New Jersey Representative Jeff Van Drew made headlines when he announced he was changing his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat. But a recently released voicemail to a constituent has drawn his motives into question.
New Jersey Representative Jeff Van Drew made headlines in December 2019 when he announced he was changing his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican. But a recently released voicemail he left with a constituent has drawn his motives into question.reported that a voter in Van Drew's southern New Jersey district forwarded a recording of a message the representative left on November 30.
Less than three weeks after leaving the voicemail, Van Drew announced that he was leaving the Democratic Party and supporting President Trump. Senator Jeff Van Drew meets with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Prior to his departure from the Democratic Party, Van Drew voted in line with the party 89.7 percent of the time.Gwen Meade of Margate, New Jersey, received Van Drew's voicemail. She had sent him a message through his website and was surprised to receive a call back.."Cognitive dissonance. I don't know if he's experiencing that, but I am. And I don't think I'm alone.
However, Van Drew did split from the party line on several telling issues. During his tenure as a state senator, he was one of two Democrats to vote against a 2012 bill to legalize same-sex marriage. That same year, he was the only Democrat to vote against raising the state's minimum wage.
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