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Tom Kean Jr. Refuses to Stand Up to Trump As Gateway Funding Runs Dry

Why won’t Kean Jr. call out Trump by name even as the President says the Gateway Project is “terminated” and puts 1,000 jobs on the line?
Congressman Tom Kean Jr. has been with Donald Trump every step of the way. He’s voted with Trump 100% of the time this Congress – including for his so-called ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ that made the largest cuts to Medicaid in history, and to rubber-stamp his cost spiking tariffs.

So why won’t Tom Kean Jr. tell his boss to release federal funding for the Gateway Tunnel? 

Construction on the critical infrastructure project is “expected to shut down next week without federal funding,” which “will force 1,000 layoffs.” Trump and Republicans who control the federal government could release the funding to keep construction going – but Kean Jr. is unwilling to call him out.
DCCC Spokesperson Eli Cousin:
“As a career politician, Congressman Tom Kean Jr. has clearly mastered the art of the empty statement. Here’s the thing: If Kean Jr. really supported the Gateway Tunnel, he would call out Donald Trump by name and tell him to stop screwing over New Jersey. If Kean Jr. can’t find one ounce of political courage to speak up and defend his own community, voters will help him find a new line of work.”

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