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Walz: "I take great joy in running my mall route, down among the monuments, or whatever. And it was horrific down there today, I’m just going to tell you. It just looks wrong, feels wrong... this is not Pyongyang on a Saturday."
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Moskowitz: "The seating chart of it, like, where's Steven Miller going to be seated? It's gonna be fascinating."
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that’s what I hear, can’t make a fool of myself
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Ads are airing in Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington DC, according to AdImpact data
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“I’ll fight Donald Trump’s Medicaid cuts by using the state surplus,” says an ad from Jersey City Mayor and Democratic gubernatorial contender Steve Fulop host2.adimpact.com/admo/viewer/...
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Democrats, meanwhile, are already using some of the bill’s controversial measures to target Republicans in off-year campaigns – providing a possible preview of the party’s 2026 midterm messaging: “Mikie Sherrill will stop Trump from gutting Medicaid" host2.adimpact.com/admo/viewer/...
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One of the big early spenders is Securing American Greatness, part of Trump’s political orbit and a beneficiary of his unprecedented fundraising as a term-limited president, booking more than $6 million worth of ad time since the start of the month: host2.adimpact.com/admo/viewer/...
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The prospect of painful spending cuts in the GOP bill has already emerged as a Democratic attack line, which some of the new ads from outside groups aim to rebut: "There's a lot of misinformation out there trying to scare seniors." host2.adimpact.com/admo/viewer/...
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And a group called the American Job Creation Alliance, founded by veteran GOP operative Dan Conston for the legislative battle, launched a $750,000 ad campaign this week, targeting members of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee: host2.adimpact.com/admo/viewer/...
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Another group, Unleash Prosperity Now, is up w/ ads targeting battleground Dems, like this one aimed at NY-19 Rep. Josh Riley: “What do you think about your Democratic congressman, Josh Riley, voting to let the Trump tax cuts expire, raising your family tax bill?” host2.adimpact.com/admo/viewer/...
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The Club For Growth went up with an ad last week aimed at GOP Rep. Mike Lawler from New York’s battleground 17th district, urging his constituents to call and “tell him to extend and expand Trump’s tax cuts": www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuQQ...
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Ciattarelli: "...he endorsed me because of the coattails – he endorsed me because I’m the only person who can beat the Democrats in November.”
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Ciattarelli responded, “President Trump endorsed me because he knows I’m the only person that can unify our party, he endorsed me because of the energy I bring to the campaign, he endorsed me because of the money we’re able to raise to deliver a win..."
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“You're going to hear, I'm sure, a lot about a certain endorsement that happened last week,” Spadea said. “You might even hear some bragging.” He went on, “Let me be very clear: the president endorsed a poll, a poll that was conducted and paid for by Jack's campaign.”
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Speaking first, Ciattarelli’s top rival, conservative radio host Bill Spadea, sought to downplay the significance of Trump’s support, which the president shared in a social media post last Monday.
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Bramnick: "But to cut it – to be honest with you, I hope the Republicans in Washington stand up, support New Jersey, and do not make those cuts."
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Bramnick: "What’s happening in my judgment in Washington, it seems as if it’s happening awfully quickly. Let’s – if there’s a sit down, and we can go over the Medicaid money in New Jersey, that makes sense."
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Bramnick: "I think sometimes we cut across the board without actually doing the forensic audit – and any business, they don’t just cut across the board. What they do is they look at the programs that are successful, they study the programs, and then they cut."
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State Sen. John Bramnick, delivering a more moderate pitch, expressed reservations about changes to Medicaid: "I hear waste, fraud and abuse, you know, I like the concept, but you have to actually look closely at every cut."
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Spadea: "We owe it to our disabled community, we owe it to the folks that are suffering from long-term illnesses – the idea that government is throwing money at nearly a million illegals in the state is outrageous."
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Spadea: "The reality is we need to cut the waste and the fraud and the abuse -- by ending the sanctuary state I believe we can save the taxpayers, the state, about a billion and a half dollars."
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Spadea: "When it comes to Medicaid, I look at the $6.2 billion that New Jerseyans are paying for our share of Medicaid, and have to wonder how many of the illegals that my opponent wanted to give drivers’ licenses to are taking advantage of walking into a emergency room."