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Trenton NJ, Chairman Hugin Blasts Twitter Over Suspension of Senator O’Scanlon’s Account , “Today, New Jersey Republican State Committee Chairman Bob Hugin released the following statement on the heels of Twitter’s decision to suspend Senator Declan O’Scanlon’s Twitter account, after he posted a tweet speaking out against mandatory vaccine passports.”
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Washington DC, it’s well known that the people who really know what’s going on in Congress are often the staff, not the members. That’s why Punch Bowl News’ fresh poll of senior Capitol Hill aides is intriguing.
Dear Patriots,
As we approach the Republican primary for governor, I am compelled to tell you two things. First, that I loved the Presidency of Donald J. Trump, voted for him both times, and that I will support him if he decides to run in 2024 to address the (already) many failures that Biden has imposed on the country. Second, none of the above matters in the coming race to save New Jersey from Democrat Governor Feckless Phil Murphy.
Continue reading Letter to my fellow NJ grassroots Republicans
Joshua Sotomayor-Einstein
Hudson County NJ, The Hudson County Young Republicans announced their new chairman today – Pavel Sokolov. Sokolov, the new Chairman of the Hudson County Young Republicans, stated that, “I am excited to advocate for commonsense GOP policies and spread the Republican message of smaller and more efficient government, proud American patriotism, and job growth.” He continued, “every Republican, both officially Young Republican, between the ages of 18 and 40, and those GOPers who are young at heart, are invited to come to our cookout Friday May 14th at 6 pm, located at 1234 Park Avenue in Hoboken, to have a great time with their fellow Republicans and meet the Young Republican county board.” RSVP to hudsonnjyr@gmail.com to attend the event.
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Joshua Sotomayor Einstein
NJG GOP State Committeeman
Whomever wins the GOP Gubernatorial nominations, the party, and most importantly the grassroots, will need to rally behind that person to defeat Phil Murphy. This candidate will have to both energize the base (including Trump lovers such as myself) and reach Independents and moderate Democrats (such as many of my family and friends) to take the governors mansion and start our state down the right path. While a primary campaign is a great way to show the policy and stylistic differences between candidates for our party’s nomination, it need stop at personal attacks and the unloading of decades of vendetta’s if the GOP is going to grow after the primary and expand its voter base to win the general election. Failing to do so fundamentally hurts Republican odds of winning against Governor Feckless Phil Murphy.
Continue reading Bill Spadea’s Needs to Stop Attacking Republicans
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Hudson County NJ , NJ GOP State Committeeman Joshua Sotomayor Einstein launched a video to help prospective Hudson County Republican Committee members. Explaining the process and discussing why the Hudson County GOP needs to transform into an organization that builds the Republican Party, the video is approximately 6 minutes long.
Joshua Sotomayor-Einstein
Hudson County NJ, I accept full responsibility for my actions a decade ago, when I was in my 20’s and long before I was elected to NJ GOP State Committee, which have recently been the subject of regional media attention. As I often have with other female friends, sometime between 2 and 3 years ago, I told a now former female friend a cautionary tale regarding men using my own immature and stupid legal past behavior as an example. That this former friend may have political reasons to now take objection to a text story that she sat on for years is not relevant to the regret I have for my poor choices and the fact that in the past I was careless with other people’s feelings. Nor does the fact that for at least a year after the story in question, which did not involve her but which she calls part of her “survivor story” and in which I described my actions at the time as “horrible” and “horrid,” she continued to text, call, and try and make plans with me, change the fact that I am deeply sorry for the previous way I treated other human beings.
It is my hope that by this coming to light we can all heed the words of the golden rule – “do not do unto others as you would have them not do unto you” – and treat all people with the respect every human being deserves.
Vigilante: “Every woman should think twice before casting a vote for Menendez.”
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MULLICA HILL NJ, After learning that an invitation to an event with Bob Menendez in Vineland is circulating on social media, Gloucester County Republican Chairwoman Jacci Vigilante congratulated Menendez for finally finding a map.
Gloucester County Republican Chairwoman Jacci Vigilante asked, “Did someone buy Senator Menendez a map?”
file photo by Boyd Loving
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Toms River NJ, Congressman Tom MacArthur introduced two bills and is working on another to help local schools, students, and law enforcement officials address community and school safety concerns. The bipartisan Mental Health and Public Safety Partnership Act establishes a national pilot program to place on-site social workers in qualified police departments around the country, mirroring the work being done in South Jersey. The Modern School Threat Reporting Act creates new grants for states to create a mobile application (app) that allows students and teachers to report threats to local law enforcement. This bill mirrors the state law in Florida championed by school safety advocate, Andrew Pollack, whose daughter Meadow was killed in Parkland. Mr. Pollack, founder of Americans for Children’s Lives and School Safety, has endorsed both pieces of legislation and is collaborating with MacArthur on the third.
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Trenton NJ, A bill sponsored by Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick requiring telemarketers to provide the contact information of their employer within seconds of a call is another step closer to becoming law following Assembly approval today.
Jon Bramnick
“People are bombarded every day by annoying telemarketing calls,” said Bramnick (R-Union). “When a person sits down to dinner or is relaxing after a hard day’s work the last thing they want is to be interrupted by an anonymous call for a product they have no interest in.”
Bramnick’s bill (A1954) requires a telemarketer to provide customers with the name, mailing address, and telephone number of their employer within 30 seconds of making the call. The bill aligns state law with federal law. Violators can be penalized. The Federal Trade Commission collected $120 million in fines last year.
“People on the federal Do Not Call list deserve to know who exactly is calling them so they can report any violations,” concluded Bramnick. “Telemarketers need to know there will be consequences for ignoring the law.”
There were 4.1 billion robocalls, including telemarketing calls, received in May alone nationwide, up from 3.3 billion in April. That’s more than 1,500 robocalls every second of every minute of every day, seven days a week, according to the YouMail Robocall Index, which estimates monthly robocalls in the U.S.
Ridgewood NJ, according to sources Bergen County Republican Chairman Paul DiGaetano is moving forward with his plans to run for the state senate in the 40th Legislative District.
Democratic Audubon Park mayor Larry Pennock and city councilman John Carpinelli changed parties this week, with Camden County Republican chairman Tom Booth welcoming the two to the GOP. The move marks two rare defections from the deep-blue county’s powerful Democratic organization, which rose to dominate South Jersey politics under insurance executive George Norcross III’s leadership. JT Aregood, PolitickerNJ Read more
NJ GOP gets fundraising solicitation from Cake Boss for Christie’s birthday cake
HOBOKEN – Celebrity baker Bartolo “Buddy” Valastro, Jr., the head baker at Carlo’s Bakery in Hoboken, is also known as the “Cake Boss.” Famous throughout New Jersey from his reality television show on TLC, Valastro has made his support of Gov. Chris Christie clear, endorsing him for re-election in 2013 and allowing the Republican governor to campaign in his famed store on Washington Street in Hoboken. (Bonamo/PolitickerNJ)
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