A new ad for Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s bid to become the next governor of New Jersey hits President Donald Trump’s gutting of the U.S. Department of Education.
In “Trump,” Baraka claims to be the one Democratic gubernatorial candidate to fight Trump and repeats his statement that “there’s a criminal in the Oval Office.” The ad begins with a clip of Trump.
Script: “(Trump) “I will sign an executive order to begin eliminating the federal Department of Education. (Voiceover) Donald Trump is killing the Department of Education and attacking Social Security. In the race for governor, only one New Jersey Democrat is fighting back: Ras Baraka. Ras Baraka is a proud Democrat, and he’s not afraid to stand up to Donald Trump. (Baraka) They don’t have to go too far to look for criminals. They just need to go to the Oval Office, because there’s a criminal in the Oval Office.”
Baraka released a similar ad this week, hitting Trump on education.
The three-term mayor of Newark is one of six Democrats seeking to replace term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy, along with Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, Reps. Josh Gottheimer and Mikie Sherrill, New Jersey Education Association President Sean Spiller, and former Senate President Steve Sweeney.