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The bulk of social media criticism Republicans have lobbed at Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., since she faced off against Jack Ciattarelli on Sunday stems from comments she made months ago on a May 21 episode of “The Breakfast Club.”
When radio host Charlamagne tha God asked Sherrill if she made $7 million in stock trades, referencing a report by The Washington Free Beacon, the Democratic nominee said, “I haven’t. I don’t believe I did, but I would have to go and see what that was alluding to…”
During the first gubernatorial debate ahead of New Jersey’s November election, Ciattarelli took aim at Sherrill for what he described as profiting from her time in elected office.
“One of the worst answers imaginable to that question,” conservative commentator Steve Guest said in response to the clip that has since gone viral.
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After repeatedly dodging the question posed by Charlamagne tha God, Sherrill said, “I think we made money from my husband’s job. He gets paid in stocks. They’re automatically sold. So, I think we made money there. We don’t make any individual money stock trading.”
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Sherrill emphasized that she doesn’t sell individual stocks, explaining, “I want people to know that I’m not somehow gaining information and enriching myself because of my work in Congress.”
“Mikie does not own or trade individual stocks,” Sherrill’s campaign spokesperson Sean Higgins told Fox News Digital when reached for comment.
Higgins added that Sherrill “has gone ‘above and beyond’ releasing the exact values of her finances to the dollar,” and added that “New Jerseyans have zero insight into Jack Ciattarelli’s net worth.”
The Republican Governors Association clipped and posted the video earlier this summer, and it gained more traction on social media after Sunday’s debate.
“There’s another big difference between her public service and my public service,” Ciattarelli said Sunday. “It actually cost me money. The time I put in and took away from my company. In the seven years that she’s been in Congress, [her husband] tripled their net worth.”
Ciattarelli said Sherrill was “just another politician getting rich while you get squeezed,” following a Fox News interview on Tuesday morning.
But Sherrill pushed back on the debate stage, arguing that she doesn’t trade individual stocks.
“There have been articles written about how transparent and ethical I’ve been going above and beyond the requirements in Congress, and I continue to do that,” Sherrill said.
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