[ChicagoConservative27]

Does this mean masks and restrictions every winter or dropping everything?? I'm thinking he wants the first part because he doesn't want to get rid of the power.

[cockroach_magoo]

Murphy’s Law: Anything that can go wrong, will be mandated by Murphy.

...until he’s almost booted from office and decides to renege.

[blackdog]

Stage 2 in this is “managing the virus”, meaning in bureaucrat-speak, the state throttles the narrative to suit their needs in command and control of your liberties.

[WMarshal]

What I found the saddest is that Rino Republicans are more scared of Covid than any other group.

80 percent of independents
74 percent of Democrats
72 percent of Republicans - goddamned RINOs.

[rktman]

Wait! WTAF? Okay, someone must be punking Jerseyites. What did you do with the real Phil Murphy? Did duh-blah-zero drop Jersey Phil on his head too?

[GaltAdonis]

.

Corollary to Murphy's Law:

"And At The Worst Possible Moment"

(Hey, I didn't vote for the guy...)

[Texas Eagle]

Murphy says it's time for New Jersey to 'learn how to live' with COVID-19

Murphy says it's time for New Jersey to 'learn how to live' with tyranny.

There. Fixed it.

[Beowulf9]

My inlaws in NJ do not want us to visit as we are not vaccinated. “We have to protect ourselves”. They are all vaccinated.

I still don’t understand how if they are vaccinated we are any threat to them?

[BenLurkin]

“Let bygones be bygones”?

Not until the women and men responsible for government’s two year reign of covid terror are held accountable.

[stormhill]

Good point. We need to realize these people don’t think like us.
Absurd though it may seem he might want to tighten the screws and push for more draconian mandates. Hearing from him directly would clear up the mystery….except, of course that I’d have to watch Meet the Press.

[txeagle]

The process will be accelerated when New Jersians first learn to live without Murphy.

[jjotto]

New Jersey: 31,000+ nominal Covid deaths

Israel, same geographic size and population as NJ: 8,700 nominal Covid deaths

[The_Media_never_lie]

Murphy says it's time for New Jersey to 'learn how to live' with COVID-19

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That Murphy is a genius!

[sauropod]

Does this mean he will pardon Ian Smith?

[BradyLS]

I’ve been living with it since Dr. Fasci and his fiends brought it over.

[Grampa Dave]

COVID-19: Democratic Voters Support Harsh Measures Against Unvaccinated
Thursday, January 13, 2022

While many voters have become skeptical toward the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a majority of Democrats embrace restrictive policies, including punitive measures against those who haven’t gotten the COVID-19 vaccine.

A new Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 48% of voters favor President Joe Biden’s plan to impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on the employees of large companies and government agencies. That includes 33% who Strongly Favor the mandate. Forty-eight percent (48%) are opposed to Biden’s vaccine mandate, including 40% who Strongly Oppose the mandate. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Voters are similarly divided over the federal government’s top COVID-19 expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci. Forty-five percent (45%) view Fauci favorably, including 28% who have a Very Favorable impression of him. Forty-eight percent (48%) have an unfavorable impression of Fauci, including 34% who have a Very Unfavorable view of him.

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The even split among voters is the result of deep partisan divisions. While 78% of Democratic voters support the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate plan, only 22% of Republicans and 41% of voters not affiliated with either major party support the vaccine mandate. And many Democrats would support even harsher measures, including fines for Americans who won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine and criminal punishment for vaccine critics.

“After two excruciatingly long years, likely voters are beginning to question the federal government’s handling of the pandemic,” said Chris Talgo, senior editor and research fellow at The Heartland Institute, which commissioned this poll. “First and foremost, likely voters are beginning to sour on Dr. Anthony Fauci, who seems to have lost credibility after countless flip-flops.”

Talgo continued: “Moreover, almost half of likely voters oppose President Biden’s vaccine mandates, which seem less about stopping the spread of COVID-19 and more about increasing the power of the federal government. When asked about several other potential strategies, such as fining those who refuse to get vaccinated, the consensus among likely voters is that the federal government should do less, not more.”

