Giacchino ''Jack'' Ciattarelli is an American politician and businessman. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2011 to 2018, representing the 16th legislative district. He was also the Republican nominee in the 2021 New Jersey gubernatorial election, which he narrowly lost to incumbent Democrat Phil Murphy. Ciattarelli announced that he is running for the Republican nomination in the 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial election.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is a podcast from wor Now.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
More of the WOOR Saturday Morning Show and Larry Minty.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
Welcome back at the.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
New Jersey gubernatorial debate. Democratic candidate Mikey Cheryl accused Republican
candidate Jack Chittarelli several times of killing tens of thousands
of people because his company built a website for an
opioid company. I have never ever heard something like this.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
I think the people you got addicted and died deserve
better than you can. I'll tell you, yeah, tens of
thousands here as you published misinformation. You then went on
to kill tens of thousands of people in New Jersey,
including Chilok And I think you're trying to divert from
the fact that you killed tens of thousands of people.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
My first thought was she's desperate, and then that she
was told that she really has to go after him.
After that, I thought, can you be sued for that?
Because she accused him of Jack Chittarelli of killing tens
of thousands of people for building a website that would
never go over in court. And you know what, Jack
Chittarelli is Suinger Jack Chittarelli, Republican candidate for New Jersey
(01:08):
governor is with us now. I was, as you just
heard me talk about Jack. I was stunned. I have
never heard something like that before during a political debate.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
I'm sure you were stunned too.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Larry, You're not alone. I was stunned. It was an unbelievable,
surreal moment. It was baseless, it was reckless. It's afamatory,
and I'll be filing suit. We're not David lyin all
throughout this campaign, the whole campaign has been based on
a stack of los, her disdain for the president that
she flies at helicopter, none of which is going to
fix New Jersey.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
But she's not getting away with this one.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
We're getting an advisory opinion from ELEK, which governs campaign finance
New Jersey, and as soon as we have their decision,
we'll be filing our suit.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
I'm getting tired of these polls, Jack, They're all over
the place. They can't make up their mind if you're tie,
or you're behind, or you're ahead. I what is you've
been through this before? You went through that this four
years ago, Larry.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
The ones that have me behind are most times the
university polls, which don't invest in necessary money it's more
of a survey than a pole. But those have me
down by maybe six points or seven points, the same
ones that had Kamala Harris win in the state last
year by twenty and had me down last time by
twelve with a couple of weeks ago. All the other
poles that are more credible have this as a dead
(02:22):
heat or me with a one or two point lead.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
We're not taking anything for granted. I'll finish stronger.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
He's the last eighteen days and we're going to deliver
a win if the debates proved anything. No candidate has
never been more ill prepared, unqualified, or more desperate, no
I have.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
I'm been really frankly surprised at Mikey Cheryl because I
you know, I did the TV show in New Jersey
for a long time. I talked to you several times,
but I talked to Mikey Cheryl and I always kind
of liked her. This is a different person. I don't
know what she's trying to do, but she's just downright
unlikable because she's doing something that she's being told to do,
(03:00):
and that's going the attack against you, and I don't
believe that's naturally her she's being something that she's not,
and you always lose when you try to do that.
I'm sure you've been surprised at her tactics.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
I really have the extent of the lies, the consistency
of the lies, the recklessness. And then how about this now,
I can't remember if it was The New York Post
New York Times in forty yesterday that the very companies
that she's accusing me of being in bed with she
was taking money from. She took campaign contributions from the
very company she's accusing me of colluding with. So again,
(03:37):
this is recklessness, it's irresponsible, it's defamatory, and we'll be
filing suit.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Let's get to your lawsuit, because I'm sure that you're
drawing it up right now. What are you going to
say in that lawsuit? And what are you looking for?
Speaker 2 (03:51):
That she tried to tarnish my reputation, my family name,
and she was reckless in the statements that she made.
She specifically said three times that I killed ten thousand people,
including children. Larry, I mean, you've been at this business
a long time. Have you ever heard anything on that?
Or We're not going to tolerate it. We're gonna file
(04:11):
our suit.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
No, if I was on the news and I said
something like that, I'd be fired. I'd b It is
so out of bounds to say something like that. And
I notice now when she talks about it, she's backed
off of that.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
I have you noticed that? Yep, hey, I have.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
But you know what I think really happened, Larry, she cracked.
I mean the pressure of the world now knowing that
she was punished at the Naval Academy. She's built her
entire political brand around her attendance at the Naval Academy.
We know now that she was punished. She wasn't allowed
to walk in the graduation name was not listed a
commencement exercise program has changed her tune three reasons.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Three times as to why.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
The fact that she broke federal law on stock trades
and stock reporting as a congresswoman, the fact that she
was trading defense stocks while sitting on the House Armed
Services Committee, and the fact that she tripled her net worth.
And it can't explain how who wouldn't know if they
made seven million dollars in six years time.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
You know, during a midterm election, one of the things
that really wins or loses is enthusiasm or lack of
enthusiasm when you're out on the campaign trail. Have people
reacted to this? Are they as incensed as you are?
