With Sherrill entering the governorship with a new department to ramp up the role of the weapons industry in our state, NJ is set to become even more involved in U.S.-backed genocide and other interventions.

Sherrill, who ran with a Navy attack helicopter as her campaign logo, is a staunch military Keynesist and Zionist. Some in NJ argue that as Governor she'll be less of a threat than in her previous role on the House Armed Services Committee. But...

Additionally, NJ is home to Picatinny Arsenal. Munitions produced at Picatinny Arsenal have been confirmed to be used in the Gaza genocide. Gov-elect Sherrill has been one of the biggest supporters of funding Picatinny Arsenal.
newjerseyglobe.com/congress/she...

NJ is also home to 3 major military installations including Joint Base McGuire/Dix/Lakehurst, which Trump plans to use for immigrant detention. This would make the base the largest immigrant detention center in the Northeast U.S.
www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/07/trum...

NJ is already a major military hub. Many people know that L3Harris (which builds surveillance tech used against Palestinians and by ICE) operates in our state. But most don't know that we're home to 7,091 defense contractors.
www.nj.gov/governor/new...

I desperately want more people to know about it. Sherrill is already a military keynesist if I've ever seen one and she's coming in with a department designed just to make our state one of the biggest contributors to U.S. imperialism's arsenal.

And that's not getting into all the issues of how this throws Palestinians, Venezuelans, immigrants, trans people, and more oppressed groups under the bus.

Trump is at a historic low in terms of working class Americans realizing his economic agenda is BS, and Mamdani is using his political capital around affordability to essential resuscitate Trump's image on affordability.