TRENTON – Today, Bob Hugin, Chairman of the New Jersey Republican Party (“NJGOP”) offered the following response to Governor Phil Murphy’s announcement that he would be declaring yet another public health emergency: 

“In a stunning act of continuing government overreach, Phil Murphy has thrown out the will of the people and their representatives by declaring yet another public health emergency to protect nothing but the fragility of his own ego. Voters in November sent the clear message that they want our leaders to work to make New Jersey more affordable, to prioritize the education of our children, and to leave the lockdowns and mandates that destroyed lives behind. We are putting Democrats in every office up for election this year on notice: we will make sure voters hold you accountable for the continuing decline in our children’s mental health and any other consequence of the arrogance Phil Murphy has displayed today.”