Senator Moore Calls Out City Employee For Vulgar Facebook Remarks Against Her–Councilman Newton: It Cuts Both Ways

UPDATED: A Facebook thread about City Councilman Marcus Brown’s run for State Senate devolved into inflammatory remarks made by city employee Steven Auerbach, a member of the Democratic Town Committee, against State Senator Marilyn Moore. Moore on Wednesday issued a statement.

“Comments like these reflect a trend of increasingly divisive politics locally and nationally. They have no place in this country, this state or Bridgeport,” Sen. Moore said. “To use such vulgar language in an attack is demeaning and offensive, especially sexist language. It is an assault on democracy and could discourage women for running for public office. City leadership remains quiet on these remarks; they should be denounced. There should be no place in politics for such an attack. I challenge Bridgeport leaders and officials to stand up against these remarks.”

The Facebook exchange was brought to OIB’s attention by Joey Colon who took screen shots prior to Auerbach deleting the profanities. The comments were followed by a series of posts condemning Auerbach’s language, among the first City Councilman Ernie Newton who wrote “Steven Auerbach, You owe Sen. Marilyn Moore an apology … Shame politics has reached a new Low.”

Newton, for this story, also took OIB to task for failing to point out that during the 2019 mayoral campaign supporters of Moore were more than willing to play the race card on Facebook.

Several Moore supporters during the heat of the mayoral campaign highlighted “corrupt white males” in reference to defeating the Ganim administration.

“This has to stop on both sides,” says Newton.

One of Moore’s closest friends and mayoral campaign adviser Sauda Baraka, a former school board member, throws around inflammatory remarks about “white males” like nickels and dimes. Moore’s mayoral campaign manager Gemeem Davis did the same on Facebook.

The irony in all of this, had Moore placed people in charge of her mayoral campaign who knew how to run a citywide race–like former State Rep. Chris Caruso, a “white male” that she rejected–she’d be mayor today. God forbid a “white male” manage her race.

OIB received several phone calls in response to the original article wondering, why is this a story? Moore went out of her way, in a news release, to bring attention to Auerbach’s remarks. She wants attention, otherwise you say nothing. In private Moore is unabashed about crowing “all you white males” when she feels it goes against her sensibilities. But how often does Moore say this in public? Fact is, Moore has enjoyed a majority of white voters in her elections. Does she reel in her supporters when they make inflammatory remarks on her behalf? Nope.

Auerbach works in the Public Facilities Department overseeing parking regulations. He is also a member of the Democratic Town Committee in the 134th District.

Auerbach, for years, has been a critic of Moore in the OIB comments section, though he has not posted in about six months when once a regular contributor.

Moore’s Senate office provided whited-out screen shots of the profanities because of her disdain for offensive language. The screen shots posted above were provided by Joey Colon.

Also, keep in mind Auerbach’s comments and Moore’s response comes less than a week from a Democratic Town Committee primary on the West Side that includes Marcus Brown’s slate and an opposition slate that includes Marilyn Moore’s son.

Tit for tat, it’s politics in the ‘Port.