Former Republican Gov. Tom Kean slammed a veteran Star-Ledger columnist in an interview with NJ Spotlight News after his son, Tom Kean Jr., publicly refused to sit down with the newspaper’s editorial board
“Tom Moran has put things in the paper that are inaccurate, unfair, and he’s never been given a chance to answer those things. If it happens again and again and again, eventually you just give up,” the 87-year-old elder statesman said.
Kean Jr., who served 19 years in the New Jersey Senate, including 14 years as the chamber’s minority leader, has avoided most interview requests from the local press and has not given advance notice of his public appearances, banking instead on his famous name and the local media’s decreased relevance amid shrinking newspaper circulations and declining TV news viewership.
“I think he’s a deer in the headlights when it comes to all things Trump. He on one hand wants to appeal to conservatives but on the other hand doesn’t want moderates to know how close he is to Trump, so that’s impossible to bridge,” Moran said in a phone interview. “I think it’s also about abortion.”Democrats across the country have made abortion rights a campaign issue, hoping to galvanize suburban voters and fend off the threat of a GOP landslide in November.
Kean Jr.'s campaign did not make him available for an interview for this article. His campaign consultant, Harrison Neely, has tweeted frustration with the press corps for focusing on abortion and Trump when polls show inflation is a top concern among voters. Malinowski said in a phone interview that he believes the Inflation Reduction Act, while not “dramatic,” will help combat inflation by reducing prescription drug prices, capping health insurance costs and “accelerating the transition” to clean energy, among other things. He also said increasing immigration work visas would help by alleviating the labor shortage.
“He knew exactly what was coming and it certainly looked as if he had practiced the question, because he delivered exactly the same answer twice at different points in the session. And it still didn’t make any sense,” Malinowski said in a phone interview.
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