POMPTON LAKES, N.J. – 26th Legislative District hopeful Christian Barranco (R- Jefferson Township) is standing by his 2016 opinion that then-candidate Donald Trump should’ve spoken out against violence at his campaign rallies. At the time, the future Assembly candidate also said rally violence meant Trump shouldn’t be president.
Barranco, who works as a project manager for IBEW Local 102, made the remarks to NorthJersey.com back in March 2016. The article (which focused on New Jersey Rubio supporters as Trump became the inevitable 2016 nominee) included a quote from Barranco; he opposed a party elite-dominated brokered convention but nevertheless expressed his belief that Trump shouldn’t be president: