‘It’s Time For Change’ – Socialist Arizona Candidate Wants Jeffries Out

First there was Zohran Mamdani in New York. Then Chris Rabb in Pennsylvania. Then came Claire Valdez, Darializa Avila-Chevalier, and Brad Lander in New York, followed by Melat Kiros in Colorado.

Now, longtime anti-war and justice organizer Kai Newkirk is seeking to bring the democratic socialist surge to Arizona. Newkirk joined Zeteo to talk about his campaign, who's trying to stop it, and why a socialist candidate in a purple state may not be a pipe dream.

“The problems that we’re trying to solve are common across the country,” Newkirk said, adding that if a socialist message can make it in New York, it can make it anywhere: “The idea that, in the biggest city in the country — and in the capital of capitalism worldwide — a democratic socialist could win there was pretty far-fetched, right?”

Newkirk also spoke at length about where he and his opponent, Rep. Greg Stanton, differ on U.S. ties to Israel.

“For someone like Stanton to live through this period of these historic atrocities... [and] to actually enable and facilitate it... to me, that’s morally disqualifying,” he said.

All the while, Newkirk alleges, Israel is now interfering in his election — helped by Donald Trump’s former campaign manager.

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