Joint Statement Denouncing Jack Ciattarelli’s Politicization of Cuban Liberation Rally

US Senator Bob Menendez
US Congressman Albio Sires
US Senator/Mayor Nicholas Sacco
US Senator/Mayor Brian P. Stack
Assemblywoman Angelica Jimenez
Assemblyman Pedro Mejia
Mayor Gabriel Rodriguez, West New York
Mayor Wayne Zitt, Guttenberg
Hudson County Commissioner Anthony P. Vainieri

NEW JERSEY- “We stand united in our support of the Cuban people in their fight for freedom and against the repressive acts of an authoritarian regime. Whether you are an American citizen from Cuba, or a newly arrived immigrant looking for a better life, New Jersey is a place where all 9.3 million residents can grow and prosper — New Jersey is the opportunity state.

“Unfortunately, Republican Gubernatorial nominee Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli is someone who views this diversity as a threat. Assemblyman Ciattarelli has run a campaign of division — division along urban or suburban lines, division across income lines, and division across racial and ethnic lines.

“After supporting the rhetoric and bigotry of the Trump administration, Assemblyman Ciattarelli is now attempting to use our vibrant Cuban community as a pawn for his own political purposes.

We wholeheartedly reject this opportunistic way of thinking, and won’t allow a politician with a self-serving agenda to weaponize the Cuban people’s suffering and drag us back to the days when our diverse communities were put into silos and left behind.