Brooks, a well-known activist in the county, told a full-time paid member of her campaign staff in January that she had a “romantic and sexual attraction” to them. Some progressive organizations have rescinded their endorsement of her.
The former employee, who left the campaign in March, said Brooks has failed to take “full accountability” for what she did, adding that the past six months have been “agonizing.”The allegations, supported with documents and text messages reviewed by The Post, have caused a painful rift among Montgomery’s progressive activists and leaders, many of whom have known Brooks, an Afro-Latina activist, and supported her political ambitions for years.
“Her behavior indicates a fracture from the values that we hold and that we expect from both a member and an endorsed candidate,” the DSA chapter said.“This is an attempt to destroy my work and my reputation by members of a community that consistently tout restorative and transformative justice values,” she said.
, from education to public safety. In private and in public, she had touted herself as a “healer,” who, if elected, would work on increasing access to health care in underserved communities and advocating for rent stabilization in the county.The former employee had been friends with Brooks since 2018 and was among the first people she asked to join her campaign last year.
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