Spoiled Meat For Guard Troops? Scharfenberger Wants Answers!

New Jersey State Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger (R-Monmouth) is asking New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy to inquire into the reports of shoddy conditions and rancid food being served to New Jersey National Guard Troops whom are still active in Washington, D.C. following the Capitol incident on January 6^th:

 “With continued reports of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. being served spoiled meat coming on the heels of their assigned placement in a garage to sleep overnight in January, it is imperative that governor Murphy step-up to ask what is going on down there as is his right to demand better treatment for the Guard during their deployment,” stated Scharfenberger. “These men and women deserve infinitely better conditions while serving to preserve order at the behest of the federal government.”

 

According the activation orders enacted which led to New Jersey’s Guard being deployed to the Nation’s Capitol; the Governor has the complete authority to assess the circumstances surrounding his troops. Furthermore, under these orders the State’s Legislature is well within its rights to request information as to conditions as well as several other issues:

 

“It’s completely troubling and outright disturbing that we keep seeing these news reports, especially since troops have been down there for months and are not operating across the seas, but here at home,” Scharfenberger commented. “I hope that my colleagues in the Legislature and the Governor will join me in getting answers. Our Guard deserves that, at the very least, and so do their families at home here in New Jersey.”