{"id":1056060,"date":"2025-09-18T15:45:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T19:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1056060"},"modified":"2025-09-18T15:45:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T19:45:39","slug":"icymi-nj-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-jack-ciattarelli-spreads-lies-to-hide-his-maga-agenda-that-will-drive-up-energy-costs-for-new-jerseyans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-nj-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-jack-ciattarelli-spreads-lies-to-hide-his-maga-agenda-that-will-drive-up-energy-costs-for-new-jerseyans\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: NJ GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Jack Ciattarelli Spreads Lies To Hide His MAGA Agenda That Will Drive Up Energy Costs For New Jerseyans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli is a student of Donald Trump\u2019s masterclass in lies and deception. Last week, Ciattarelli <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/politics\/2025\/09\/did-sherrill-really-say-you-should-pay-an-arm-and-a-leg-for-energy-bills-heres-what-she-said.html?outputType=amp\">launched<\/a> a desperate smear campaign against his Democratic opponent, Rep. Mikie Sherrill, to distract from his flailing campaign and MAGA agenda that will drive up costs for New Jerseyans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s the reality: Just like Donald Trump, Jack Ciattarelli has no plans to lower costs for New Jersey families. On the other hand, Rep. Mikie Sherrill has a plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northjersey.com\/story\/opinion\/2025\/09\/04\/mikie-sherrill-nj-governor-plan-electric-rates-2025-opinion\/85855750007\/\">end utility price hikes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/politics\/2025\/08\/mikie-sherrill-vows-to-freeze-nj-energy-prices-amid-alarming-rate-hikes.html\">lower costs<\/a> for New Jersey families. For New Jersey voters, the choice is clear.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In response to Jack Ciattarelli\u2019s campaign peddling lies against Rep. Mikie Sherrill to hide his MAGA agenda that raises costs for New Jerseyans, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Deputy Communications Director Abhi Rahman released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump and Jack Ciattarelli are two peas in a pod: They are both liars who won\u2019t hesitate to screw over New Jersey working families and their pocketbooks to give more tax cuts to billionaires. New Jerseyans are struggling with an affordability crisis \u2014 they feel their wallets tightening and the financial strains of Trump\u2019s disastrous agenda that\u2019s hiking costs. If Jack Ciattarelli wins this race, he\u2019ll implement the same chaotic and expensive agenda that New Jerseyans just can\u2019t afford. Make no mistake: Voters see right through their lies and are ready to deliver a loud and clear rejection to Ciattarelli and Trump on Election Day.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli is a student of Donald Trump\u2019s masterclass in lies and deception. Last week, Ciattarelli launched a desperate smear campaign against his Democratic opponent, Rep. Mikie Sherrill, to distract from his flailing campaign and MAGA agenda that will drive up costs for New Jerseyans.&nbsp; Here\u2019s the reality: Just like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":302,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ICYMI: NJ GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Jack Ciattarelli Spreads Lies To Hide His MAGA Agenda That Will Drive Up Energy Costs For New Jerseyans - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-nj-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-jack-ciattarelli-spreads-lies-to-hide-his-maga-agenda-that-will-drive-up-energy-costs-for-new-jerseyans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-18T19:45:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1101\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"483\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tristin Byrd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tristin Byrd\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-nj-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-jack-ciattarelli-spreads-lies-to-hide-his-maga-agenda-that-will-drive-up-energy-costs-for-new-jerseyans\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-nj-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-jack-ciattarelli-spreads-lies-to-hide-his-maga-agenda-that-will-drive-up-energy-costs-for-new-jerseyans\/\",\"name\":\"ICYMI: NJ GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Jack Ciattarelli Spreads Lies To Hide His MAGA Agenda That Will Drive Up Energy Costs For New Jerseyans - 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