PRESS RELEASE: Salem County GOP Chair Calls On Hirsh Singh To Drop Out

It’s official, Republican US Senate candidate Hirsh Singh has managed to anger every county chair in the western half of South Jersey. In a rare press release Salem County Chairwoman Linda DuBois is calling on Singh to suspend his campaign. Her press release on the matter follows:

Salem County Republican Chairwoman Linda DuBois voiced her displeasure at US Senate candidate Hirsh Singh’s attempt to confuse voters via a campaign mailer.

“The behavior of Hirsh Singh and many of his supporters has been disgraceful throughout this campaign,” Linda DuBois said. “While Chairmen Ambrosino, Barlas and Earlen were right to condemn Singh’s attempt to confuse voters and Chairwoman Vigilante was right to call on Singh to apologize I don’t think condemnation and an apology go far enough. Because Singh’s recent campaign mailer is simply the icing on the cake of his and his supporters horrendous behavior I believe Hirsh Singh should immediately suspend his campaign and ask his supporters to vote for Rik Mehta.”

PRESS RELEASE: Chairwoman Vigilante Calls On Hirsh Singh To Apologize To Gloucester County Republicans

Gloucester County GOP Chairwoman Jacci Vigilante is the latest in a growing list of chairs condemning Republican US Senate candidate Hirsh Singh’s “vote early and if you change your mind, vote again” strategy. Vigilante is demanding Singh send a second mailer to Gloucester County Republicans apologizing for the first. Her press release on the matter follows:

Gloucester County Republican Chairwoman Jacci Vigilante called on Hirsh Singh to immediately apologize to every Republican in Gloucester County he encouraged to vote twice via a campaign mailer.

“Republican County Chairmen Ambrosino, Barlas and Earlen are right to condemn Hirsh Singh for attempting to mislead Republican voters by encouraging them to vote twice in an election,” Jacci Vigilante said. “I join my fellow county chairs in that condemnation and demand Hirsh Singh immediately send a second mailer to every Republican in Gloucester County who received his mailer encouraging this type of voter fraud and apologize for asking these voters to break the law.

“A final push to try to win an election is no excuse to encourage voter fraud.”

ICYMI: Kate Gibbs Smacks David Richter Over The Head With Hirsh Singh

Kate Gibbs

Late yesterday, as I was watching people argue on my Facebook page over former beauty pageant winner and Republican US Senate candidate Hirsh Singh’s “vote early and if you change your mind, vote again” strategy I received a press release from Republican candidate in CD3 Kate Gibbs’ campaign.

I didn’t post the Gibbs release because, like I said, it was late and I didn’t get around to reading it until this morning. If you haven’t seen the release on InsiderNJ or New Jersey Globe’s take on it, the text of the release follows:

Republican Kate Gibbs’ campaign released the following statement today in response to U.S. Senate candidate Hirsh Singh’s recent mailer advocating for voter fraud:

“Hirsh Singh’s recent mailer openly advocating for voter fraud is one of the more outrageous and ridiculous things I’ve ever seen a candidate put in a piece of literature — and that’s saying something” stated Gibbs’ Campaign Manager Angelo Lamberto. “Given that David Richter has so closely tied himself to Singh and are running as a united ticket in Burlington and Ocean County, I am concerned about the potential impact this misinformation campaign may have on voters already confused by this chaotic election cycle. David Richter has an obligation to denounce Singh and distance himself from Singh’s campaign publicly over this mess. David should refuse to participate in any GOP club meetings or events, including the upcoming Berkeley Township Republican Club Meeting, unless Singh is disinvited.”

I’ve made it no secret that I have been doing my best to stay out of the steel cage match that is the Republican primary in CD3 because I have friends on both sides of this one.

Unfortunately, for me, I’m going to piss off some of my friends because Gibbs is right to call on David Richter to denounce Singh. Richter chose to bracket with Singh in the Burlington County portion of CD3. Richter could have just as easily bracketed with Tricia Flanagan, Natalie Rivera or that other guy nobody ever heard of who suddenly appeared on filing day.

Because Richter chose to bracket with Singh it is his responsibility to denounce him for advocating voter fraud.

To put Richter’s choice of bracketing with Singh in perspective: Even the condom-hating Bob Patterson in CD2 was smart enough not to bracket with Singh.

Now it’s time for David Richter to take his “money shot” and denounce Singh.