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka, speaks to the press on January 24, 2025, one day after the arrest of migrants by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka was a speaker at an event with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in the early 2000s and applauded violent rhetoric by the controversial preacher.
Baraka, now the mayor of Newark, N.J., was...