{"id":611562,"date":"2021-08-04T17:35:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T21:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=611562"},"modified":"2021-08-04T17:35:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T21:35:42","slug":"democratic-governor-lashes-out-at-protesters-opposing-mandatory-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-governor-lashes-out-at-protesters-opposing-mandatory-vaccines\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Governor Lashes Out At Protesters Opposing Mandatory Vaccines"},"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\">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%2Fdemocratic-governor-lashes-out-at-protesters-opposing-mandatory-vaccines%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=611562&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\/08\/murphy-lashes-out-at-anti-vaxxers-e1628111105859.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"36.262350936968\">\n<p>Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy lambasted members of an anti-vaccination group protesting at a public bill signing event Wednesday, calling them \u201cultimate knuckleheads.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese folks back there have lost their minds \u2014 you\u2019ve lost your minds,\u201d Murphy lashed out at <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/24\/anti-vaccine-passport-protests-explode-across-france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">protesters<\/a>, who had reportedly interrupted his remarks on the state\u2019s latest COVID-19 infection numbers and the importance of vaccination in the fight against the pandemic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/coronavirus\/2021\/08\/gov-murphy-rips-protestors-holding-anti-vaccination-signs-you-are-the-ultimate-knuckleheads.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to NJ.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are the ultimate knuckleheads. And because of what you are saying and standing for, people are losing their life. You have to know that. Look in the mirror! Look in the mirror!,\u201d the governor said, going off script at the event to sign a bill extending the state\u2019s eviction moratorium, WABC-TV <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/murphy-knuckleheads-delta-variant-covid-new-jersey\/10930050\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/31\/nashville-hat-store-backlash-anti-vax-star-david-badges-holocaust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Nashville Hat Store Faces Backlash After Showing Off Anti-Vax Star Of David Badges)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.4867256637168\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy anti-vaccine protesters at his Union City bill signing on Wednesday calling them \u201cthe ultimate knuckleheads.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ho54H34jrb\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ho54H34jrb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/philmurphy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#philmurphy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/governorphilmurphy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#governorphilmurphy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/knuckleheads?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#knuckleheads<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/newjersey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#newjersey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/news?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#news<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/deltavariant?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#deltavariant<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/covid19news?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#covid19news<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/abc7ny?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#abc7ny<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NhYCofh692\">pic.twitter.com\/NhYCofh692<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC7NY\/status\/1423014319789416457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The protesters were reportedly displaying signs that read \u201cno forced injections,\u201d \u201cmedical choice is a human right\u201d and other messages condemning New Jersey\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/coronavirus\/2021\/08\/nj-to-mandate-covid-vaccines-testing-for-workers-in-some-high-risk-settings-due-to-rise-in-delta-variant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Monday decision<\/a> to require COVID-19 vaccination from all employees in hospitals, prisons, long-term care centers, and several other state and private health-care facilities, NJ.com reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic governor then raised his fist, as the crowd started chanting his name in response to Murphy\u2019s verbal attack on the protesters, a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC7NY\/status\/1423014319789416457\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> from the event shows.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy lambasted members of an anti-vaccination group protesting at a public bill signing event Wednesday, calling them \u201cultimate knuckleheads.\u201d \u201cThese folks back there &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-611562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611562","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}