New Jersey’s GOP gubernatorial candidate, Jack Ciattarelli, broke with the Trump administration on two topics during Wednesday’s finals. gubernatorial debate Before election day.
Ciattarelli said he disagreed with the president’s decision to support the completion of a nearly completed offshore wind farm project in the vicinity of the Garden State and criticized the leader’s recent statements linking pregnancy and Tylenol use to childhood autism.
“I’m really not happy about the Empire Wind Farm on Long Island. I hope this doesn’t lead to wind farms being approved outside of New Jersey,” the former New Jersey state representative told The Hill in comments made after Wednesday’s debate.
“They need not only state approval, but federal approval as well. I’m very grateful that they have put a temporary moratorium on Jersey Shore wind farms,” he said.
In May, the Trump administration picked up Work on a wind farm off the coast of Long Island was ordered to stop after earlier suggesting that the Biden administration failed to properly review project details.
Empire Wind is set to power 500,000 homes in New York and 810 megawatts in Brooklyn. Project websiteAccording to the company, the site is set up on 80,000 acres with 130 or more wind turbines.
Ciattarelli’s decision to break with the administration over his decision to move forward with completing the wind farm was a rare rebuke for the gubernatorial candidate, who told an audience Wednesday that he would give the president an “A” rating for his first eight months in office.
“I think he’s right in what he’s doing,” the GOP nominee said.
“They’ve secured the border and the economy, inflation is much lower than when Joe Biden was in the White House,” he said.
However, his Democratic opponent, Representative Mickey Sherrill (NJ), hit back at the comments and attacked him for his previous career in pharmaceuticals during the intense debate.
Sherrill said Ciattarelli “has shown no signs of standing up to this president.”
But Ciattarelli said that “in a time of need, it’s best to have a relationship with whoever occupies the White House, and I will do that.”
Although she defended her relationship with the President during the televised discussion, she said the President’s recent comments about Tylenol had raised concerns.
“When we’re talking about the effects of acetaminophen on people … we need to make sure we have the medical science to back up these types of claims,” Ciattarelli told The Hill.
Last month, Trump told expectant mothers to stop taking Tylenol, which contains acetaminophen, “is not goodAnd urged women who are expecting to “toughen it out” instead of taking medication.
The Trump administration also said the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would begin updating the labels on acetaminophen and inform physicians that Tylenol “may be associated with a greatly increased risk of autism.”
Global health officials and world leaders have claim rejected And said that by not taking Tylenol, pregnant mothers could be putting their baby’s health at risk.
Ciattarelli’s statements accusing the president of making unproven allegations have also been echoed by GOP lawmakers.
Trump has endorsed the Republican gubernatorial candidate. He trails According to recent polling, Sherrill with voters.
nonpartisan cook political report The U.S. has rated this race as a Democratic leaning race.
