Alex Morse: “I Would Be One of the Few Democrats That Stands Up To the Democratic Party”
The progressive congressional candidate talks to Jacobin about the smear campaign he’s endured, the limitations of a Joe Biden presidency plus Richard Neal chairmanship, his record on policing, his personal relationship to the opioid crisis, and democratic socialism.
Alex Morse is the current mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts, and a candidate for Congress in Massachusetts’s first congressional district.
On Tuesday, September 1, Alex Morse will attempt to unseat sixteen-term incumbent Richard Neal. Neal is an establishment Democrat who’s devoted his career to protecting corporate interests and blocking the expansion of social programs. Morse is a progressive challenger who supports Medicare for All, a Green New Deal with a federal jobs guarantee, and tuition-free public college.
Naturally, wealthy executives, large corporations, and party insiders and hopefuls are circling the wagons to stop Morse. In early August, the Intercept revealed that he’d been intentionally wrongfully accused of sexual misconduct. Though all available evidence exonerates Morse, the opposition is still smearing him over the weekend, with the election days away.
Jacobin’s Meagan Day spoke to Alex Morse about the attacks he’s endured, the limitations of a Joe Biden presidency plus a Richard Neal chairmanship, his record on policing, his personal relationship to the opioid crisis, and democratic socialism.
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