Republicans are demanding solutions from New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy after marketing campaign employees revealed on hidden camera that he’s concealing plans for broad vaccine mandates after the upcoming election — citing independents’ concern about “my rights, my s–t.”
The video, launched on Monday by Project Veritas, reveals Wendy Martinez, who works Hispanic outreach for the marketing campaign, inform an undercover reporter that Murphy would implement widespread mandates like California, however the plan can’t be revealed as a result of “right now it is about him winning.”
“He’s going to do it, but he couldn’t do it before the elections because [independent and undecided voters are] all into all the s–t, my rights, my s–t,” Martinez stated, including, ”And they don’t care in the event that they kill everyone.”
“He will, but right now it is about him winning,” she stated.
Another marketing campaign staffer, Matthew Urquijo, a digital supervisor, was requested by a Veritas undercover reporter about the governor’s plans for vaccine mandates.
Wendy Martinez was caught on a hidden camera talking about how New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy plans to implement a COVID-19 vaccine mandate like California.Project Veritas Two of Gov. Phil Murphy’s marketing campaign staffers have been caught on camera by an undercover reporter saying that the governor plans to launch a vaccine passport if he’s re-elected. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
“I think so. I think the problem is right now because it’s election season, he’s not going to have people say like, ‘We’re going to have a mandate now,’” Urquijo stated.
In a press release, Tom Szymanski, director of the New Jersey State Republican Committee, stated Murphy have to be clear about his intentions.
“This extremely disturbing video appears to confirm what the Murphy campaign has been hinting at — and the NJGOP has been warning about — throughout the summer: that a second Murphy term will bring about the same type of vaccine passports seen in Bill de Blasio’s New York, burdening already suffering businesses and discriminating against minority communities in which immunization rates are lower,” Szymanski stated.
According to sources, Gov. Phil Murphy would implement one thing just like the New York vaccine passports if re-elected. Kirsten Luce/Pool through REUTERS
“Phil Murphy must immediately state his intentions on this matter before voting ends next week and disclose whether or not data of thousands of New Jerseyans already entered into the Docket App has been harvested for the purpose of implementing a vaccine passport,” the assertion continued.
Murphy’s Republican challenger, Jack Ciattarelli, additionally stated the governor should come clear.
“The video released tonight appears to show high-level Phil Murphy campaign advisors revealing that the Governor is secretly planning to implement a statewide vaccine mandate if re-elected, but refusing to do so before the election because it would hurt him politically. If true, this is the ultimate hypocrisy and an appalling lack of transparency,” stated a press release from Stami Williams, a spokeswoman for the Ciattarelli marketing campaign.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 legislation went into impact on October 1, 2021, and requires all kids to be vaccinated so as to attend college.Kostas Lymperopoulos/CSM/Shutter
“Our campaign has long suggested that the Governor was too willing to put political science before actual science during this pandemic. If this tape is verified, Governor Murphy has a lot of explaining to do. Any attempt by the Governor or his allies to distract attention away from that responsibility or blame others is unacceptable,” it stated.
The Murphy marketing campaign didn’t tackle the revelations within the clips, as a substitute attacking the credibility of Project Veritas and its founder, James O’Keefe.
“Following right-wing propagandist James O’Keefe’s blatant harassment and physical intimidation of two female Murphy for Governor, NJDSC campaign staffers yesterday, Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli is showing his desperation by shamelessly throwing his support behind the disinformation schemes and stunts of the ’political spying’ organization, Project Veritas,” spokeswoman Rachel Bocchino instructed the Shore Network on Tuesday.
Gov. Phil Murphy’s marketing campaign supervisor, Matthew Urquijo, stated Murphy wasn’t planning to unveil the thought because of the truth that it was election season.Project Veritas
New Jersey already has applied sure vaccine mandates, requiring all state employees to have the shot or bear common testing, in addition to staff of private and non-private faculties within the state.
On Oct. 1, California Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced that college students from Okay to 12 be vaccinated as soon as the Food and Drug Administration approves vaccines for that age group — the primary state within the nation to take action.
