Newark Mayor Ras Baraka relished the chance to sit between former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli and sitting state Senator Jon Bramnick, throwing loose elbows at every opportunity, delighted by the prospect of smashing Republican sacred cows. Eyes twinkling, the Democrat seemed amused by the Trump-ravaged straits of the GOP, even as Ciattarelli and Bramnick looked like they won’t be able to get at each other fast enough in a primary brawl for the soul of the New Jersey Republican Party.
For the moment, the Republican rivals welcomed the energetically combative Baraka as rep of an unchecked Democratic Party they mutually agree has driven New Jersey’s business community meshuggah. Baraka, for his part, defended the Democrats’ record on business in this state, […].
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