{"id":1170005,"date":"2021-12-29T16:49:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T21:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1170005"},"modified":"2021-12-29T16:49:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T21:49:56","slug":"nj-rep-blasts-gov-phil-murphy-for-costa-rica-getaway-as-coronavirus-cases-climb-in-garden-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nj-rep-blasts-gov-phil-murphy-for-costa-rica-getaway-as-coronavirus-cases-climb-in-garden-state\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ Rep. Blasts Gov. Phil Murphy for Costa Rica Getaway as Coronavirus Cases Climb in Garden State"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnj-rep-blasts-gov-phil-murphy-for-costa-rica-getaway-as-coronavirus-cases-climb-in-garden-state%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1170005&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1236309667-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) is facing criticism for taking a tropical holiday vacation in Costa Rica, a country that the State Department is cautioning Americans to \u201creconsider\u201d traveling to because of coronavirus cases. At the same time, New Jersey has one of the highest case rates per population in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy and his family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/gov-murphy-to-celebrate-christmas-out-of-the-country-with-his-family.html\">left<\/a> for Costa Rica on December 22 and are due back Thursday, while Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver has temporarily assumed governing duties, according to the New Jersey Advance. Murphy\u2019s vacation <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/traveladvisories\/traveladvisories\/costa-rica-travel-advisory.html\">comes<\/a> while the State Department pins Costa Rica\u2019s travel advisory at level three, which calls for Americans to reconsider traveling to the locale because of coronavirus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>On December 20, Murphy was asked whether it was an appropriate time to travel as cases climbed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to spend some time together as a family,\u201d the governor said, according to the New Jersey Advance. \u201cPlease God, we need that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lame-duck governor, who won his reelection bid in November, serves as the vice-chair of the National Governors Association. During a virtual National Governors Association meeting with President Joe Biden on Monday, Murphy called in from Costa Rica.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Biden asked Murphy, \u201cAnd Vice-Chair Murphy across the river, all\u2019s well in New Jersey I assume gov?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmen, Mr. President,\u201d Murphy responded, prompting Biden to smirk.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy\u2019s Costa Rica vacation marks the third time he has left his state for a personal getaway in the past five months, according to the New Jersey Advance. In August, the governor and his family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2021\/08\/15\/report-njs-democrat-governor-travels-italy-states-coronavirus-spike\/\">traveled<\/a> abroad to his multimillion-dollar 23-room villa in Italy\u2019s Umbria region, Breitbart News previously reported.<\/p>\n<p>In November, Murphy and his family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/murphy-leaves-nj-to-celebrate-thanksgiving-with-family-in-florida.html\">took<\/a> a three-day trip to Orlando around Thanksgiving, according to the New Jersey Advance.<\/p>\n<p><span>Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/nj-gov-murphy-costa-rica-travel-covid-19-omicron\">switched<\/a> his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican in December 2020, slammed the governor for taking another vacation in a statement to Fox News:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cGovernor Murphy defying orders, even his own, is nothing new,\u201d the congressman said. \u201cHe has left the state of New Jersey on personal trips multiple times during the pandemic, yet continuously imposes mask mandates, vaccine mandates, and virtual school is now back on the table.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cIf Governor Murphy can travel out of the country when the State Department urges the American people to stay put, Americans should be afforded the same discretion regarding their personal health choices just like our leaders,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt is fitting that President Biden escapes his responsibilities by traveling to a Delaware beach house after saying responses to COVID-19 should be left to the states, and then Governor Murphy runs off to a Costa Rican beach.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Murphy has been away, his state has seen one of the highest coronavirus case levels in the country as the omicron variant spreads throughout the United States.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey has <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#cases_casesper100klast7days\">averaged<\/a> 1,135.3 cases per 100,000 people over the previous seven-day period, according to the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers, reported on December 28. On Wednesday alone, New Jersey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/health\/cd\/topics\/covid2019_dashboard.shtml\">announced<\/a> 20,483 new confirmed cases, per the state\u2019s health department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey Gov. 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