Speaker 1 (05:21):
They're incensed about this.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
They look at the Marsha Kramer interview on CBS where
she couldn't answer the question what do you do on
day one? They look at the Charlemagne interview where she
couldn't answer how they tripled her net worth? And they
just feel that this is summing. It's ill prepared and
unqualified for the job. But I will tell you on
my side, Larry, the energy has been off the charts.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
And I'm sure you've noticed.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
I'm even getting the endorsements of prominent Democrats around the state.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Not a single Republican has endorsed my opponent.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
No, we've talked about you a lot, and we've talked
about that, and I want to know, because you happened
to say many many times. We've played sound of you
over and over again. I'm gonna do this on day one.
I'm gonna do this on day one. I'm gonna do
this on day one. How many things are you gonna
do on day one and how are you prioritizing them?
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Well? Larry, I'm gonna do everything I possibly can on
day one. Here.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
The bad news is Phil Murphy's put a lot of
bad policy in place. The good news is many of
those policies were never codified by the legislature. Oh, they
can be reversed by executive order that includes the Immigrant
Trust Directive. So on day one, Executive Vater number one,
no town in our state will be the sanctuary city,
and we will not be a sanctuary state that encourages
illegal immigration and handcuffs our local police in different ways.
(06:34):
Let them do their job. Also, on day one, I'm
bringing everybody back to work. Try getting somebody on the phone.
Try getting your issue resolved. I think it's embarrassing for
New Jersey that you can welcome into a DMV office
in Florida today and walk out an hour later with
your real ID. Try getting your real ID in New Jersey.
They're giving you an appointment in January? Are you kidding me?
Speaker 3 (06:54):
Well, I'll tell you what. You just got Natalie's vote.
When you were talking about the last issue, she started cheering.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
I mean a joke. Last night, I was trying to
get an appointment.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Oh my goodness, January, I find it embarrassing. This is
what makes people lose faith in government, hate government, and
hate their taxes. When you pay a premium for something
and the quality sucks, you hate it. And that's the
case in New Jersey. But Executive War to number three Larry,
we're pulling out of Reggie. That carbon tax policy has
been a disaster for New Jersey. I could save three
(07:27):
hundred to five hundred million dollars a year for Ray
payers by pulling out a Reggie. The Democratic governor of
Pennsylvania is not in Reggie, the regional greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
We shouldn't be either.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Jack Chittarelli, Republican candidate for New Jersey Governor. Always great
to talk to you, Jack, Thank you so much. Good
luck with the lawsuits. Thank you, guys, appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
This has been a podcast from wor
This is a podcast from wor Now.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
More of the WOOR Saturday Morning Show and Larry Minty.
Speaker 1 (00:08):
Welcome back at the.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
New Jersey gubernatorial debate. Democratic candidate Mikey Cheryl accused Republican
candidate Jack Chittarelli several times of killing tens of thousands
of people because his company built a website for an
opioid company. I have never ever heard something like this.
Speaker 4 (00:28):
I think the people you got addicted and died deserve
better than you can. I'll tell you, yeah, tens of
thousands here as you published misinformation. You then went on
to kill tens of thousands of people in New Jersey,
including Chilok And I think you're trying to divert from
the fact that you killed tens of thousands of people.
Speaker 3 (00:44):
My first thought was she's desperate, and then that she
was told that she really has to go after him.
After that, I thought, can you be sued for that?
Because she accused him of Jack Chittarelli of killing tens
of thousands of people for building a website that would
never go over in court. And you know what, Jack
Chittarelli is Suinger Jack Chittarelli, Republican candidate for New Jersey
(01:08):
governor is with us now. I was, as you just
heard me talk about Jack. I was stunned. I have
never heard something like that before during a political debate.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
I'm sure you were stunned too.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Larry, You're not alone. I was stunned. It was an unbelievable,
surreal moment. It was baseless, it was reckless. It's afamatory,
and I'll be filing suit. We're not David lyin all
throughout this campaign, the whole campaign has been based on
a stack of los, her disdain for the president that
she flies at helicopter, none of which is going to
fix New Jersey.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
But she's not getting away with this one.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
We're getting an advisory opinion from ELEK, which governs campaign finance
New Jersey, and as soon as we have their decision,
we'll be filing our suit.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
I'm getting tired of these polls, Jack, They're all over
the place. They can't make up their mind if you're tie,
or you're behind, or you're ahead. I what is you've
been through this before? You went through that this four
years ago, Larry.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
The ones that have me behind are most times the
university polls, which don't invest in necessary money it's more
of a survey than a pole. But those have me
down by maybe six points or seven points, the same
ones that had Kamala Harris win in the state last
year by twenty and had me down last time by
twelve with a couple of weeks ago. All the other
poles that are more credible have this as a dead
(02:22):
heat or me with a one or two point lead.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
We're not taking anything for granted. I'll finish stronger.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
He's the last eighteen days and we're going to deliver
a win if the debates proved anything. No candidate has
never been more ill prepared, unqualified, or more desperate, no
I have.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
I'm been really frankly surprised at Mikey Cheryl because I
you know, I did the TV show in New Jersey
for a long time. I talked to you several times,
but I talked to Mikey Cheryl and I always kind
of liked her. This is a different person. I don't
know what she's trying to do, but she's just downright
unlikable because she's doing something that she's being told to do,
(03:00):
and that's going the attack against you, and I don't
believe that's naturally her she's being something that she's not,
and you always lose when you try to do that.
