r/VoteDEM • u/BlueEagleFly International • 19h ago

Republicans in race to become New Jersey governor vie over who's 'most MAGA'

https://newjerseymonitor.com/2024/12/27/republicans-in-race-to-become-new-jersey-governor-vie-over-whos-most-maga/
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u/Guazzora 14h ago

Maybe we'll cross a time period where they can learn to duel on their way back to 1768.

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u/clamb2 4h ago

These people are all cowards

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u/Alexcat66 WI-7 (AD-30, SD-10) 17h ago

Please proceed NJ GOP, not an electoral winner in NJ whatsoever, failed to come within 10 points in any election during Trump’s first term, failed to flip the governorship in a favorable 2021 environment with a more moderate candidate, failed to come within 5 points presidentially this year despite pathetic Democratic turnout etc I could go on and on. I’m sure it will work this time /s

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u/Suitcase_Muncher 13h ago

Are Ciatarelli and the rest of these guys stupid?

They don't have Trump's je ne sais quoi and will be running at a point where everyone will remember why they hated maga in the first place.

They're deluding themselves if they think they can replacate his success in the state by running to the right.

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u/table_fireplace 10h ago

Ciatarelli nearly won in 2021 by coming across as moderate and taking advantage of low Dem approval ratings. If he runs as a MAGA and wins the primary, this will end up a lot closer to 2017.

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u/Suitcase_Muncher 8h ago

Exactly. They’re taking the worst lesson from this year, and I can’t wait to see it blow up in their faces.

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u/BastetSekhmetMafdet Californian and Proud! 5h ago

This is why I don’t think MAGA can get along without Trump at the helm. Politicians who try to be Trump fail, outside very red districts (where people like Marjorie Greene can do the dollar store Trump thing and win). New Jersey isn’t a red state, even if they do elect Republican governors every once in a while.

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u/Batmobile123 12h ago

A race to the bottom.

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u/MtnMoose307 11h ago

Yup, maggots elbowing and clawing their way to find the bottom of barrel that keeps escaping them. We'll pay the price for their cult stupidity.

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u/jollyjam1 10h ago

Only three of them are racing to be the most MAGA, Jon Bramnick is the only one who's been loudly anti-Trump, anti-MAGA for years. In a different world, he'd probably win the whole thing. But look for Bill Spedea to get the Trump endorsement in the primary.

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u/Common_Highlight9448 10h ago

This will be fun to watch . Then all the spineless losers will fight to kid the knob first

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u/woq4 8h ago

Only Bramnick can win IMO

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u/BastetSekhmetMafdet Californian and Proud! 5h ago

In a state like New Jersey, yes. Someone who is moderate, or who can cosplay a moderate, like Bramnick, would have a chance. (Depending on who runs against him.) But MAGA couldn’t win in 2021, a far more favorable environment for Republicans, so it’s doubtful they can win in 2025. New Jersey is one of those blue states who elects moderate or “moderate” Republicans to the governorship; it’s not a red state. Just look at its senators. Two more Nice Guy Democrats than Cory Booker and Andy Kim are impossible to imagine.

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u/meolalashes New Jersey 3h ago

I agree with a lot of your points but New Jersey has become extremely scary with MAGA pro-Dump/pro-racism/anti-vax. I was born and raised in NJ. Ocean County to be specific and every time I go home to visit it seems more and more extreme. I love Murphy and I think he is phenomenal. One of the best we've had in a long time. But the courts, the lower levels, especially in South Jersey and even some small pockets of North Jersey have become more and more conservative. I have friends and family who are afraid to display democratic pride outside of their home.

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u/hithere297 5h ago

What’s funny is that they could totally win NJ if they just didn’t go the MAGA route. Only Trump could pull off the Maga shtick; every other MAGA-esque politician has underperformed

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u/minus_minus 17h ago

¿Quien Es Mas MAGA?

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u/kerryfinchelhillary OH-11 8h ago

Hopefully whoever it is gets creamed and NJ will redeem themselves for November.

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u/ChakUtrun 8h ago

Keep fucking that chicken, MAGA.