Democrat New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer, who introduced on Friday that he’s working for governor in 2025, recommended the necessity to “stand as much as” President-elect Donald Trump following the “horrible” election end result.
Gottheimer, who entered right into a crowded Democratic subject for New Jersey governor, mentioned that Trump’s win was a “horrible loss for America.”
“Let’s pause for a minute, the election end result was a horrible loss for America. Each candidate working for governor agrees,” he mentioned on Friday at a diner in South Hackensack.
“We have to stand as much as Trump,” he mentioned.
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Gottheimer pointed to Trump’s stance on abortion, the setting and gun security as “main points” with the president-elect.
“On the key points from healthcare to the setting to gun security, each candidate shares the identical targets, and on the difficulty of abortion rights, we’ll all stand as much as Trump and his extremist assaults on girls’s well being care,” he mentioned. “We should reinstate Roe.”
After promising to “rise up” to Trump, the consultant of New Jersey’s fifth Congressional District said his most important precedence as governor can be decreasing prices for New Jersey residents.
“However there’s another concern that defines who I’m, and what I am going to battle for,” he mentioned. “Jersey is now the fourth costliest state in the complete nation to reside in, and in contrast to everybody else on this race, I am centered like a laser beam on the necessity to decrease your taxes and decrease your prices.”
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Gottheimer joins a slew of Democratic candidates, together with former state Sen. Stephen Sweeney, Jersey Metropolis Mayor Steven Fulop and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, within the state’s gubernatorial race.
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The Republican nominees to date embrace former gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli, state Sen. Jon Bramnick, former state Sen. Ed Durr, discuss radio host Invoice Spadea, and candidates Robert Canfield, Jim Fazzone, Hans Herberg and Robert Bacon.