A candidate for New York City mayor lashed out at The New York Times on Wednesday for defining her candidacy by her use of cannabis.
Dianne Morales was described in an interactive profile of candidates looking to succeed Mayor Bill de Blasio
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“She supports defunding the police and a guaranteed minimum income,” the profile read. “When asked at a recent forum if she smokes marijuana, Ms. Morales said she prefers edibles.”
The line appeared to be in reference to a response she gave about cannabis at a forum hosted by The Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club.
Morales explained on Twitter that she was worried that her response would be used to reduce her candidacy to “drug use,” adding that “it seems that my initial instinct was correct.”
“Today, @NYTimes, chose to make that the focus of one of the three sentences they wrote about my candidacy. The only time they have written anything about me beyond naming me,” she wrote.
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