Posted on 10/17/2019 9:40:14 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
A first-generation American on Thursday launched his campaign for Sen. Cory Booker's (D-N.J.) Senate seat.
Rik Mehta, a pharmacist and lawyer whose parents came to the U.S. before he was born, will run as a Republican against Booker, whom he criticizes as having left New Jersey behind to run for the White House.
"In a few weeks, when Cory Booker is done showboating around Iowa and dropping out of the presidential race, he'll run back to New Jersey to pretend he cares about all of us he left behind," Mehta said in his campaign video. "The difference this time: He'll have to face me."
Mehta, who will run under the campaign slogan "Jersey Proud," touts a career fighting "bad actors" selling illegal drugs, lowering drug prices, reducing the number of opioids on the streets and curtailing the number of counterfeit drugs on shelves.
He also highlights his parents' story of immigrating to the U.S. and vows to support other immigrants like himself.
"Politicians like Cory Booker and Bob Menendez built their careers off the backs of our proud immigrants all while encouraging illegal immigration," he says in the video, referring to New Jersey's senior senator.
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(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
3 minute video worth the watch:
If he can stay in until January I will send him money..
Glad that Spartacus has competition, wish him luck getting elected while Republican in NJ.
He can run for Senate, but children of foreign nationals are not natural born citizens eligible to be President.
Wow! He’s the whole package, well spoken and right on the issues.
A son of a legal immigrant opposed to illegal immigration.
We need more in that & also running against the RINOs.
This is how it starts.
Trump has given hope for a better tomorrow, young lions will roar.
This is how it starts.
Trump has given hope for a better tomorrow, young lions will roar.
Gosh!! FanTAStic commercial!
Go Mehta!
Is he willing to fight hard and run on issues? Nobody cares about Booker running for president.
“but children of foreign nationals are not natural born citizens eligible to be President.”
That hasen’t mattered for years now as the Rinos don’t have the backbone to stand up for the citizens of this country. They seem to be more comfortable standing up for foreign nationals and inviting as many of them in as they can.
Great....Thanks for posting it. He now has my support and whatever extra cash I can put together. Booker and Malinowski have to go!
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