Today’s Washington Post reports that Trump had stolen classified documents containing state secrets about Iran and China. This is a major reason why I’m running for Mayor. Every other candidate wants you to ignore this enormous threat. Here we have an ex-president who actually is engaged in espionage. (What other possible explanation is there for this?) And his entire party supports him and what he stands for. It’s not that I’m so into American “security” or anything like that, but if he and his party can do this, what won’t they stop at? If the MAGA Republicans take over the entire national government, this means the end of actual democratic rule.

“Democracy” vs. dictatorship
We know that U.S. democracy is riddled with crimes against humanity and against nature, but one-person dictatorship is far, far worse. It will completely overwhelm any attempts at “reform” here in Oakland. Yet every other candidate wants you to ignore this enormous danger, some because they support MAGAism (Liu and to a lesser extent de la Fuente) and others because they have no answer. A national, grass roots/working class resistance must be built, and we can start it here in Oakland.