Governor Phil Murphy’s Saturday fundraiser for Joe Biden at his Middletown, New Jersey mansion raised $3.7 million for the debate-hobbled incumbent Democrat’s campaign.
Meanwhile, the taxpayers of Murphy’s Republican-red adopted hometown are on the hook for a five-figure police overtime bill.
“Middletown taxpayers were forced to cover over $23,000 in overtime security costs for the Biden campaign fundraiser Saturday,” Mayor Tony Perry, a Republican, told Save Jersey. “Middletown stationed over 55 police officers along the President’s route to the Governor’s mansion for the event, resulting in over 279 hours of unanticipated overtime. This fundraiser raised over $3.7 million dollars and I firmly believe Middletown taxpayers should not be burdened with this expense.”
Trump won 55.76% of the vote in the Monmouth County community in 2020 while Biden fetched only 42.78%. The Jersey Shore has a whole has trended Republican in recent years.
Pro-Trump protesters, anti-offshore wind activists, and a contingent of anti-Israel demonstrators made their voices heard but were positioned behind barricades for most of the evening.
Start difference from our Let’s Go Brandon Rally to the Free Palestine protesters
We even thanked the cops after the event and left no trashhttps://t.co/1MApp4XQUU
— ☕ Wαƙҽ Uρ NJ (@wakeupnj) June 30, 2024
Here’s some video of the “Pro-Palestinian” protesters who marched about one block from Murphy’s waterfront palace:
Anti-Israel protesters tonight in Middletown, N.J. near Governor Murphy’s mansion where he’s hosting Joe Biden for a campaign fundraiser.. pic.twitter.com/QrJ8fFy8qI
— Save Jersey (@SaveJersey) June 30, 2024
