Newark Mayor Baraka: We Can Have Different Positions on Immigration, but We All Have to Defend the Constitution

RUSH TRANSCRIPT KUMAR So ░░░░░░░░ of the reasons that ░░░░░░░░ think that this has ░░░░░░░░ such national attention is ░░░░░░░░ you were there as ░░░░░░░░ public servant You were ░░░░░░░░ doing your job of ░░░░░░░░ sure that that private ░░░░░░░░ facility was not doing ░░░░░░░░ against the law What ░░░░░░░░ that signal for other ░░░░░░░░ officials And I ask ░░░░░░░░ I know that one ░░░░░░░░ the things that modi ░░░░░░░░ India did so effectively ░░░░░░░░ Erdogan and Turkey did ░░░░░░░░ effectively is that they ░░░░░░░░ going after the press ░░░░░░░░ started going after elected ░░░░░░░░ they started going after ░░░░░░░░ society to start signaling ░░░░░░░░ there was a new ░░░░░░░░ in town so to ░░░░░░░░ What do you believe ░░░░░░░░ not just the crux ░░░░░░░░ it but how do ░░░░░░░░ American people how do ░░░░░░░░ fight back BARAKA That ░░░░░░░░ exactly right I think ░░░░░░░░ is we re moving ░░░░░░░░ into authoritarianism this idea ░░░░░░░░ we can defy courts ░░░░░░░░ maybe or maybe not ░░░░░░░░ have to listen to ░░░░░░░░ courts the federal courts ░░░░░░░░ the laws don t ░░░░░░░░ anything And state and ░░░░░░░░ municipalities that we can ░░░░░░░░ people s elected authority ░░░░░░░░ power This is what ░░░░░░░░ happening here And I ░░░░░░░░ ultimately folks have to ░░░░░░░░ against that This is ░░░░░░░░ moral moment we re ░░░░░░░░ right now We need ░░░░░░░░ play on the sidelines ░░░░░░░░ we figure out how ░░░░░░░░ push back against what ░░░░░░░░ happening collectively I think ░░░░░░░░ we have a need ░░░░░░░░ have a collective push ░░░░░░░░ protecting our constitution because ░░░░░░░░ s really what it ░░░░░░░░ about the Constitution of ░░░░░░░░ country constitution of the ░░░░░░░░ that we live in ░░░░░░░░ the policies that we ░░░░░░░░ based on the voters ░░░░░░░░ elected us And that ░░░░░░░░ what we re defending ░░░░░░░░ these policies and immigration ░░░░░░░░ know fights that we ░░░░░░░░ having back and forth ░░░░░░░░ can both have different ░░░░░░░░ on immigration but we ░░░░░░░░ to all—“