I'm sure you've been surprised at her tactics.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
I really have the extent of the lies, the consistency
of the lies, the recklessness. And then how about this now,
I can't remember if it was The New York Post
New York Times in forty yesterday that the very companies
that she's accusing me of being in bed with she
was taking money from. She took campaign contributions from the
very company she's accusing me of colluding with. So again,
(03:37):
this is recklessness, it's irresponsible, it's defamatory, and we'll be
filing suit.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Let's get to your lawsuit, because I'm sure that you're
drawing it up right now. What are you going to
say in that lawsuit? And what are you looking for?
Speaker 2 (03:51):
That she tried to tarnish my reputation, my family name,
and she was reckless in the statements that she made.
She specifically said three times that I killed ten thousand people,
including children. Larry, I mean, you've been at this business
a long time. Have you ever heard anything on that?
Or We're not going to tolerate it. We're gonna file
(04:11):
our suit.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
No, if I was on the news and I said
something like that, I'd be fired. I'd b It is
so out of bounds to say something like that. And
I notice now when she talks about it, she's backed
off of that.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
I have you noticed that? Yep, hey, I have.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
But you know what I think really happened, Larry, she cracked.
I mean the pressure of the world now knowing that
she was punished at the Naval Academy. She's built her
entire political brand around her attendance at the Naval Academy.
We know now that she was punished. She wasn't allowed
to walk in the graduation name was not listed a
commencement exercise program has changed her tune three reasons.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Three times as to why.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
The fact that she broke federal law on stock trades
and stock reporting as a congresswoman, the fact that she
was trading defense stocks while sitting on the House Armed
Services Committee, and the fact that she tripled her net worth.
And it can't explain how who wouldn't know if they
made seven million dollars in six years time.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
You know, during a midterm election, one of the things
that really wins or loses is enthusiasm or lack of
enthusiasm when you're out on the campaign trail. Have people
reacted to this? Are they as incensed as you are?
Speaker 1 (05:21):
They're incensed about this.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
They look at the Marsha Kramer interview on CBS where
she couldn't answer the question what do you do on
day one? They look at the Charlemagne interview where she
couldn't answer how they tripled her net worth? And they
just feel that this is summing. It's ill prepared and
unqualified for the job. But I will tell you on
my side, Larry, the energy has been off the charts.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
And I'm sure you've noticed.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
I'm even getting the endorsements of prominent Democrats around the state.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Not a single Republican has endorsed my opponent.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
No, we've talked about you a lot, and we've talked
about that, and I want to know, because you happened
to say many many times. We've played sound of you
over and over again. I'm gonna do this on day one.
I'm gonna do this on day one. I'm gonna do
this on day one. How many things are you gonna
do on day one and how are you prioritizing them?
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Well? Larry, I'm gonna do everything I possibly can on
day one. Here.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
The bad news is Phil Murphy's put a lot of
bad policy in place. The good news is many of
those policies were never codified by the legislature. Oh, they
can be reversed by executive order that includes the Immigrant
Trust Directive. So on day one, Executive Vater number one,
no town in our state will be the sanctuary city,
and we will not be a sanctuary state that encourages
illegal immigration and handcuffs our local police in different ways.
(06:34):
Let them do their job. Also, on day one, I'm
bringing everybody back to work. Try getting somebody on the phone.
Try getting your issue resolved. I think it's embarrassing for
New Jersey that you can welcome into a DMV office
in Florida today and walk out an hour later with
your real ID. Try getting your real ID in New Jersey.
They're giving you an appointment in January? Are you kidding me?
Speaker 3 (06:54):
Well, I'll tell you what. You just got Natalie's vote.
When you were talking about the last issue, she started cheering.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
I mean a joke. Last night, I was trying to
get an appointment.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
Oh my goodness, January, I find it embarrassing. This is
what makes people lose faith in government, hate government, and
hate their taxes. When you pay a premium for something
and the quality sucks, you hate it. And that's the
case in New Jersey. But Executive War to number three Larry,
we're pulling out of Reggie. That carbon tax policy has
been a disaster for New Jersey. I could save three
(07:27):
hundred to five hundred million dollars a year for Ray
payers by pulling out a Reggie. The Democratic governor of
Pennsylvania is not in Reggie, the regional greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
We shouldn't be either.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Jack Chittarelli, Republican candidate for New Jersey Governor. Always great
to talk to you, Jack, Thank you so much. Good
luck with the lawsuits. Thank you, guys, appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
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