LD1 state Senate candidate Mike Testa hit Governor Phil Murphy over Jeffrey Dye being just one of a “laundry list” of questionable hires. Testa’s press release on the matter follows:

Cape May Court House - Following the recent Anti-Semitic comments made by a former Murphy Administration employee, New Jersey State Senate Candidate Mike Testa, Jr. issued the following statement:

"The recent Anti-Semitic comments made by Jeffrey Dye should be an alarm to all New Jersey residents, including to families like my own... whose ancestors survived the Holocaust and came to America for a better life," Testa said referring to his grandparents Samuel and Eva Flumen, who met in a Nazi Concentration Camp.

According to reports, the Murphy Administration hired Jeffrey Dye after receiving warning of Dye's Anti-Semitic and Anti-Latino viewpoints.

"Make no mistake - the Murphy Administration clearly ignored warnings of Dye's Anti-Semitic past. And yet, they gave him a high-paying, taxpayer funded job anyway," Testa, Jr. added. "Just like the ignored warnings about an alleged sex abuser and gave him a cushy job, and looked the other way while the Vice-Chair of the Democratic State Committee turned a multi-billion dollar public agency into a patronage pit for unqualified family and friends. I'm not sure whether the Murphy Administration is incompetent, corrupt, or both, but either way, we need to elect a Republican check and balance in Trenton against this mess in November."

Today, NJGOP Chairman Doug Steinhardt called on Governor Phil Murphy to fire a political appointee who made multiple anti-semitic comments on his Facebook page.The press release from the state party follows:

Trenton, NJ - A report from NJ Globe yesterday revealed that Murphy Administration appointee Jeffrey Dye had made multiple anti-semitic comments on his Facebook page.

This is not the first questionable hire of the Murphy administration with which the NJGOP has taken issue. NJGOP Chairman Doug Steinhardt called for an investigation into the hiring of corrupt official Marcellus Jackson and was the first to call for an investigation into the hiring of accused rapist Al Alvarez.

NJGOP Chairman said the following regarding Jeffrey Dye's employment with the Murphy Administration:

"This Administration has been plagued with one scandal after another. The pattern of bad behavior and bad hires is beyond bad judgement and indicative of a broader, more insidious bad government. At what point do you stop apologizing for your appointees’ mistakes, biases and alleged assaults and start atoning for them? Yes, Jeffrey Dye must be terminated from his position with the State, but maybe it’s time NJ fire Phil Murphy, too."