The Menendez for Senate Campaign today released a television ad that underscores Republican challenger Bob Hugin’s close ties to President Donald J. Trump.

The Republican – Menendez argues – has spent $30 million in “false, negative ads that level discredited attacks on the Senator and erroneously claim he is an ‘independent’ in attempt to mislead voters.”

“Greedy, drug company CEO Bob Hugin can pretend all he wants to be an ‘independent’ or ‘different kind of Republican,’ but he’s nothing but a Trump-Republican through and through,” said Menendez Campaign Communications Director Steve Sandberg.  “Bob Hugin has run a campaign build on deceit and lies in hopes of misleading New Jerseyans to vote for him, but no matter how much he spends from the fortune he made ripping off cancer patients, he can’t change his record or who he is.  This election is about who will stand up for New Jersey and who will stand up to Trump.  Bob Menendez always has; Bob Hugin never will.”