With 47 days to go till Election Day, here’s a totally-not-fun collection of reasons to steer clear of the GOP nominee for NJ-11, courtesy of our political director Elizabeth Juviler. For more specifics, check out his record at VoteSmart.org.
Some of Jay Webber’s not-so-greatest hits in the state Assembly:
AGAINST fair Economy for Women and working families
- Voted AGAINST Equal Pay for Equal Work, one of 2 votes against pay equity and workplace discrimination.
- Voted against expanding wind and solar facilities in NJ
- Voted against increasing Earned Income Tax Credit for working families in NJ
- Voted against mortgage counselors and mediators during the mortgage crisis even though NJ had the HIGHEST foreclosure rate in the country
- Voted against paid family leave for people with new or ailing family members
AGAINST gun safety (and FOR his 1000% NRA rating)
- Voted against universal background checks
- Voted against forcing domestic abusers to sell or turn over their guns
- Voted against handgun purchase limits in a 30 day period
- Voted against reducing magazine capacity
- Voted against prohibiting sale of realistic toy guns, and
- After Parkland FAILED to vote on a bill allowing removal of guns from an individual deemed to be a danger to themselves or others
AGAINST Clean and Renewable Energy
- Voted against expanding jobs in the Green energy sector in NJ
- Voted against tax credits for homeowners installing solar panels
- Voted against incentives for power companies to use more clean energy
- Voted against expanding wind and solar facilities in NJ
AGAINST free and fair elections and AGAINST constituent participation
- Voted against early in-person voting
- Voted against mail-in ballots
- Voted against on-line and automatic registration
- Blocks constituents from asking questions on his social media campaign platforms
AGAINST individual choice in healthcare
- Voted against increase in healthcare options for vets with PTSD against medical use of marijuana
- Voted against funding Planned Parenthood in NJ precipitating a 27% increase in STD infections around the state
- Staunchly against women’s autonomy in reproduction, working his entire adult life against choice
Silent on separation of families
- Abstained on Condemnation of separation of families at the border
FOR homophobic measures such as
- Allowing electric shock and other fraudulent “therapies” for gay teenagers
- Co Sponsoring legislation against Marriage Equality
- Voting against pay equity discrimination in the workplace
Oh, and finally:
- He voted against drivers giving bicyclists leeway on the roads. (Why?)
- He also voted AGAINST allowing adopted adults to gain access to their family health records
As Democratic candidate Alison Heslin said at a primary-season forum:
"Who DOES that?"
Not someone we’re looking for in a congressional representative, that’s for sure.