{"id":2434785,"date":"2025-05-14T18:31:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T22:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jack-ciattarelli-touts-trump-endorsement-and-slams-opponents-shade\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T18:33:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T22:33:16","slug":"jack-ciattarelli-touts-trump-endorsement-and-slams-opponents-shade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jack-ciattarelli-touts-trump-endorsement-and-slams-opponents-shade\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Ciattarelli touts Trump endorsement and slams opponent&#8217;s shade"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fjack-ciattarelli-touts-trump-endorsement-and-slams-opponents-shade%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=2434785&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--><p>Jack Ciattarelli, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weve-identified-450000-ballots-that-miraculously-only-have-a-vote-for-joe-biden-sidney-powell-drops-a-bomb-on-sunday-morning-futures-video\/\" title=\"&quot;We&#039;ve Identified 450,000 Ballots that Miraculously ONLY have a Vote for Joe Biden&quot; - Sidney Powell Drops a BOMB on Sunday Morning Futures (Video)\">republican candidate<\/a> for governor of New Jersey, has received an endorsement from former President Donald Trump for the upcoming 2025 election.Following this endorsement,Ciattarelli has faced criticism from his primary opponent,Bill Spadea,who pointed to the failures of candidates backed by Trump in the previous election cycle,claiming Ciattarelli would also fail. However,Ciattarelli confidently stated his intention to win the primary,expressing gratitude for Trump&#8217;s support and aligning himself with Trump&#8217;s policies,especially on issues like immigration and energy independence.<\/p>\n<p>Ciattarelli previously lost to the current governor, Phil murphy, by a narrow margin in the 2021 election and sees Trump&#8217;s endorsement as a potential advantage. Additionally, he has committed to eliminating sanctuary cities in New Jersey and criticized Democratic opponents, particularly Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, for ties to protests against immigration enforcement. Polling data suggests Ciattarelli had a significant lead over Spadea prior to the endorsement. New Jersey&#8217;s primary elections are scheduled for June 10, with ciattarelli aiming to highlight his campaign on national issues as the state is viewed as strategically important for Republicans in future elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Jack Ciattarelli touts Trump endorsement for New Jersey governor and slams opponent&rsquo;s shade: &lsquo;Can&rsquo;t help himself&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2121628\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New Jersey<\/a> Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli pushed back against primary opponent Bill Spadea&rsquo;s criticism that came after President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> endorsed Ciattarelli in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2025-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2025 election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Spadea, one of several candidates in New Jersey&rsquo;s Republican Party primary election, argued that two candidates in New Jersey &ldquo;lost big&rdquo; in the 2024 election cycle despite having Trump&rsquo;s backing and that <a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseyglobe.com\/governor\/spadea-not-backing-down-after-trump-endorses-against-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ciattarelli would continue to be &ldquo;a repeat loser.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3411320\/gop-plan-legislative-majorities-virginia-new-jersey-races\/\">GOP presents plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-presents-plan-to-seize-legislative-majorities-in-virginia-and-new-jersey-this-november\/\" title=\"GOP presents plan to seize legislative majorities in Virginia and New ... this November\">seize legislative majorities<\/a> in Virginia and New Jersey this November<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3410486\/20-states-suing-trump-funding-threats-immigration-enforcement\/\">Twenty states sue Trump over funding threats related to immigration enforcement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3410284\/john-ewing-jr-ousts-gop-incumbent-jean-stothert-omaha-mayor\/\">Democrat John Ewing Jr. ousts GOP incumbent Jean Stothert as Omaha mayor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3409079\/trump-endorse-jack-ciattarelli-new-jersey-governor-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3409079\/trump-endorse-jack-ciattarelli-new-jersey-governor-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump<\/a> endorsed Ciattarelli on Monday. On Fox News&rsquo;s <em>The Faulkner Focus<\/em>, Ciattarelli suggested that Spadea &ldquo;can&rsquo;t help himself&rdquo; in the last four weeks before the state&rsquo;s primary election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to win the primary, I&rsquo;m honored to have the president&rsquo;s endorsement,&rdquo; Ciattarelli said. &ldquo;He spends a great deal of time in New Jersey, but I support his agenda in terms of keeping the American soil safe, securing the border, making us more prosperous, energy independence, all those things I support, and he supports what it is I&rsquo;m trying to do in New Jersey.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2936070&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=539587ef12f2583ad06f3ff1aeea9fcd\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ciattarelli&rsquo;s bid for the governor&rsquo;s mansion comes after he lost to Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) in 2021 by just over 3%. Murphy is now term-limited. The Republican candidate cited his narrow loss as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3319437\/new-jersey-2025-election-swing-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the &ldquo;spark that lit the fuse&rdquo; to help Trump perform better than expected in New Jersey in 2024<\/a>, which has contributed to the idea that the state is &ldquo;in play&rdquo; for Republicans come future elections.<\/p>\n<p>Ciattarelli said a major 2025 campaign focus is illegal immigration, vowing that New Jersey would rid itself of sanctuary cities under his watch. He also called out Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3406996\/newark-mayor-ras-baraka-arrested-protest-lawmakers-stormed-ice-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">being part of the viral protest at an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >illegal immigrant detention center<\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to receiving Trump&rsquo;s endorsement, Ciattarelli had a drastic advantage over his opponents in the Republican gubernatorial primary, leading Spadea by 30%, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/eagletonpoll.rutgers.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Rutgers-Eagleton-Poll-NJ-Gubernatorial-Primaries-Ratings-4.25.25-FINAL-PUBLIC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Rutgers-Eagleton Institute of Politics poll\">Rutgers-Eagleton Institute of Politics poll<\/a>. The poll, conducted from April 1 to April 10, surveyed a total of 966 likely voters and had a plus-or-minus 4.3-point margin of error.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3410400\/gop-midterm-elections-democratic-civil-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">GOP SET TO BUST &lsquo;IRON LAW&rsquo; OF MIDTERM ELECTION FAILURE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Both parties&rsquo; primary elections in New Jersey are set for June 10.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey is one of two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-governors-race-cause-for-optimism-concern-in-both-parties-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Virginia ...\u2019s race cause for optimism, concern in both parties - Washington Examiner\">states holding gubernatorial elections<\/a> this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3396825\/virginia-new-jersey-lean-democratic-governor-election-ratings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">In Virginia<\/a>, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R-VA) and former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, are seeking to succeed Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA), who is prohibited from serving consecutive terms under state law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2121628\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2121628\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Ciattarelli defends Trump endorsement amid rival&#8217;s jabs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2434786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ciattarelli-vs-Spadea-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[45266,55116,55259,32171,39103],"class_list":["post-2434785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-campaign-news","tag-jack-ciattarelli","tag-opponent-criticism","tag-political-commentary","tag-trump-endorsement"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ciattarelli-vs-Spadea-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2434785"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2434789,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434785\/revisions\/2434789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2434786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2434785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2434785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2434785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}