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Assembly Republicans say Democrats, not Christie, to blame for N.J. economy

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TRENTON — Facing a difficult battle to take control of the lower house of the state Legislature in November, state Assembly Republicans defended Gov. Chris Christie’s stewardship of New Jersey’s economy on Thursday.

“Some people want to blame the governor. The governor has been the only thing between your wallet and the state Assembly Democrats, period,” Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Union) said at a press conference Thursday in front of the Statehouse, standing with several members of his caucus and a couple non-incumbent candidates.

“He’s vetoed or blocked all of the tax-raising attempts by the Democrats,” Bramnick said.

Democrats hold a 48-32 majority in the Assembly, and have been in command of the lower house since 2002. With just a few competitive Assembly races expected in November, most who pay attention to state elections give Republicans little chance of taking control.

Christie, a Republican, has an approval rating in the 30s in New Jersey as he travels around the country preparing for a widely expected run for president.

Federal data released Wednesday showed that New Jersey’s economy was one of the slowest growing in the nation in 2014.

https://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/06/assembly_republicans_say_democrats_not_christie_to.html

4 thoughts on “Assembly Republicans say Democrats, not Christie, to blame for N.J. economy

  1. The Democrat-led assembly in Trenton has driven this state off a cliff since 2002. One in seven employees in the state is living off tax payer generosity, we already have the highest state income taxes and local property taxes, as well as some of the highest commuter and sin taxes. And what do the Democrats like Sweeney and Sarlo want to do? Raise the sales tax to 10%, raise state income taxes by 24%, and raise the gasoline tax by 25c a gallon? Why? To pay for all of the of the union votes they’ve bought. They’re the broken status quo. Christie don’t get any union backing and so when you read all of these complaints about Christie, they’re coming from union thugs who want more of what Sweeney and Sarlo are promising them, something for nothing.

  2. Suddenly the governor is not responsible? The buck stops…..in Iowa and New Hampshire.

    Where is our absentee governor?

    1. and corzine ,, maccreepy, florio, and all the people who voted for them totally innocent ???

  3. Well 12:29 as Declan has said our Governor is in those states to entice business to come to NJ.

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