The effects of the national government shutdown are seeping across state lines, including into New Jersey, where frozen funds for the Hudson Tunnel project are becoming a flashpoint in the competitive 2025 gubernatorial election.
With a little over a month until the New Jersey governor’s race, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) and Republican Jack Ciattarelli are following in their parties’ footsteps, playing a blame game as to who is responsible for a shutdown that entered its second day on Thursday.
Sherrill, who has spent much of her campaign working to tie Ciattarelli to President Donald Trump’s agenda to boost her standings in the blue state’s polls, said the frozen funds are just another example of how the Republican would not stand up to the president.
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