February 13, 2025 • 8 mins
Jack Ciattarelli speaks with Mendte in the Morning about New Jersey policies. Jack discusses the issues he has with current NJ policies on plastic bags and sanctuary cities and what he will do to change them if he is elected.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jack Chitarelli is a Republican candidate for New Jersey governor.
The primary is coming up sooner than you think. Uh,
and Jack is out with a new proposal. You know,
President Trump has said that he's going to get rid
of He's not getting rid of him, but he wants
to bring plastic straws back. You can still have a
paper straw if you like. But who would want that?
(00:21):
If you had a choice, who would want a paper straw?
They're awful, They don't do the job they are and
they feel funny. They just feel we They disintegrate in
your mouth. Yes, that's why they feel weird. Is that true?
They've disintegrated in your mouth. I've never had that happen.
People get a mushy ya a while. That's true. But
(00:43):
bigger than that, Bigger than that is something that Jack
Chittarelli has grabbed on too. And Jack, I want to
move to New Jersey just to vote for you, because
I love this idea. You want to bring back plastic bags.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Hey, Larry, since we're number one in out migration in
the country, you moving back to New Jersey's music, to
my ears, that's the whole point of this race.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Any people do not want to leave.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
But listen Phil Murphy's plastic bag policies, Like every one
of his other policies, whether it's the environment, energy, fiscal housing,
it's been an abysmal failure. And so it's time let's
bring back the plastic bags.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
It's so stupid. You know how many times, Jack, this
is a big issue to me, A real huge issue
to me. You know how many times I've had to
bore and beat up a poor clerk to death pointing
out all the things I'm now putting in a paper
bag or a cloth bag that are plastic. I keep
this my plastic. You know, the yogurt I buy plastic,
(01:47):
the cleaning products I buy, that's plastic. I was pointing out,
this is plastic, that's plastic. This is plastic, that's plastic.
So now why can't I put it in the plastic
bag again? How am I hurting the environment? Poor clerk?
I know? And they always look at me and don't
you feel the same way too?
Speaker 3 (02:05):
I do? And here's the you know, the data is
pretty clear.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Those plastic bags that they're making us buy when we
forget to bring in our bags, the ones that they
sell us right there at the clerk. They're using more
energy to produce than the old plastic bags. So how
does this make any sense? And by the way, when
you're in the produce section, what do you put your
fruit and the vegetables into a plastic bag?
Speaker 3 (02:27):
That's right, it's my newspapers this morning. What were they
in a plastic bag?
Speaker 2 (02:32):
So can we get back to some common sense policy
instead of inconvencing people here in New Jersey every step.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Of the way, it's just virtue signaling. It's saying we
did something to stop. I don't even know what they're
trying to stop, but for some reason, it's supposed to
make everybody feel better. But this is a huge issue
a bit. I think you already know this. This is
a big, big issue. I'm sure you're gonna get votes
just for this proposal because people are sick of it.
(03:00):
They go into the living room, they have all these
cloth bags. How many cloth bags have you accumulated over
the years because of this ridiculous rule? And you always
forget them, and that means you got to buy more
cloth bags, and so it costs you more. Prices are
already high. Now you have to pay more like two
ninety nine or a dollar ninety nine or ninety nine
cents just for a bag to bring it home in.
(03:23):
You know, I could go on and on and on,
but I won't because there's a lot of virtue signaling
going on and a lot of stupid policies. So let's
move on to sanctuary cities and a sanctuary state. New
Jersey is a sanctuary state. All of the major cities
are sanctuary cities. I know Donald Trump's all over this,
but what are you going to do about them? When, when,
(03:46):
and if you become governor.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
My position has been clear, Larry, on day one of
my administration, Executive Order number one, no town in this
state will be allowed to be a sanctuary city, and
we will not be a sanctuary state.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Are not going to encourage illegal immigration.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
With that kind of policy, and we're never going to
tell any mayor that his local PD can't work with
federal authorities to keep the community safe.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Donald Trump campaigned.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
On this issue, he was overwhelmingly elected, and every governor
has a responsibility to work in partnership with the president
to keep America safe. And so when our governor sits
there on a stage and says that he and his
wife are harboring and illegal in the apartment above their garage.
