Today Daniel Squadron, 37-year-old democratic Senator, who represents the 20 districts of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan, announced his imminent resignation. This position he held since 2008.
About the decision Squadron announced on the official website of the Senate of the state of new York and in the article he wrote for the Daily News.
Thank you — it has truly been an honor to serve the people of the 26th District. https://t.co/sZkEd5O9h0
— Sen. Daniel Squadron (@DanielSquadron) August 9, 2017
«Thank you, it was a true honor to serve the people of the 26th district.»
The Senator will leave his post on Fridayto undertake a national campaign for democratic values, which from November-the month in the victory of Donald trump in the presidential election, “are under threat”.
“After much deliberation, I decided to help to change the situation in States across the country, advancing policies and candidates that will create a more equitable and democratic future,” said Squadron.
But, according to the politician, this task becomes feasibleif we continue to remain at the position full time.
The main problem that exists in the Senate, and Congress as a whole, is corruption, says Daniel Squadron.
«Rank and file legislators face structural barriers, including «three men in a room» decision-making, rules, financing of campaigns, riddled with loopholes, and the budget process controlled by the Governor,» says the Senator in his article.
Squadron notes that the presidential elections in 2016 to appear on “the growing split based on geography, origin, features and even the truth.” According to the politician, that such a gap threatens democracy and the future of the country.
Moreover, Daniel Squadron sure that the split was made in the financial interests of Charles and David Koch, who own oil company Koch Industries and are major sponsors of the Republican politicians.
“For decades they invested in campaigns at the local, state and national levels, as well as in think tanks, legislative development and the media, thereby creating a United front to promote their interests,” says Squadron on the activities of the Koch brothers.
The Senator did not forget to mention Donald trump, to which “heat treat” Charles and David, and whose actions become a “growing cause for alarm for everyone who cares for the institutions of our country.”
“Allies in the Senate and the Congress did some work to reflect the priorities of the corrosion of the President of trump, despite the plan of the Congress to pre-empt the control before any vote. But States have to mobilise to do more,” – said the politician.
And for this reason he decided to retire from the upper house of the Legislature of new York, together with American entrepreneur Adam Pritzker and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University Jeffrey Sachs to begin to eliminate threats to democracy across the state.
At the same time, specific actions that a politician is going to take to achieve his goal, he had not yet told.
Until November 2017, his post representing the 26th district in the Senate, it will be empty, but Daniel Squadron sure that his premature departure will have no impact on the party balance of the chamber.
