PRESS RELEASE: Sawyer Calls On Burzichelli And Taliaferro To Break Their Silence On Project Veritas Video

Republican candidate for Assembly in the 3rd Legislative District, Beth Sawyer, called out John Burzichelli and Adam Taliaferro on their silence after the release of a Project Veritas video in which a Phil Murphy campaign staffer says Murphy will mandate vaccines after the election. Her press release on the matter follows (for context we’ve posted the Project Veritas video below the text of Sawyer’s press release):

WOOLWICH – Republican candidate for Assembly in New Jersey’s third legislative district, Beth Sawyer, called on John Burzichelli and Adam Taliaferro to break their silence on the recently released Project Veritas video in which a senior Phil Murphy campaign staffer stated that Murphy plans on mandating vaccines after Election Day.

“Phil Murphy knows John Burzichelli and Adam Taliaferro are his South Jersey Tax Team and relies on their votes in the Assembly. Burzichelli and Taliaferro even voted to tax the rain,” Beth Sawyer said. “Burzichelli voted to allow Murphy keep certain executive orders, directives and powers until after the election. That same vote is one of the 324 votes Taliaferro missed in this legislative session.”

“Perhaps the reason Burzichelli has remained silent since the release of the Project Veritas video is he knows his yes vote on bill A-5820 is what gives Murphy the authority to mandate vaccines after the election.” Sawyer added, “Taliaferro’s silence is his go to stance given the fact he has not voted 555 times since arriving in the Assembly.”

“It’s time for Burzichelli and Taliaferro to break their silence and explain to South Jersey voters why they believe it is okay for Phil Murphy to wait until after the election to mandate vaccines,” Sawyer said.

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PRESS RELEASE: Durr, McCarthy-Patrick and Sawyer call on Sweeney team to pull deceptive ad

Republican candidates in the 3rd legislative district, Ed Durr for Senate, Bethanne McCarthy-Patrick and Beth Sawyer for Assembly are pushing back on “a deceptive ad on cable television” launched by Senator Steve Sweeney, Assemblyman John Burzichelli and Assemblyman Adam Taliaferro. The LDe candidates’ press release on the issue follows:

Third legislative district Republican candidates for state Senate, Ed Durr, and Assembly Bethanne McCarthy-Patrick and Beth Sawyer have called on Senator Steve Sweeney, Assemblyman John Burzichelli and Assemblyman Adam Taliaferro to stop running a deceptive ad on cable television.

The ad in question makes false claims about the Republican candidates’ stance on issues, job performance and bill payment history.

“While we all expected the Democrats to be aggressive, we did not expect them to resort to outright lies,” Republican state Senate candidate Ed Durr said. “The ad says I am against workers being paid overtime, I’m a non-union truck driver who relies on overtime pay to support my family. Why would I ever say such a thing? It’s made up, a lie that needs to stop immediately.”

GOP Assembly candidate Bethanne McCarthy-Patrick added, “Their ad claims I had a no-show government job. I was shocked to learn my 21 years as a union firefighter/EMT counts as a no-show job! While my co-workers and I were saving lives and property these guys were casting votes to raise our taxes. Apparently, lying is the best way for them to attack a first responder.”

“Sweeney, Burzichelli and Taliaferro do their best to stretch the truth, making things appear as something they aren’t. As a mom I always taught my kids that is lying. Sweeney, Burzichelli and Taliaferro should all know better.” Republican Assembly candidate Beth Sawyer continued, “The trio goes so far as to bring up a medial bill after the birth of my son nearly 26 years ago that my ex-husband was responsible for. Then, to add insult to injury they claim I failed to pay taxes on a property I sold and did not own, which was very easy for them to fact check.”

“While we all understand politics can be rough, lying is completely unacceptable. Sweeney, Burzichelli and Taliaferro should immediately pull their deceptive ad. The voters of our district deserve better than a bunch of lies,’ Sawyer said.

Murphy And Friends Use Damage Caused By Storms For Political Purposes

Phil Murphy

No one can deny that the storms caused by the remnants of Ida coming through Jersey were horrible. It didn’t matter, South Jersey or North Jersey, it was bad. I have a friend in the north who lost everything to flooding. Living in Gloucester County, not far from where the tornado touched down I know others who lost everything.

Fortunately, possessions can be replaced…eventually.

Friends, neighbors, perfect strangers are all pulling together to help those in need. It’s heartwarming to see.

But…

What really angers me is that Governor Phil Murphy and his Democrat friends, in both North and South Jersey, wasted no time in playing politics with the damage caused by the storms.

In South Jersey the Guv went the extra mile to play politics. Most of the storm damage, and where the tornado touched down, was in the Second Congressional District, but Murphy made sure to drag the Democrat First District Congressman, Donald Norcross, along with him. It’s a safe bet team Murphy didn’t bother inviting Congressman Jeff Van Drew, the member of Congress who actually represents the area. That’s what a real leader would have done.

Not only that, Murphy dragged the Third Legislative District trio of Senate President Steve Sweeney, Assemblyman John Burzichelli and Assemblyman Adam Taliaferro along for his South Jersey press conference in Mullica Hill. Problem is Mullica Hill lies in the Fifth Legislative District. I suspect suspect Murphy didn’t put the LD5 legislators front and center because the trio lives in Camden County and couldn’t find Mullica Hill with a GPS.

To add insult to injury everyone, all Democrats, took the opportunity to blame climate change.

In the South, according to Politico, Murphy, Norcross and Sweeney all “talked about climate change,” from the Politico article:

Murphy said he spoke during the storm to state Senate President Steve Sweeney, who joined the governor and Rep. Donald Norcross (D-N.J.) on a tour of damaged homes in Gloucester County.

Sweeney and Norcross, who have spent much of their lives in South Jersey, marveled in horror at the damage from tornadoes, which they said were largely unheard of in the past.

“What we see behind us is change,” Norcross said during Thursday’s press conference.

The three elected officials — all Democrats — talked about climate change and getting more money to the state from the Biden administration’s infrastructure plans.

In North Jersey Congressman Tom Malinowski made sure to blame flooding on climate change.

It’s not my intent to debate climate change in this post, but I will say over in Pennsylvania all the talk has been about the Schuylkill River and flooding. The river, according to 6ABC crested at 16.35 feet, meaning the record of 17 feet still stands.

The Schuylkill River’s all-time record of 17 feet was in 1869, 17 years before Carl Benz invented the car.

Was the flooding in 1869 caused by climate change too? Did the politicians use that flooding for political purposes? Probably not!