Jobs Report Energizes Sherrill – Insider NJ
By: Fred Snowflack | Published: 2025-08-02 07:54:00 | Source: www.insidernj.com
That didn’t take long.
On Friday morning, a rather uninspiring jobs report came out. Only 73,000 jobs were created in July.
Later, the Dow Jones average dipped more than 500 points.
By Friday afternoon, Mikie Sherrill was pointing fingers at her opponent, Jack Ciattarelli.
She called Donald Trump’s tariffs a tax hike and said Ciattarelli was just going along. Or to be more precise:
“Donald Trump’s tariffs are a tax hike, plain and simple. They are raising prices on businesses, costing the average family $2,400 each year, and putting New Jerseyans out of work – and Jack is going right along with him. I hear from New Jerseyans about how the rising costs of housing, utilities, and healthcare are keeping people up at night. I’m running for governor to make sure families can afford…
