To the Editor:
Don’t be fooled by Jeff Van Drew.
When Jeff Van Drew ran to represent the 2nd Congressional District in 2018, he ran as a Democrat, and his campaign flyer made the following points: Jeff Van Drew “earned a 100% rating from Planned Parenthood, because he stood up to Republicans who would restrict a woman’s right to choose.” Jeff Van Drew “voted to ensure millionaires pay their fair share ‒ he’ll fight for a tax plan in Congress that will help New Jersey families, not Trump’s cronies.” Jeff Van Drew “voted to ban bump stocks and supports universal background checks on all gun sales.” Those points would argue in favor of voting to reelect Jeff Van Drew, except he renounced them by switching to the MAGA agenda of Donald Trump, to whom he pledged “undying support.”
It is clear that Jeff Van Drew makes whatever points he thinks will get him elected, because if he truly believed in those points he made, he would have remained a Democrat and would not have switched to the Republican Party of Donald Trump. Voters in our district cannot be sure that Jeff Van Drew actually believes the campaign points he makes. He could be fooling you, just to get elected. Those who voted for him in 2018 were fooled by the campaign points he made then.
We have every reason to believe that his opponent, Joe Salerno, believes the points he makes: Tax laws that help the working class. Protect Social Security and Medicare. Make Roe v. Wade the law of the land. What we have learned about Jeff Van Drew is that he is like a weather vane in a squall, pointing in whatever direction the political wind blows. Voters of the second Congressional District would do well to retire Jeff Vane Drew.
