{"id":967093,"date":"2021-11-04T11:13:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T15:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=967093"},"modified":"2021-11-04T11:13:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T15:13:53","slug":"martel-new-jersey-race-proves-republicans-engaging-deep-blue-areas-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/martel-new-jersey-race-proves-republicans-engaging-deep-blue-areas-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Martel: New Jersey Race Proves Republicans Engaging Deep Blue Areas Works"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fmartel-new-jersey-race-proves-republicans-engaging-deep-blue-areas-works%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=967093&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\/11\/Jack-Ciattarelli-640x335-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">NORTH BERGEN, New Jersey \u2013 A state both corporate media and establishment Republicans have insisted on writing off as a Democratic lost cause firmly asserted its swing identity this week.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Ciattarelli (R) likely has a prolonged <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/04\/republican-jack-ciattarellis-campaign-calls-aps-decision-for-democrat-phil-murphy-irresponsible\/\">legal battle<\/a> ahead of him that will not result in his assumption of the governorship of New Jersey, but the lesson he taught his own party is more important than his own political fate: go into the deepest blue urban areas and treat voters with respect. Those voters, tired of Republicans not offering a meaningful choice, will listen.<\/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>Ciattarelli shocked the country on Tuesday by giving incumbent Phil Murphy (D) the scare of his life, racking up votes in parts of the state that were not a problem when Murphy ran the first time. Murphy is a Massachusetts native allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/germany\/he-s-willkommen-in-germany-berlin-gives-green-light-to-obama-s-ambassador-pick-a-633889.html#spRedirectedFrom=www&amp;referrrer=http:\/\/harpers.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/ambassadorships-for-sale\/\">worth<\/a> hundreds of millions of dollars who spent his entire tenure <a href=\"https:\/\/nj.gov\/infobank\/eo\/056murphy\/\">stripping<\/a> New Jerseyans of their basic rights \u2013 the right of assembly, the right to an education, rights of physical integrity \u2013 through executive orders and berating his constituents as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FRNrXqYJt1s\">knuckleheads<\/a>\u201d while doing it (as if Jersey folk haven\u2019t heard worse). Few politicians have done more to alienate the people they represent than Murphy.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy won because the governor before him, Chris Christie (R), was somehow even more disrespectful to voters. Christie became&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/2015\/03\/try_out_our_chris_christie_insult_generator_packed_with_the_governors_greatest_hits.html\">notorious<\/a> for wantonly insulting random residents in public. He closed out his term with two scandals: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2014\/06\/19\/new-report-u-s-attorney-for-nj-seeks-christie-indictment-on-bridgegate-claims\/\">Bridgegate<\/a>,\u201d in which he allegedly trapped hundreds of residents in a traffic disaster as some sort of revenge plot, and the Jersey Shore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/politics\/2017\/07\/christie_pictured_at_island_beach_state_park_durin.html\">debacle<\/a> in which he shut down the nation\u2019s public beaches for his personal use.<\/p>\n<p>He stole our beaches and trapped us in our cars. Jersey voters would have voted for a deep-dish \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thetakeout.com\/chicago-and-new-jersey-pizza-twitter-feud-1846240412\">pizza<\/a>\u201d over anything to do with Christie.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.25\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Star-Ledger flew a plane over the New Jersey beach &amp; got pictures of Christie and family sunning on an empty shore.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mxoB4Od0hn\">https:\/\/t.co\/mxoB4Od0hn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jdawsey1\/status\/881646422654930944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The New Jersey GOP chose to nominate Christie\u2019s lieutenant governor to run against Murphy. Notably, the alternative was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lAdgMeXafjY\">Jack Ciattarelli<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ciattarelli, perhaps burned by his loss to former Lieutenant Gov. Kim Guadagno in the last primaries, ran what can be most charitably described as a dirty primary campaign. He sent voters campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\/status\/1392440413408137216\">mailers<\/a> depicting opponent Hirsh Singh as an untrustworthy, weird foreigner while quoting coverage observing that Ciattarelli \u201clooks and sounds like New Jersey.\u201d Singh ran as a conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/06\/07\/hirsh-singh-new-jersey-governors-race-is-about-saving-america\/\">unashamed<\/a> to praise the successes of New Jersey resident Donald Trump, for which the Ciattarelli campaign branded him a lunatic.<\/p>\n<p>After the primaries, however, something clicked. Ciattarelli rejected the typical Jersey Republican path of addressing only the state\u2019s woeful taxes and talking about business development (though he did do those things). He embraced social issues \u2013 particularly promising to empower parents against Murphy\u2019s proposals to allow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/bill-to-enshrine-a-womans-right-to-an-abortion-in-nj-could-be-law-by-end-of-year-murphy-tells-samantha-bee.html\">minors<\/a> to have abortions without parental consent and against gender ideology studies for young children in schools \u2013 in multiple languages. He published policy proposals to address <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jack4nj.com\/governor_murphy_you_can_t_treat_black_people_this_way\">issues<\/a> that tend to affect communities of color, like food deserts and improved urban planning. He even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UCotHjHVgUg\">published<\/a> videos using the Hindi honorific suffix&nbsp;<em>ji&nbsp;<\/em>while discussing Mahatma Gandhi, after how his primary campaign treated Hirsh Singh!