Bill Spadea’s position on amnesty is a subject of controversy, Save Jerseyans, but he’s been very consistent in refusing to commit to supporting a Republican nominee who isn’t himself.
The former NJ 101.5 radio host and 2025 gubernatorial primary candidate went on a fairly sustained rant on Thursday night during a Twitter Spaces Q&A discussion.
“There is no ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ that’s my answer. There is no yes or no. Because this is a very complicated and complex problem,” said Spadea in response to X questioner Jacktron’s third attempt to get a direct answer.
“As far as I’m concerned, losing this primary to a RINO near Democrat is as bad as losing the general to the Democrats,” continued Spadea, adding “you’re going to have a hard time finding a big difference” between Ciattarelli and the Democrat frontrunner, Mikie Sherrill. Spadea also reminded the audience that he did not support or vote for Ciattarelli in 2021 when Ciattarelli narrowly lost a surprisingly close contest to Phil Murphy.
When Jacktron tried to ask the question again in search of a direct answer, the Spaces host cut him short and then proceeded to compliment Spadea’s response. I know how Jacktron feels! Welcome to my world.
Thus far, the private and public polls have unanimously shown a double-digit Jack Ciattarelli lead which existed prior to President Trump’s early May endorsement of Ciattarelli, a businessman and former legislator.
You can listen to the full exchange below.
So last night I asked New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Bill Spadea if, in the hypothetical scenario that he loses the republican primary to candidate Jack Ciaterelli, that he’d support Jack in the general race against the democrat candidate. This was the answer that he gave.… pic.twitter.com/bO6JIrHHdI
— Jacktron (@jacktronprime) May 30, 2025
