This New Jersey Republican isn't afraid to push back against Trump. Is that enough?
When President Donald Trump threatened funding for the massive Gateway tunnel project between New York and New Jersey, vulnerable Republicans expressed their dissatisfaction but largely stayed away from publicly criticizing the president directly.
One GOP candidate running in a blue-leaning seat in northern New Jersey had a different approach.
The president should not be using Gateway as a pawn, said Joe Hathaway, a local councilmember who is looking to succeed Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill in New Jerseys 11th District, an affluent suburban seat that she flipped in the 2018 blue wave. It's the right thing to do for the district, he later said in an interview with POLITICO. This isn't just a party-line thing.
While the fight over Gateway seems to have quieted for now, with the administration releasing millions of dollars but still fighting it in court, Hathaway has also spoken out on other hot-button topics that Republicans are worrying will drag them down in the midterms.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/jersey-republican-isn-t-afraid-095500846.html
No, it's not enough.