PRESS RELEASE: 372 Days Of Silence Is Too Long

CCGOP Chairman Rich Ambrosino continued calling out Camden County Democrats on their silence over disgraced former Assemblyman Arthur Barclay still holding a county job. His press release follows:

HADDON HEIGHTS – Today marks 372 days since several Camden County Republican candidates called out Assemblywoman Pam Lampitt and other “South Jersey women leaders” for their silence on the issue of former Assemblyman Arthur Barclay’s arrest.

“Hypocrites! That’s what Assemblywomen Pam Lampitt and Pat Egan Jones and Freeholders Carmen Rodriguez and Susan Shin-Angulo are,” Camden County Republican Chairman Rich Ambrosino said.

“373 days ago these self-proclaimed women leaders complained about Brett Kavanaugh because of allegations, but remained silent over the arrest and subsequent admission of domestic violence by former Assemblyman Arthur Barclay.” Ambrosino added, “They knew Barclay still had a county job because we began asking if he was keeping his county job on July 12, 2018.”

Ambrosino continued, “At the time we asked, ‘Is this just another case of Camden County machine politics where they sweep their problems under the rug?’”

“Susan Shin-Angulo is trying to move from freeholder to mayor of Cherry Hill.” Ambrosino remarked, “Barclay’s transfer to a new job in county government happened on her watch, she owes an explanation to county and municipal voters. Carmen Rodriguez is up for re-election and wants to remain a freeholder, she needs to explain her role in approving Barclay’s job transfer. Pam Lampitt wants to remain in the Assembly, voters have a right to hear her explain her hypocrisy.”

“372 days of silence is too long” Ambrosino said, “Things are different now. This is the new reenergized Camden County Republican Party and we’re fighting the wrongs of the Democrats every step of the way and we are going to right this wrong by getting an explanation as to why the Democrats are protecting a confessed domestic abuser by transferring him to a new job.”

PRESS RELEASE: Ambrosino Wishes Assemblywoman Pam Lampitt And Other South Jersey Women “Leaders” A Happy Anniversary

Camden County Republican Chairman continued to keep the pressure on Camden Democrats with regard to the Arthur Barclay situation issuing another press release today:

HADDON HEIGHTS – Exactly one year ago several Camden County Republican candidates called out Assemblywoman Pam Lampitt and other “South Jersey women leaders” for their silence on the issue of former Assemblyman Arthur Barclay’s arrest. At the time, Camden County Republicans suggested the reason for the silence was, “They were waiting to be told what to say by their political bosses.”

Camden County Republican Chairman Rich Ambrosino said, “Here we are, one year later and former Assemblyman Arthur Barclay still has a county job and Assemblywomen Pam Lampitt and Pat Egan Jones and Freeholders Carmen Rodriguez and Susan Shin-Angulo are still silent about one of their own beating his girlfriend and still having a county job. Perhaps we were right a year ago and they are waiting to be told what to say.”

“Three of these self-proclaimed ‘leaders’ are on the ballot.” Ambrosino explained, “Lampitt and Rodriguez are both running for re-election and Shin-Angulo is running for mayor in Cherry Hill. Frankly, in the era of #MeToo I don’t believe you get to call yourself a leader and remain silent on the issue of a confessed girlfriend beater still holding a county job.”

“In this case silence is not golden, but it does take discipline to do absolutely nothing for an entire year.” Ambrosino said, “I wish Assemblywoman Lampitt and her fellow self-proclaimed ‘leaders’ a very happy first anniversary of silence. It takes special people to remain silent and ignore the fact that a man who admitted to punching his girlfriend has been protected by your own political party for an entire year.”

PRESS RELEASE: Maybe Nancy Pelosi Can Straighten The Camden Democrats Out

Camden County Republican Chairman invited Nancy Pelosi to come to Camden County and join him in calling for Arthur Barclay to be fired from county government. Ambrosino’s press release follows:

HADDON HEIGHTS – Rich Ambrosino, Chairman of the Camden County Republicans, said today that he was hopeful that when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Atlantic City for the New Jersey Democratic State Committee’s Annual Conference later this week that she will stop in Camden County and straighten her Democrats out.

“Over the past year Camden County Democrats have had a string of bad actors, all of which they were silent about.” Ambrosino explained, “There was the Barclay arrest and resignation, followed with a Haddon Township Commissioner who crashed his car into another driver, left the scene and tired to blame his wife and let’s not forget the Gloucester Township School Board member who had to resign before his first meeting because his online biography was a lie and it was discovered he went to a party wearing blackface. Camden County machine Democrats were silent on every one of these episodes.”

“I have very little doubt that Speaker Pelosi will be happy to learn that the worst of the three Camden Democrat offenders, former Assemblyman Arthur Barclay who resigned after admitting to punching his girlfriend, is still on the county payroll,” Rich Ambrosino remarked. “I think after Speaker Pelosi learns that it is her party protecting Barclay she’s going to want answers. No doubt she’s going to want to know why four self-proclaimed ‘South Jersey women leaders,’ all machine Democrats, Assemblywomen Pam Lampitt and Pat Egan Jones and Freeholders Carmen Rodriguez and Susan Shin-Angulo are all supportive of Barclay still holding a county job.”

“Speaker Pelosi has been in Camden County before. She came here to raise money for Donald Norcross. Considering Speaker Pelosi is coming to South Jersey anyway, I cordially invite her to come back to Camden County and join me in calling on the machine Democrats to fire Arthur Barclay from county government, because, as I said before and I believe the Speaker will agree, no man willing to punch a woman should be working for this county’s government,” Ambrosino said.