A democratic socialist heads to Brooklyn for campaign funds -- for a Rhode Island race
When democratic socialist candidates need campaign cash, they bring their tin cups to the Big Apple just like any other politicians.
David Morales, a progressive candidate for mayor in Providence, Rhode Island, will hold a fundraiser Thursday night at Rodeo Bar in Crown Heights, where more than 100 people are expected to help him rake in thousands for his insurgent campaign. Morales is challenging incumbent Democratic Mayor Brett Smiley with a pledge to bring rent control to Providence.
The event is the latest example of how New York City is at the heart of the growing national democratic socialist movement.
“New York City has the best organized, most effective, most successful socialist organization and socialist scene in the country,” said the event’s main host, Dan Denvir, cochair of Reclaim Rhode Island, a left-wing political and housing justice organization. “So it's a natural place to go and ask for support for what we're trying to do in the city of Providence.”
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where people whose families have lived there for decades are now priced out of the housing market by wealthy socialists.