<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Threat\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vk-JPir3CjU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>His engagement did not stop with campaign ads. Ciattarelli showed up to New Jersey\u2019s bluest, least white communities, with a clear Republican message. The candidate was a guest of honor \u2013 or so his sash reads \u2013 at the North Hudson Hispanic parade on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/union-city\/\">Bergenline Avenue<\/a>, an area typically undrivable on summer Sundays due to Hispanic parades and otherwise unnavigable for those who only speak English.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jeff.culp.9469\/videos\/575344147113764\" data-width=\"640\" readability=\"8.0032467532468\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jeff.culp.9469\/videos\/575344147113764\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" readability=\"9.4155844155844\">\n<p>What New Jersey needs is a real leader!!! No more special interests and lets get these taxes under control.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jeff.culp.9469\">Jeff Culp<\/a> on Sunday, October 3, 2021<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100007120275441\/posts\/3024771821103464\/?d=n\" data-width=\"640\" readability=\"28.15859030837\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100007120275441\/posts\/3024771821103464\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" readability=\"9.1101321585903\">\n<p>This afternoon, greeting our community and celebrating our culture with soon-to-be Governor Jack Ciattarelli at the Hispanic State Parade! \ud83c\udf0e \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 #Jack4NJ #IBackJack<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kennith.gonzalez\">Kennith Gonzalez<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100007120275441\/posts\/3024771821103464\/\">Sunday, October 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>More prominently, Ciattarelli campaigned in Newark \u2013 New Jersey\u2019s largest city and the definition of \u201clost cause Democrat stronghold.\u201d Ciattarelli campaigned there a lot. He was there this week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.3670886075949\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Out in Newark this afternoon with Monique Headen Bruce and her great team handing out free PPE! Thanks to all who made this possible. The fight to Fix NJ is on! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oZWrpWo7JL\">pic.twitter.com\/oZWrpWo7JL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Ciattarelli (@Jack4NJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jack4NJ\/status\/1330267785528795136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.0540540540541\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My great pleasure to attend and speak at the 7th annual New Jersey Jewish Business Alliance Luncheon in Newark. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JzBXD5uq2q\">pic.twitter.com\/JzBXD5uq2q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Ciattarelli (@Jack4NJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jack4NJ\/status\/1422662656075370498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.92\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wow \u2013 what a night in Newark! Great to be with so many New Jersey Devils fans. <\/p>\n<p>One thing that\u2019s great about sports is that they bring people together. As your Governor, I will make every effort to do the same. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LetsFixNJ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LetsFixNJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5QLq8TQO1K\">pic.twitter.com\/5QLq8TQO1K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Ciattarelli (@Jack4NJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jack4NJ\/status\/1455144941361971208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During a campaign stop in late October, Ciattarelli addressed the fact that his consistent presence in the city made him stand out among those of his own party. His remarks should serve as a template for all conservative candidates in every blue state in the country.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans, to win statewide office, have to go places Republicans typically don\u2019t go. I\u2019m happy to do it,\u201d Ciattarelli <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tapinto.net\/towns\/newark\/sections\/elections\/articles\/republican-gubernatorial-candidate-ciattarelli-campaigns-in-newark-n-j-s-main-dem-city-stronghold\">told<\/a> the local outlet TAPinto Newark. \u201cAnd each time I do, I find that <strong>I\u2019m received with open arms<\/strong>. [emphasis added] Today was a great day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Voters and local political observers noticed his presence, especially in light of the stark contrast that Murphy\u2019s isolated campaign presented. As Fred Snowflack of Insider NJ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidernj.com\/redoubtable-jersey-authenticity-jack-ciattarelli\/\">detailed<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"21\">\n<p>Murphy did something odd for a politician. He didn\u2019t really mix all that much with average voters.<\/p>\n<p>He had many staged events. There was a rally in Perth Amboy with teachers and a few in Newark with the Hispanic and LGBTQ communities. There were also a few events with unions.<\/p>\n<p>And then, of course, there was the celebrity tour. Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Jill Biden, Amy Klobuchar and to use a common Murphy quote \u2013 \u201ca cast of thousands\u201d \u2013 trekked to New Jersey in hopes of pumping up Democratic turnout.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these spectacles were fun \u2013 the Bernie rally certainly was \u2013 but the reality was that just about all the people attending them were going to vote for the governor anyway.