PRESS RELEASE: Taylor Swift: “Be Like Cory.” “I Think Not,” Says Tricia Flanagan

Announced Republican candidate for 2020 US Senate, Tricia Flanagan, accused US Senator Cory Booker of pandering “when he signed pop star Taylor Swift’s petition supporting the Equality Act.” Her press release on the issue follows:

LAWRENCEVILLE – “Pander, pander, pander, should be the slogan of Cory Booker’s vanity presidential campaign and pandering is exactly what he was doing when he signed pop star Taylor Swift’s petition supporting the Equality Act,” Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Tricia Flanagan, said.

According to Billboard Cory Booker sent a note to Taylor Swift “thanking her for her efforts” in support of the Equality Act. Swift called on her fans to “be like Cory” in an Instagram post that went viral.

“This is a poorly named bill, there is nothing equal about the Equality Act, of which Senator Booker happens to be a co-sponsor, it goes entirely too far,” Tricia Flanagan said. “Frankly, the Equality Act is an assault on women’s rights.”

“As a mother of three children I don’t want a biological male using the same restroom as one of my daughters, nor do I want a biological female in the locker room with my son after lacrosse practice.” Flanagan continued, “I know of no other mother who wants these things.”

Flanagan added, “The Equality Act is a total assault on Title IX, look at recent news articles where biological males won championships in female athletics. How is that even remotely fair!

Flanagan asked, “What about women’s shelters?

“Barely a year ago nine women in California filed a lawsuit because they say they were forced to shower with a transgender woman who sexually harassed them,” Flanagan remarked.

“From pandering to a pop star to stumping for votes with Governor Murphy despite his dismal track record on women’s rights – from the shoddy conditions the Governor forced on professional women soccer players and burying his head in the sand when faced with allegations of sexual assault of a staffer – it’s no wonder Cory Booker has no problem aggressively supporting legislation that is an assault on the rights of women,” Flanagan said. “Maybe Mr. Booker should stop pandering and while I wait for the pandering to stop, I’ll renew my call for him to end his vanity presidential campaign and come home to discuss the issues important to New Jerseyeans. I’m ready when he is,” Flanagan said.

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Gloucester County GOP Chair Forces Paper To Admit It “Missed The Story”

Jacci Vigilante

Earlier in the week this blog pointed out the local paper in Gloucester County, the South Jersey Times, was forcing Gloucester County Republicans to fight on two fronts.

We praised GCGOP Chairwoman Jacci Vigilante for fighting back against an obviously biased editorial.

Today, the South Jersey Times ran her response to that editorial. Vigilante has to be feeling pretty good because her response forced the editorial board to admit they “missed the story.” From the South Jersey Times:

Editor’s note: Admittedly, we missed the story about the April ballot challenge. Vigilante is correct in that if a candidate receives a sufficient number of write-in votes, that candidate can accept an unclaimed party nomination. Vigilante reports that as of Tuesday, King and Sammons have done so, and will be listed as GOP freeholder nominees this fall.

Forcing the liberal editorial board at the South Jersey Times to admit they missed a story and to write “Vigilante is correct” is the closest thing one will ever see to an apology.

We’re calling this a win for Vigilante.

South Jersey Times Editorial Board Wants The GCGOP To Fight On Two Fronts; Chairwoman Vigilante Obliges

Jacci Vigilante

It’s tough being a Republican in Southwest New Jersey. In Camden County you have The machine of George Norcross, in Gloucester County you have one of his best friends in Senate President Steve Sweeney. But when you add the local paper working against you it gets extra tough.

As if it wasn’t bad enough that Gloucester County Democrats had the Republican candidates for freeholder tossed from the primary election ballot, on June 9 the South Jersey Times editorial board ran a piece in which they claimed, “There were no Republican nominees for two county freeholder seats.”

Never mind the fact the South Jersey Times never bothered to cover the actual news that the Gloucester County Democrats challenged the nominating petitions of the Republican candidates to get them removed from the ballot. If it had been reverse and Republicans had Democrats removed from the ballot the South Jersey Times would have had a headline screaming about how Republicans were trying to disenfranchise voters.

Gloucester County GOP Chairwoman Jacci Vigilante is a fighter and has apparently decided she isn’t taking the local paper’s one-sided opinions and lack of reporting lying down. Good for her.

Yesterday, Vigilante fired a shot at county Democrats issuing a press release claiming victory for, “Preventing the Democrats’ efforts to deny a choice for freeholder in the general election.” It was a victory for which Vigilante, her county party and her candidates, Diane King and Andrea Sammons should be proud.

Today, Vigilante is fighting on the second front against the local paper. In a social media post the Gloucester County GOP shared a letter to the editor the chairwoman has sent to the South Jersey Times in response to their “opinion” of the local GOP.

In the letter Vigilante takes the paper to task for their lack of local reporting and makes certain that, at least the editorial board understands the Gloucester County GOP “has met challenge after challenge, including this one, thwarting the Democrats’ effort to deprive voters of a choice with a successful write-in campaign thanks to a group of hardworking, dedicated volunteers.” She then reminds them “The GOP is growing,” and that, “Perhaps The Times should start paying attention.”

Keep fighting chairwoman! You can view Vigilante’s letter below in case the South Jersey Times decides not to run it.

County GOP Chairwoman's LTE part of blog post at www.bobandsteve.com