Hugin calls for Democrats to disown Menendez ahead of convention

U.S. Senate candidate Bob Hugin (R) on Wednesday called for the state’s Democrats to disown U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and boycott their own state convention, at which Menendez will be a keynote speaker.

“It’s time for the New Jersey Democratic establishment to do the right thing ─ do what’s best for the people of New Jersey ─ and disown corrupt, career politician Bob Menendez by boycotting the NJDSC event in Atlantic City and Menendez’s speech,” Hugin press secretary Nick Iacovella said in a statement on Wednesday.

The call, like many of Hugin’s attacks on the senator, who is currently serving his second full term, centers around Menendez’s ethics issues.

While Some Democrats have backed Hugin in the contest, with the most recent such endorsement most have remained firmly in Menendez corner.

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