| National and local outlets continue to report on the fact that career politician Tom Kean Jr. is on the ropes as he suffers through a series of self-inflicted wounds and continues to betray New Jersey.
The Associated Press became the latest outlet to report that Kean Jr. is more vulnerable than ever, writing over the weekend that “the Republican congressman is among his party’s most endangered members.”
The AP notes that in addition to being tagged as a self-serving career politician, Kean Jr. “risks being saddled with other parts of Trump’s agenda that have been unpopular in the area” – including his support for cost-spiking tariffs and his refusal to advocate for his own community on issues like Gateway and Roxbury.
Read key excerpts from the AP for yourself:
- […] The family lineage may not be enough to protect Kean in this year’s midterm elections. The Republican congressman is among his party’s most endangered members as Democrats try to capitalize on President Donald Trump’s unpopularity and regain control of the U.S. House.
- If Kean and other Republicans in competitive races cannot retain their seats, it will be an early sign that a blue wave is washing across the country.
- [Kean] risks being saddled with other parts of Trump’s agenda that have been unpopular in the area. The Republican administration wants to turn a local warehouse into an immigration detention facility, which Democrats and a GOP-controlled town council sued to stop on Friday. Also, Trump has tried to cancel a new rail tunnel that would make it easier to commute into New York City.
- This year, Kean is one of 44 lawmakers whom Democrats hope to oust, more than enough to give them a majority […] Democrats are already attacking him over Trump’s tariffs, the rail tunnel and the proposed immigration detention facility.
- “Career politician Tom Kean Jr. has come to represent everything that people hate about a broken and corrupt Washington,” said Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spokesperson Eli Cousin.
- Kean’s spokesperson did not respond to requests for an interview.
- Another challenge for Kean has been controversy over the Gateway Tunnel, which will add new rail tracks under the Hudson River to alleviate congestion.
- Mark Oliver, a retired architect […] plans to support the eventual Democratic candidate because “rich people have so much power and so much influence that it’s got to be counterbalanced.”
- Democrats criticize Kean for not doing in-person town hall meetings.
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