A trial will ensure his re-election. This is New Jersey neck and neck with Illinois for the most corrupted politics in the country.
The first sentence of this story tells you all you need to know about politics in New Jersey. His indictment might affect his reelection.
We need to wait for November’s Election for Governor and legislature and see where the GOP stands then... The filing date for June 2018 primary is next April.
Menendez is probably guilty as hell. The odd thing is he is one of the most honorably democrats in the Senate. He is totally corrupt but is a patriot. We live in strange times!
If it looks like he’ll lose, they’ll just violate the law again and replace him with some other dem at the last instant like they did with Torricelli and the NJ Supreme Court will say that in this case, the law doesn’t have to be followed because electing democrats is more important than rule of law, as they also did with Torricelli. Same as it ever was in the Garden State.
This is Jersey we are talking about right? Mendez will get primaries by Steve Fulop the mayor of Jersey City who will beat anybody the Republicans have in the whole state.
In New Jersey,prison is the preferred retirement assisted living facility for senators and politicians of all stripes.
Notice how he’s a “long-time politician” not a lifelong demonicRAT.
NJ people probably don’t even know about Menendez’s troubles.
This has been going on for years, hasn’t it?
Any upstanding political party would immediately reject a candidate up to his eyeballs in corruption charges but this is the Democrats we’re talking about here.
This ties to the Harry Reid bribe indictment through the Senate Majority PAC, run by Reid’s aides.
Yes...they will argue vehemently over how it was the republican's fault!
He’s a Dhimmicrap. he’d be in fine shape except that he bucked the party on the Iran and Cuba deals. This is his punishment.