{"id":25197,"date":"2021-11-04T15:14:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T19:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=25197"},"modified":"2021-11-04T15:14:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T19:14:48","slug":"state-local-election-analysis-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/11\/04\/state-local-election-analysis-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Think You Can\u2019t Make a Difference? Just Ask Edward Durr"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Who is Edward Durr, you wonder? He\u2019s the truck driver who just defeated the president of the New Jersey State Senate<\/a> in Tuesday\u2019s elections. Even more remarkable than knocking off the person who was arguably the second most powerful elected official in the Garden State is that Mr. Durr accomplished this feat with a campaign war chest of $153. That is not a typo. Durr defeated State Senate President Steve Sweeney \u2013 who undoubtedly had a lot more cash to work with \u2013 for about what it costs him to fill up his truck with gas these days in New Jersey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the department within\nFAIR that deals with the many citizens and activists who reach out to us for\nhelp in ensuring that immigration laws protect their interests and safety\n(which is how it is supposed to work), the biggest obstacle we have to overcome\nis discouragement and hopelessness in the face of elected officials and\nbureaucracies that ignore, or outright disdain, the concerns of the people they\nare supposed to serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We don\u2019t know what motivated Mr. Durr to take on the president of the State Senate. We don\u2019t know the reasons the majority of voters in his senate district decided to pull the lever for an obscure truck driver with $153 in his campaign coffer. It was probably multiple factors, all having to do with the New Jersey political establishment\u2019s arrogance and contempt for the people of New Jersey. Gov. Phil Murphy, who appears to have hung on<\/a> to his job by the skin of his teeth, notably scolded the public<\/a> for complaining about high taxes saying, \u201cIf taxes are your issue, then New Jersey\u2019s probably not your state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Durr is not the only one who took on the establishment and won. A hundred miles or so down I-95 in Virginia, other citizen activists, Asra Nomani and Ian Prior, played a key role in holding a contemptuous political establishment accountable. Ms. Nomani and Mr. Prior didn\u2019t run for office, but they sure made a difference<\/a>. Fed-up with the patronizing disdain they and other parents (or, as U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland likes to call them, \u201cdomestic terrorists\u201d<\/a>) were receiving from local school boards that were treating them \u201clike dirt,\u201d they organized a political movement that shook up Virginia\u2019s political establishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We at FAIR deal with\ncitizens and activists all across the country who, when they express their\nconcerns about costs, crime, drain on social services and other byproducts of\nmass immigration and sanctuary policies are told to shut up. Being told to shut\nup, or worse, to be falsely accused of promoting hatred, for expressing\nlegitimate concerns can be disheartening \u2013 which is exactly what the people who\ninstitute sanctuary policies and taxpayer giveaways to illegal aliens want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not everyone is going to end the political career of a powerful elected official for $153, but as Edward Durr, Asra Nomani, and Ian Prior demonstrated this week, the entrenched political establishment can be made to listen. If you are looking for ways to make the political establishments in your community or state listen to your concerns about unchecked immigration and dangerous sanctuary policies, we encourage you to join FAIR\u2019s network of local activists<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To borrow a slogan from the open borders, mass amnesty lobby, Si se puede! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Who is Edward Durr, you wonder? He\u2019s the truck driver who just defeated the president of the New Jersey State Senate in Tuesday\u2019s elections. Even more remarkable than knocking off the person who was arguably the second most powerful elected official in the Garden State is that Mr. Durr accomplished this feat with a campaign<\/p>\n

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