Ridgewood JOLT - Activism

An Open Letter to the New Jersey State Democratic Party and the Bergen County Democratic Party.

Dear Chairman Jones and Bergen Chairman Juliano,
Our organization, JOLT (Join Organize Lead and Teach) is composed of Do-Ers. Do-Ers who dedicate their time energy and money to protect Democracy and work for a better America.  
We VOTE. We Get out the Vote.We SUPPORT Democratic candidates diligently.
And we are dismayed and disappointed.
We want to know how the Democratic Party can support a congressman who seems intent on undermining President Biden’s agenda and supporting the libertarian agenda of a private hedge fund PAC, No Labels.  A PAC which is on record of having the intention of challenging President Biden in 2024 with a fusion ticket of one Democratic (at this point they are considering Joe Manchin) and one Republican (at this point they are looking at Lisa Murkowski). It is political suicide.
As I'm sure you are aware, there is a potential lawsuit on fusion voting in NJ. If this ticket ends up on the ballot in 2024 it promises to compromise a Democratic stronghold.  NJ voters can easily go for the middle lane.  It will siphon off Democratic votes, and even if it were only to siphon Republican votes, which it won't, there is no upside to the Democrats.
Congressman Gottheimer has been declared the “archvillain” of the dismemberment of the Budget Reconciliation bill. (https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/07/gottheimer-is-on-a-mission-to-destroy-bidens-presidency.html). He organized opposition to the bill on the basis of including tax breaks for wealthy homeowners, breaks which he knew would tank the deal with Senator Manchin. But Josh got a lot of heat for this and suddenly Manchin was back in front, backing out of the deal. It should be as apparent to the Democratic Party as it is to us that Manchin and Gottheimer are working in concert to make sure President Biden doesn’t succeed in reviving the American economy.