Brooklyn’s Democratic Congress members back Gonzalez for DA
Reps. Say Gonzalez Can be Trusted to Fight Back Against Trump
Acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez has some of the biggest endorsements out of the six candidates running for district attorney in Brooklyn, and he got four more big ones on Wednesday when the borough’s four Democratic U.S. representatives all announced that they were backing him in September’s primary.
U.S. Reps. Jerrold Nadler, Nydia Velázquez, Yvette D. Clarke and Hakeem Jeffries all stood beside Gonzalez at a press conference in DUMBO on Wednesday and cited his resistance to President Donald Trump and his administration as one of the biggest reasons for supporting him.
“At a time when people across the political spectrum recognize the need for criminal justice reform, Donald Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions wants more mandatory minimums and more policies that unfairly target low income people and people of color,” said Velázquez.