Burlington County GOP calls on AFL-CIO, NJEA and BCEA to Revoke Youngkin Freeholder Endorsements

Challenges NOW and other groups who supported his 2017 Senate run to stop hiding and condemn his record of serial abuse, harassment and violence

Mount Holly, October 9, 2018 – Saying they find it unconscionable that the AFL-CIO, NJEA and BCEA still haven’t publicly revoked their endorsements of George Youngkin for Burlington County Freeholder, the Burlington GOP today challenged the groups to stop hiding and put people before partisan politics.

The GOP also singled out NOW (National Organization for Women) for their silence on the charges against Youngkin, who they endorsed over an incumbent, female State Senator in 2017.

“In the era of #MeToo, it is unconscionable that groups who purport to represent working men and women, and public school teachers, haven’t stepped forward to publicly revoke their endorsements of George Youngkin’s Freeholder campaign in the wake of news reports detailing his serial abuse, harassment and violence against women,” said Freeholder Director Kate Gibbs.

“As a young woman running for public office, it’s disappointing to see some of these groups eagerly push out pro-woman rhetoric when it suits their partisan end game, but then stay silent when their candidate of choice turns out to be a proven perpetrator of domestic violence,” added Deputy Director Linda Hughes.

“Frankly, it says a lot about what matters more to them – women or partisan politics – to see the National Organization for Women (NOW) stand on the sidelines while two qualified young women are running against a man with a track record of abusing women,” said GOP spokesman Chris Russell.  “NOW should be holding rallies for Kate and Linda.  Instead, they can’t even muster the admission that their endorsement of a domestic abuser in last year’s Senate race was a mistake.”