He's actually in violation of federal law. And that's why
I call for impeatument proceedings.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Well, that's great that you're saying that. That was the
stupidest thing I've ever heard a governor say ever, And
and I think you've heard Tom Homan at first he
was smiling about it. He's gotten matter and matter and
matter and matter because he's saying when the governor says that,
he's giving others permission to do the same, and that
(04:52):
that's become dangerous.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Absolutely. And the reason, the reason he made it all
the more dangerous is he taunted.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
He said, a defense think they're going to come on
the property, does to handle this matter?
Speaker 3 (05:05):
I dare them.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
That's what he basically said. He's under twenty four hour
state police protection. If people are coming on the property
at two or three o'clock in the morning doing foorced
federal law. He invited and instigated a confrontation as dangerous
for our state police and those federal agents.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
It was the height of irresponsibility.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
It was irresponsible. You won't be running against him as
you look at the field of Democrats who may run
against you. Does anybody scare you?
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Nobody scares me, Larry. That's why I'm in it, and
we are in it to win it. I really wanted
to beat Murphy four years ago. This landscape is a
bit different, and I'm very confident of winning this time around.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
When you say, let me get back to sanctuary cities
for one second, if they are if they were declared
illegal on the federal level, which it sounds like that's
where this is going, would it still be an issue
when and if you're sworn in.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Listen, We're gonna bring the point home by doing the
same thing here in New Jersey that Donald Trump wants
to do across the nation, and by state constitution, our
governorship is the most powerful in nation. If there are
democratic mayors out there that want to think they're gonna
play hard ball and go along the lines of Phil Murphy,
but we'll.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
See how that goes.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
But we're gonna do everything possible to keep our state safe,
and that includes me putting in place an attorney general
that supports me on banning centuary cities and getting rid
of cashless bail, which has created professional criminals.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
This is a big concern in the community. We got
to get back the law and.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Order cashless bail. It might be a bigger deal at
that time. And you're right, that never has made any sense.
These policies never ever made any sense, and so you'd
just be bringing back some common sense if you get
into office. What about congestion pricing. What's your stance on that?
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Well, listen, promise has made, promises kept.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Donald Trump has put a halt on the windmills off
the Jersey shore when he started out finished, we're not
getting them. And up north, he's going after New York
Democrats on that congestion pricing plan, and if for whatever
reason he can't succeed in stopping it, we're going to war.
And I'll have a retaliatory tactic. Anybody coming through a
tunnel or over to bridge in the morning when a
New York played to the New Jersey, We're gonna hit
(07:13):
him with a congestion pricing fee.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
And that is until it goes away, or is this
a way to raise money to improve New Jersey transit?
Speaker 2 (07:24):
Until it goes away? We should be working in partnership
in two states. And by the way, here's my message
to New York and New Jersey commuters. If you want
people to use mass transit, make it reliable, make it convenient,
and make it safe. New Jersey Transit right now is
struggling to be those three things, as is the MTA.
But we're not asking New York to pay for our
heart problems? Why are they asking New Jersey to pay
(07:45):
for theirs?
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Always a pleasure to talk to you, Jack, Yeah, I
was thinking about this. We've we've done interviews for five
years now, maybe a little over five years. Was I
the first person to interview you when you invited me
to your house when you run for governor because.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
I want you to move back to New Jersey?
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Larry the answers, yes, Why don't I think the answer
is not? Yes? Thanks so much.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
I vividly remember that interview.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
We did it in front of the fireplace, that's right,
my family room, and it was a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
That's right. And I remember you thank me for asking
you some questions because it prepares you for the campaign.
