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The American Prospect has a must-read feature on Arati's campaign for Medicare for All and the Green New Deal:
When Josh Gottheimer first won his House seat in New Jersey’s Fifth District in 2016 ... Dr. Arati Kreibich was ecstatic. She’d backed Gottheimer’s campaign, knocked on doors on his behalf, and proudly displayed his yard sign in her front yard.
Upon Gottheimer’s arrival in Congress, however, that excitement quickly began to wane ... He earned a reputation as one of Trump’s favorite Democrats, going to great lengths to battle other Dems and advance the Trump agenda. He went after members of his own caucus, including Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, charging the latter as anti-Semitic. He racked up allegations of mistreating staff.
The American Prospect continues:
After he worked to stop a House immigration bill that would have increased oversight of Customs and Border Protection’s cruel family separation program, leading to passage of a Senate Republican bill with no such oversight, Kreibich had seen enough. She decided to run for the seat herself.
Now, Kreibich, a neuroscientist and Indian immigrant, is running a spirited progressive challenge to Gottheimer.
Thanks for standing up.
-- Arati for Congress