(Want a free daily e-mail update? If it’s in the news, it’s in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook.

The survey of 1,016 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on January 5, 2022 by the Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

The survey found that 75% of likely Democratic voters – but only 21% of Republicans and 38% of unaffiliated voters – have a favorable opinion of Dr. Fauci. Among other findings of the survey:

– Fifty-eight percent (58%) of voters would oppose a proposal for federal or state governments to fine Americans who choose not to get a COVID-19 vaccine. However, 55% of Democratic voters would support such a proposal, compared to just 19% of Republicans and 25% of unaffiliated voters.

– Fifty-nine percent (59%) of Democratic voters would favor a government policy requiring that citizens remain confined to their homes at all times, except for emergencies, if they refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Such a proposal is opposed by 61% of all likely voters, including 79% of Republicans and 71% of unaffiliated voters.

– Nearly half (48%) of Democratic voters think federal and state governments should be able to fine or imprison individuals who publicly question the efficacy of the existing COVID-19 vaccines on social media, television, radio, or in online or digital publications. Only 27% of all voters – including just 14% of Republicans and 18% of unaffiliated voters – favor criminal punishment of vaccine critics.

– Forty-five percent (45%) of Democrats would favor governments requiring citizens to temporarily live in designated facilities or locations if they refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Such a policy would be opposed by a strong majority (71%) of all voters, with 78% of Republicans and 64% of unaffiliated voters saying they would Strongly Oppose putting the unvaccinated in “designated facilities.”

– While about two-thirds (66%) of likely voters would be against governments using digital devices to track unvaccinated people to ensure that they are quarantined or socially distancing from others, 47% of Democrats favor a government tracking program for those who won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine.

How far are Democrats willing to go in punishing the unvaccinated? Twenty-nine percent (29%) of Democratic voters would support temporarily removing parents’ custody of their children if parents refuse to take the COVID-19 vaccine. That’s much more than twice the level of support in the rest of the electorate – seven percent (7%) of Republicans and 11% of unaffiliated voters – for such a policy.

The survey also found that more black voters (63%) than whites (45%), Hispanics (55%) or other minorities (32%) support Biden’s vaccine mandate for government workers and employees of large companies.

President Biden’s strongest supporters are most likely to endorse the harshest punishments against those who won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine. Among voters who have a Very Favorable impression of Biden, 51% are in favor of government putting the unvaccinated in “designated facilities,” and 54% favor imposing fines or prison sentences on vaccine critics. By contrast, among voters who have a Very Unfavorable view of Biden, 95% are against “designated facilities” for the unvaccinated and 93% are against criminal punishment for vaccine critics.

As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 produces a spike in cases nationwide, about three-quarters of Americans are already vaccinated against the coronavirus, and two-thirds of those have gotten booster shots.

Most Americans are concerned about new variants of the COVID-19 virus, but Democrats are more concerned than others, and place more trust in vaccines to protect against the disease.

Additional information from this survey and a full demographic breakdown are available to the public as well as Platinum Members.

Please sign up for the Rasmussen Reports daily e-mail update (it’s free) or follow us on Facebook. Let us keep you up to date with the latest public opinion news.

The survey of 1,016 U.S. Likely Voters was conducted on January 5, 2022 by the Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/jan_2022/covid_19_democratic_voters_support_harsh_measures_against_unvaccinated

[Baldwin]

This guy is moderating for a presidential run. Don’t believe a word he says.

[9YearLurker]

Really? They have a poll with more than Americans *not* tired of the Covid crap?

[9YearLurker]

Sorry, a poll with more than a quarter of Americans *not* tired of the Covid crap?

[Ann Archy]

DUH!!! SLOW LEARNER!! SHORT BUS RIDER!

[Alberta's Child]

As soon as this misfit declared in the spring of 2020 that my industry is “not essential,” I made plans to move myself and my company out of New Jersey permanently … and I did.

2020 was my best year ever. 2021 was even better than 2020.

Phail Murphy can set himself on fire for all I care.