I don't know if you remember that. I thought that
was very gracious. Thank you so much. Jack Chittarelli, Republican
candidate for governor in New Jersey,
Jack Chitarelli is a Republican candidate for New Jersey governor.
The primary is coming up sooner than you think. Uh,
and Jack is out with a new proposal. You know,
President Trump has said that he's going to get rid
of He's not getting rid of him, but he wants
to bring plastic straws back. You can still have a
paper straw if you like. But who would want that?
(00:21):
If you had a choice, who would want a paper straw?
They're awful, They don't do the job they are and
they feel funny. They just feel we They disintegrate in
your mouth. Yes, that's why they feel weird. Is that true?
They've disintegrated in your mouth. I've never had that happen.
People get a mushy ya a while. That's true. But
(00:43):
bigger than that, Bigger than that is something that Jack
Chittarelli has grabbed on too. And Jack, I want to
move to New Jersey just to vote for you, because
I love this idea. You want to bring back plastic bags.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Hey, Larry, since we're number one in out migration in
the country, you moving back to New Jersey's music, to
my ears, that's the whole point of this race.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Any people do not want to leave.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
But listen Phil Murphy's plastic bag policies, Like every one
of his other policies, whether it's the environment, energy, fiscal housing,
it's been an abysmal failure. And so it's time let's
bring back the plastic bags.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
It's so stupid. You know how many times, Jack, this
is a big issue to me, A real huge issue
to me. You know how many times I've had to
bore and beat up a poor clerk to death pointing
out all the things I'm now putting in a paper
bag or a cloth bag that are plastic. I keep
this my plastic. You know, the yogurt I buy plastic,
(01:47):
the cleaning products I buy, that's plastic. I was pointing out,
this is plastic, that's plastic. This is plastic, that's plastic.
So now why can't I put it in the plastic
bag again? How am I hurting the environment? Poor clerk?
I know? And they always look at me and don't
you feel the same way too?
Speaker 3 (02:05):
I do? And here's the you know, the data is
pretty clear.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Those plastic bags that they're making us buy when we
forget to bring in our bags, the ones that they
sell us right there at the clerk. They're using more
energy to produce than the old plastic bags. So how
does this make any sense? And by the way, when
you're in the produce section, what do you put your
fruit and the vegetables into a plastic bag?
Speaker 3 (02:27):
That's right, it's my newspapers this morning. What were they
in a plastic bag?
Speaker 2 (02:32):
So can we get back to some common sense policy
instead of inconvencing people here in New Jersey every step.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
Of the way, it's just virtue signaling. It's saying we
did something to stop. I don't even know what they're
trying to stop, but for some reason, it's supposed to
make everybody feel better. But this is a huge issue
a bit. I think you already know this. This is
a big, big issue. I'm sure you're gonna get votes
just for this proposal because people are sick of it.
(03:00):
They go into the living room, they have all these
cloth bags. How many cloth bags have you accumulated over
the years because of this ridiculous rule? And you always
forget them, and that means you got to buy more
cloth bags, and so it costs you more. Prices are
already high. Now you have to pay more like two
ninety nine or a dollar ninety nine or ninety nine
cents just for a bag to bring it home in.
(03:23):
You know, I could go on and on and on,
but I won't because there's a lot of virtue signaling
going on and a lot of stupid policies. So let's
move on to sanctuary cities and a sanctuary state. New
Jersey is a sanctuary state. All of the major cities
are sanctuary cities. I know Donald Trump's all over this,
but what are you going to do about them? When, when,
(03:46):
and if you become governor.
Speaker 2 (03:49):
My position has been clear, Larry, on day one of
my administration, Executive Order number one, no town in this
state will be allowed to be a sanctuary city, and
we will not be a sanctuary state.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Are not going to encourage illegal immigration.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
With that kind of policy, and we're never going to
tell any mayor that his local PD can't work with
federal authorities to keep the community safe.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Donald Trump campaigned.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
On this issue, he was overwhelmingly elected, and every governor
has a responsibility to work in partnership with the president
to keep America safe. And so when our governor sits
there on a stage and says that he and his
wife are harboring and illegal in the apartment above their garage.
