What do you hear? Phillipsburg council president accused of ‘vicious and sexist’ mispronunciation
Updated Mar 04, 2021;
Posted Mar 04, 2021
Phillipsburg Council President Frank McVey at a council meeting Feb. 4, 2020, and Theresa Bender Chapman in a 2020 campaign photo for her Warren County Board of Commissioners candidacy.lehighvalleylive.com file photos
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Warren County Democrats are accusing Phillipsburg Town Council President Frank McVey of “intentionally and maliciously” mispronouncing a woman’s name.
During the Feb. 25 meeting of the Phillipsburg Land Use Board, McVey introduces himself as a private citizen and refers to a social media post by Warren County Democratic Committee Vice Chairwoman Theresa Bender Chapman.
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New Jersey Republicans have rolled their eyes and zipped their lips during every norm-shattering turn of Donald Trump s presidency.
Most of the state s Republican officials refused to hold Trump accountable for inciting the riot that that left five people dead, injured 50 police officers and brought the wheels of American democracy to a halt.
Certainly, they condemned the violence and the embarrassing banana republic-image of mob rule transmitted to the rest of the world.
But condemning Trump? Most didn t go there.
What do they fear? The base
Douglas Steinhardt, the Warren County lawyer who is running for governor as the Trumpiest of Trump Republicans, suggested that the protesters were not real Trump supporters even though many, bedecked in Trump swag and carrying Trump flags, marched to the Capitol at Trump s urging.
The political landscape in this New Year will depend on how swiftly and successfully New Jersey and the nation emerges from the nightmare that was 2020.
Hovering over the New Jersey governor’s race and contests for all 120 seats in the Legislature in 2021 is the expectation that the distribution of a vaccine will finally bring the deadly coronavirus to heel. And with that, the hope that a weary and heartbroken public can reclaim some semblance of normalcy.
Also fueling a modicum of optimism is the coming installation of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, who have promised a more focused, science-based pivot from the dismissive, disordered Trump administration’s management of the pandemic.
New Jersey reported 2,745 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Monday, for a total of 463,965 cases since the start of the pandemic. There are 3,684 residents receiving hospital care for confirmed or suspected COVID-19 infection, and 715 are receiving critical care, with about two-thirds on a ventilator, according to a briefing with Gov. Phil Murphy
There were 73 additional hospital deaths reported, bringing the total number of lives lost to 16,706. The percent positivity for the state is 10.98% as of Dec. 24.
“Some of the numbers have moderated a bit over the last several days, however we’re not ready to call that a trend,” said Murphy.
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The virtual lame duck came to an end yesterday. In a few short days, the Legislature tackled marijuana legalization, a reorganization of the state’s largest health insurer and last but definitely not least a $14.3 billion tax incentive bill.