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In contrast, Snowflack noted, Ciattarelli met \u201c\u2018real\u2019 people.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe was at diners, pizza joints, coffee shops and all sorts of festivals and fairs. Sure, local Republicans would work hard to whip up a crowd, but these forays also enabled Ciattarelli to interact with probably thousands and thousands of regular folk,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Ciattarelli joked about Murphy\u2019s elitist approach to campaigning during a speech on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been recently asked repeatedly by the journalists, \u2018Jack, he\u2019s bringing in so-and-so, he\u2019s bringing in this person, he\u2019s bringing in that person. Who are you bringing in?\u2019 And I very simply say, \u2018I\u2019m bringing in Jack Ciattarelli, that\u2019s who I\u2019m bringing in,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?515744-1\/jack-ciattarelli-r-remarks-jersey-gubernatorial-election&amp;live=\">told<\/a> the vibrant crowd at his campaign headquarters. \u201cI don\u2019t need a surrogate. I don\u2019t need celebrities. I don\u2019t need former presidents. All I need for is for the people of New Jersey to listen to the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In true Jersey style, he then announced that 325 pizzas awaited the crowd following his speech, to raucous applause.<\/p>\n<p>Consistently engaging voters that Democrats take for granted creates the impression that the Republican candidate is secure enough in his or her base that they are going on the offensive. Murphy certainly felt the pressure, as he was in Union City, the heart of deep-blue North Hudson, on Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9527896995708\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Incredible energy as we joined <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mayorstack?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MayorStack<\/a> earlier in Union City ahead of Election Day. Thank you to everyone working so hard to get us over the finish line. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mz451ECWkZ\">pic.twitter.com\/Mz451ECWkZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Phil Murphy (@PhilMurphyNJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhilMurphyNJ\/status\/1455338906346561539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If Murphy survives Republican Party challenges to the wide <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveKornacki\/status\/1455933089629233154\">array<\/a> of election <a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/election-day-2021-56-districts-in-essex-county-did-not-count-votes-last-night-here-s-why\">shenanigans<\/a>&nbsp;documented in Essex (where Newark is) and Hudson Counties, it will be because of the local Democrat machines operating in these areas. Those machines are over 100 years old and fed by the hard work of local party bosses who, despite their notoriety, invest heavily in education, recreation, and popular social programs. They don\u2019t take their constituents for granted like Murphy did. They also notably use the machine to routinely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/politics\/2020\/07\/after-primary-rout-what-is-the-future-of-the-progressive-movement-in-hudson-county.html\">crush<\/a> radical progressive ideological challenges fed by the national narrative but widely rejected at home. Without the machine, progressives would win primaries only to find no meaningful Republican opposition in the general.<\/p>\n<p>National pundits may argue that Ciattarelli\u2019s defeat in the aforementioned Hudson and Essex counties is a sign that the fight is hopeless, that conservatives should abandon their homes in blue states and move to Florida. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/election-results\/2021\/new-jersey\/governor\/\">numbers<\/a> say otherwise. Ciattarelli received, as of press time, almost 30,000 votes in Hudson County, 10,000 more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.nj.us\/state\/elections\/assets\/pdf\/election-results\/2017\/2017-official-general-election-results-governor.pdf\">Guadagno<\/a> in 2017. He similarly beat Guadagno by another 10,000 votes in Essex.<\/p>\n<p>In Bergen County, the county immediately to the north of Hudson, Ciattarelli nearly tied Murphy. He received about 30,000 more votes there than Guadagno and only 12,000 fewer than Murphy.<\/p>\n<p>At press time, with 91 percent of the vote in, Murphy is beating Ciattarelli by 35,718 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Blue city voters care about the same issues as everyone else and often fail to turn out for Republicans because Republicans are invisible to them. Ciattarelli chose not to be invisible and, with minimal national GOP support and despite a flawed primary campaign, almost took down one of America\u2019s most socialist governors. His example is one conservatives coast to coast should follow.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frances Martel on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1636115365006000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEZjjCpZj1Y4KoYbZx6O6mXNsur8w\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1636115365006000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFw7XE3kV8FWru-R3bBPzJDFD1DWw\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NORTH BERGEN, New Jersey \u2013 A state both corporate media and establishment Republicans have insisted on writing off as a Democratic lost cause firmly asserted its swing identity this week. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-967093","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\/967093","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\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=967093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967093\/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=967093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=967093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=967093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}