He's actually in violation of federal law. And that's why
I call for impeatument proceedings.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Well, that's great that you're saying that. That was the
stupidest thing I've ever heard a governor say ever, And
and I think you've heard Tom Homan at first he
was smiling about it. He's gotten matter and matter and
matter and matter because he's saying when the governor says that,
he's giving others permission to do the same, and that
(04:52):
that's become dangerous.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
Absolutely. And the reason, the reason he made it all
the more dangerous is he taunted.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
He said, a defense think they're going to come on
the property, does to handle this matter?
Speaker 3 (05:05):
I dare them.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
That's what he basically said. He's under twenty four hour
state police protection. If people are coming on the property
at two or three o'clock in the morning doing foorced
federal law. He invited and instigated a confrontation as dangerous
for our state police and those federal agents.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
It was the height of irresponsibility.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
It was irresponsible. You won't be running against him as
you look at the field of Democrats who may run
against you. Does anybody scare you?
Speaker 2 (05:33):
Nobody scares me, Larry. That's why I'm in it, and
we are in it to win it. I really wanted
to beat Murphy four years ago. This landscape is a
bit different, and I'm very confident of winning this time around.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
When you say, let me get back to sanctuary cities
for one second, if they are if they were declared
illegal on the federal level, which it sounds like that's
where this is going, would it still be an issue
when and if you're sworn in.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Listen, We're gonna bring the point home by doing the
same thing here in New Jersey that Donald Trump wants
to do across the nation, and by state constitution, our
governorship is the most powerful in nation. If there are
democratic mayors out there that want to think they're gonna
play hard ball and go along the lines of Phil Murphy,
but we'll.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
See how that goes.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
But we're gonna do everything possible to keep our state safe,
and that includes me putting in place an attorney general
that supports me on banning centuary cities and getting rid
of cashless bail, which has created professional criminals.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
This is a big concern in the community. We got
to get back the law and.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Order cashless bail. It might be a bigger deal at
that time. And you're right, that never has made any sense.
These policies never ever made any sense, and so you'd
just be bringing back some common sense if you get
into office. What about congestion pricing. What's your stance on that?
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Well, listen, promise has made, promises kept.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Donald Trump has put a halt on the windmills off
the Jersey shore when he started out finished, we're not
getting them. And up north, he's going after New York
Democrats on that congestion pricing plan, and if for whatever
reason he can't succeed in stopping it, we're going to war.
And I'll have a retaliatory tactic. Anybody coming through a
tunnel or over to bridge in the morning when a
New York played to the New Jersey, We're gonna hit
(07:13):
him with a congestion pricing fee.
Speaker 1 (07:16):
And that is until it goes away, or is this
a way to raise money to improve New Jersey transit?
Speaker 2 (07:24):
Until it goes away? We should be working in partnership
in two states. And by the way, here's my message
to New York and New Jersey commuters. If you want
people to use mass transit, make it reliable, make it convenient,
and make it safe. New Jersey Transit right now is
struggling to be those three things, as is the MTA.
But we're not asking New York to pay for our
heart problems? Why are they asking New Jersey to pay
(07:45):
for theirs?
Speaker 1 (07:46):
Always a pleasure to talk to you, Jack, Yeah, I
was thinking about this. We've we've done interviews for five
years now, maybe a little over five years. Was I
the first person to interview you when you invited me
to your house when you run for governor because.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
I want you to move back to New Jersey?
Speaker 1 (08:01):
Larry the answers, yes, Why don't I think the answer
is not? Yes? Thanks so much.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
I vividly remember that interview.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
We did it in front of the fireplace, that's right,
my family room, and it was a lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
That's right. And I remember you thank me for asking
you some questions because it prepares you for the campaign.
I don't know if you remember that. I thought that
was very gracious. Thank you so much. Jack Chittarelli, Republican
candidate for governor in New Jersey,
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