Nancy Pelosi put on a show of political theater the night of the State of the Union. In response, one of my Republican opponents demanded Congressman Gottheimer get Pelosi to apologize for her actions. This is more political theater.

My Republican opponent is no better than Pelosi and Gottheimer because this is more of the same old shenanigans, politics as usual. They want more of what is destroying our country.

Pelosi will never apologize, just as we knew months ago that the Senate would acquit the president. My Republican colleague knows this, yet still continues the political theater.

Gottheimer was instrumental in Pelosi becoming the speaker of the House. Among others, we have Gottheimer to thank for Pelosi’s performance these last few months. Could you trust a Pelosi apology? No! She has called our President an impostor and a liar and impeached him for a political agenda, not a legal one.

Political elites such as Gottheimer and Pelosi aren’t like you and me. They hear the President on Tuesday night and think “Orangeman Bad,“ “Trump Evil’’ as a reflex. The ordinary American — you and I — hear the words, “The American comeback story, the death to American-murdering terrorists, the great triumphs over racism and the rising economic American century,” cornerstones of President Trump’s speech. When Pelosi tore that document, she tore apart the American, you and me. She did it for spite and for theater. Pelosi didn’t do it because she loved America. My Republican colleague, Pelosi and Gottheimer are members of the political class and don’t feel the same love of America that we do. They see their role as a need to win the political theater. Not represent us, but to represent their party first and America last.

No apology can fix that. Only victory in November can.

James Baldini,
Candidate for the 5th New Jersey Congressional District