Is A Jersey Dem Dirty Trick Underway?

 

Cross- posted, with permission from Save Jersey:

By Matt Rooney

I obviously hope it doesn’t happen, Save Jerseyans, since I live and spend money here. But Sherrill voters would deserve every bit of it! Unfortunately, we would all suffer right alongside them. That’s how it works. The suck is shared.

Our friend Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia (R-24) dropped a bit of a bombshell on Tuesday on X, announcing that the Democrat Governor-elect is allegedly pushing the Democrat legislative leadership to enact a sales tax increase BEFORE she takes office in January.

Her rationale is obvious. It’s less clear why any Democrat Assembly or Senate member (who will be back on the ballot in 2027) would go along with it? Sherrill waffled on whether she’d raise taxes during the campaign but ultimately said she would NOT raise the sales tax.

“File this under “things everyone already knew”: the current governor’s dream was to return the sales tax to 7%. Gov. Murphy has tried to shove that little gem into his proposed budgets,” opined Fantasia. “When you’re drunk on spending and the federal COVID relief dollars dry up, they always run back to “old reliable.” Now, the same progressive groups that never missed a chance to promote bringing NJ’s sales tax back to 7% (policy outfits on the left that have publicly endorsed this hike for years) are now parked inside Gov-elect Sherrill’s transition.”

“No surprise that the 7% chatter is back during lame duck,” she continued. “This conversation should be had in the open, not behind closed doors.”

If true, Sherrill’s duplicity would truly have reached historic proportions. She won, in part, by faslely accusing GOP opponent Jack Ciattarelli of pushing a massive sales tax increase (to 10% from 6.625%). Jack never pitched a hike; she took him out of context during press conference remarks comparing other states’ approaches to taxation relative to New Jersey. Sherrill supposedly wants the sales tax to return to 7% where it was approximately a decade ago before Governor Christie cut a deal to lower it.

Sales tax collections are already up 5% in 2025 as New Jersey wrestle with stubborn Biden Era inflation.

Lying isn’t out of character for Sherrill, nor is avoiding taking stands on difficult issues (like the ongoing flap over the gutting of a state corruption watchdog). Sadly, even if she ultimately denies Fantasia’s claim, how can we believe her based upon a truly regrettable record of detachment from truth telling?

We’ll keep you in the loop…