New Jersey Republicans are outraged after an undercover video released Monday shows campaign staff for Democratic Governor Phil Murphy saying he is waiting until after reelection to release a state-wide broad vaccine mandate.
Wendy Martinez, who works for Hispanic outreach for Murphy's campaign, told an undercover reporter for conservative undercover operations group Project Veritas that the governor doesn't want to reveal the plan yet because right now it's all about him winning.
'He's going to do it, but he couldn't do it before the elections because [independent and undecided voters are] all into all the s***, my rights, my s***,' Martinez said in the video.
'And they don't care if they kill everybody,' she continued. 'He will, but right now it is about him winning.'
She said the mandates would look similar to those in California, but said he doesn't want to announce them until after the election, suggesting it would be 'political suicide' to not wait.
In the undercover stint, another campaign staffer, digital manager Matthew Urquijo, was asked about the governor's alleged plans for vaccine mandates.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy's Hispanic outreach director for his campaign, Wendy Martinez, said the governor is waiting until after reelection to introduce a plan for widespread vaccine mandates
In an undercover stint from Project Veritas, another campaign staffer, Matthew Urquijo (pictured), said Murphy can't announce the plan 'because it's election season'
BREAKING: Campaign Senior Advisor Reveals @GovMurphy to Impose State-Wide COVID Vax Mandate AFTER Re-Election
¿He [Murphy] is going to do it [COVID vaccine mandate], but he couldn¿t do it before the elections."#MurphyMandates pic.twitter.com/kD298nvp2U
— Jered Ede (Project Veritas Chief Legal Officer) (@Jtaylorede) October 26, 2021
'I think so. I think the problem is right now because it's election season, he's not going to have people say like, 'We're going to have a mandate now,'' Urquijo said.
During a press conference, when asked if he would consider imposing a vaccine mandate, Murphy said: 'I would never say heck no to anything, we've still got to leave options on the table – particularly if this thing takes a turn for the negative.'
Republicans in the Garden State are furious over the hidden plans.
'This extremely disturbing video appears to confirm what the Murphy campaign has been hinting at - and the NJGOP has been warning about