Van Drew and Albano Want Christie out of Governor’s Office

Trenton – While a host of Democratic elected officials throughout the state of New Jersey are rushing to endorse Governor Chris Christie in support of the policies he has implemented that have begun to turn around the New Jersey economy and restore pride and respect for the state, Democratic State Senator Jeff Van Drew has endorsed Christie’s opponent and signed on to a negative attack statement on the Governor.
Joined by his fellow South Jersey Democrats, Van Drew attached his name to the January 29, 2013, statement that said he was “proud” to endorse the Governor’s opponent. In the statement, Van Drew accused the Governor of providing “no relief for property taxpayers” and accused the Governor of engaging in “failed polices.” Van Drew made these accusations in spite of the fact that public polls indicate that nearly 60% of New Jerseyans approve of the job Governor Christie is doing.
Forty two percent of Democrats favor the Governor’s reelection and unaffiliated voters prefer the Governor by 3-1 over his opponent. Yet Jeff Van Drew has gone on the record attacking Christie and urging voters to remove him from the Governor’s Office.
“Jeff Van Drew’s endorsement of the Governor’s opponent has exposed him as simply another partisan Democrat,” said Cape May County Republican Organization Chairman Mike Donohue.
“We can only imagine how bad things would be if Jon Corzine was reelected in 2009. We wouldn’t have a 2% cap on municipal and school budget increases. We wouldn’t have pension and benefit reform that has saved local taxpayers millions of dollars and moved our public pension system back in the direction of solvency. We wouldn’t see New Jersey being shown more respect throughout the nation as we head toward a real return to prosperity. Now, Jeff Van Drew wants to take us back to those awful Corzine days. Senator Van Drew is out of step with the people of the First District.”
Donohue added, “It’s bad enough that Van Drew is working to elect the Governor’s opponent, but Democratic Assemblyman Nelson Albano also want’s the Governor out. Albano signed on to the statement that repeats a discredited and disgusting claim that the Governor wanted to remove health benefits for women. In 2009 the Corzine Democrats launched this attack, only to be discredited for misstating the facts. It is unfortunate that Van Drew and Albano put their narrow Democratic partisan interests ahead of what’s good for the State of New Jersey.”
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