Newark Mayor Ras Baraka getting himself arrested at a federal immigration detention center in his New Jersey city last week was “a cheap political stunt” designed to raise the Democrat’s profile as he seeks his party’s nomination for governor, Tricia McLaughlin, DHS assistant secretary for public affairs told Newsmax.
“This mayor, who is running for higher office, wanted his 15 minutes of fame, and he’s willing to do it on the backs of our law enforcement officers by trespassing, by storming that facility,” McLaughlin said on “Wake Up America” Tuesday.
“He put our law enforcement officers at risk; he put our staff at risk; and he actually put the detainees themselves at risk. But what I would like to ask the mayor is who does he want out of that facility? Is it the MS-13 gang members? Is it the known terrorists? Is it the child rapists? Is it the murders? Which of these heinous actors does he want out of this detention facility?”
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