Antony “Tony” Ghee this afternoon issued a statement in response to Assemblyman Jay Webber’s (R-26) criticism following Ghee’s Passaic County GOP screening.

“If defending our country as a Major in the Army means Jay Webber is able to exercise his First Amendment rights and accuse me of ‘hiding behind the uniform’ then I’ve done my job as a soldier,” said Ghee.

“But that’s the problem with Jay,” he added. “It does not matter that you selflessly serve your country and embrace American values of hard work and determination, endure adversity, achieve success and experience failure. If your background is different than his, he assumes that you cannot possibly believe in conservative principles.

“That is exactly the problem in Washington today! Our elected officials are unwilling to or are incapable of looking beyond the narrowness of their own tunnel vision. That is exactly why people refuse to work together within the party to achieve what is best for our country. And that is exactly why we cannot send Jay Webber to Congress to represent the people of New Jersey and in particular the good people of the 11th District.”