People come together in good times and bad, sickness and in health, championships and devastating losses. It's the glue that holds the human race together. So, when actor/content creator D'Andre McKenzie stopped a young boy sporting a New York Jets jersey (number 95 for current defensive tackle Quinnen Williams) to "get his thoughts on the game," most everyone watching felt his pain.The boy with the adorable mop top and braces stops, clearly upset, but is able to give an answer. "I hate this team. I was born into this and I'm not gonna ever… I'm always a Jets fan, but like… just hate this team." He mopes off. See on Instagram In truth, it's been yet another rough start for the Jets with zero wins and seven losses, nearly halfway through the season. They had just lost yet another game, this time to the Carolina Panthers. But the earnest clip spread like wildfire and resonated with millions of people, even those who otherwise couldn't care less about a professional football game or its fan base. On Instagram alone, it received nearly a million likes in just two days, with over 16,000 comments and growing.It's the camaraderie that happens next that is so sweet and relatable. The comments range from funny to supportive, but nearly everyone, Jets fan or not, can relate to this beautiful, deeply felt heartbreak.One person writes, "Hang in there kid. The games will get easier to watch once you turn 21." Another sweetly adds, "Someone give that kid a hug." And rightfully, this person suggests, "This kid deserves season tickets for his honesty."Commenters who support other teams also weigh in. "Chin up. I was born into a Bills family when it was definitely not a flex. Now we up baby!"Another talks about legacy in general. "I was born into this = This legacy of shame sits squarely on the shoulders of my father. (laugh/cry emoji)."There's not an NFL team unrepresented in these comments, with the common thread being "we are all in this together, win or lose." D'Andre McKenzie poses for the camera.Photo Credit: D'Andre McKenzie via InstagramUpworthy had a chance to chat with McKenzie, who is a professional actor and runs his own media company. He travels to NFL, NBA, PGA, NCAA games, etc. to "talk to the fans and give them a platform to say their piece in an articulate way." He notes, "I never rage bait and I don't do trivia. I ask questions that would be asked on debate shows to prove that the fans know just as much, if not more than the people on TV." McKenzie also shares, "I admire the kid for being upfront and candid about his experience at the game. I can only hope that he can witness at least one Jets victory this season."He adds this wonderfully positive spin, "Hopefully he had a great week at school with new popularity." A hopeless NY Jets fan gives an interview. www.youtube.com, The D'Andre Way On YouTube, McKenzie's video received thousands of comments, as well. One writes, "This is gonna be the most iconic football video in years." Another puts it into context from a Detroit Lions fan. "As a Lions fan, I felt like this for 28 years. Then the last 2 years have happened. My son has experienced as many Detroit Playoff wins as me. Your time will come around man."And perhaps this somewhat joking comment resonates the most: "Poor kid. It's like not liking some members of your family, but you're stuck with them, especially on the holidays."

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I was all set to write a column weighing in on the excellent Helen Andrews piece at Compact about the feminization of our institutions and the damage that’s done — though what I would say is that Alla Margolina did an excellent job expounding on that subject in a post we picked up at RVIVR. And then something else came up, which really deserves a bit of treatment. I’m going to preface this with a qualification, which is that I really don’t want to make more of the “No Kings” rallies last weekend than they deserve. Set against the ambitions of the Hard Left money machine, which threw close to $300 million into what they hoped would be a national groundswell of hatred toward President Trump and his supporters, the “No Kings” multivenue pity-party for the “progressive” movement was a terrible failure. It was a Tet Offensive without the benefit of a mass-media Fifth Column in the United States to bootstrap it into a victory. (RELATED: The Left’s Top Dark Money Monster Is Dying — and Taking the Democratic Party With It) And as I said in one of our excellent Spectacle Podcast segments this week, I have every expectation that the net result of the “No Kings” rallies and their putrid actual attendance (the organizers claimed to have had some seven million demonstrators at 2,700 locations around the country; the real number was maybe 10 percent of that) will be that the Democrats on Capitol Hill will ultimately knuckle under and stop filibustering the continuing resolution to reopen the government. There had been a fairly widespread set of reports, perhaps best described as rumors, but they had the ring of truth, that the Senate Dems were hanging onto the filibuster in the hopes that the “No Kings” rallies would shake the confidence of the Republicans and force them to crater to Chuck Schumer’s crazy demands in an effort to reopen the government. That has not happened, and there isn’t any real indication that it will. If those reports were accurate, and “No Kings” was the giant fizzle that it was, then one wonders where the Dems go from here, other than to declare for living to fight another day, as John Fetterman is exhorting them to do. My theory hasn’t been proven true so far. There is this… ? @WhipKClark, the number two House Democrat, on the Democrat Shutdown: “Of course there will be families that are going to suffer… but it is one of the few leverage times we have.” These people are SICK! pic.twitter.com/7MRHsmGMGx — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 22, 2025 …but I question how long that bravado will last. So let’s agree that I’m not ringing alarm bells over the presence of any great mass movement represented by “No Kings.” But on the other hand, some of what was on display on Saturday does need to be accurately described. In Tuesday’s column, I talked about the “old fart thinking,” namely, the insistence so many of the aged protesters put on display that 20th-century consensus items and styles be applied to nearly mid-21st-century problems and conditions. (RELATED: ‘Old Fart’ Thinking Is Too Much in Our Way) But it wasn’t just the “old fart thinking” that was problematic. This might not have been the most egregious example of the conduct the country was subjected to before, during, and since last Saturday, but it certainly appears to have been the best illustration of how far gone so many of these people are. That’s a sanitized version. This is a little more descriptive version. And this is how it ended… A 61-year-old Fairhope, Alabama woman dressed as a penis and carrying a “No Dick-tator” sign was arrested during Saturday’s “No Kings” protest. Video showing three officers pinning her down has since gone viral. She was charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct. pic.twitter.com/TnYINyiESu — Molly Ploofkins (@Mollyploofkins) October 21, 2025 If you missed it, the woman who thought it was a good and persuasive idea to show up in an inflatable penis costume outside of an upscale shopping mall on a sunny Saturday, where families were out enjoying the weather, is… 61 years old. (RELATED: Please Deliver Us From the Poorly-Behaved Women) Not some stupid college kid. A 61-year-old woman. A friend of mine whose son was on the scene relates that Gamble was in the street screaming obscenities at passing cars, and even jumped in front of one driven by a brand new driver who nearly hit her, before she was arrested. Because her candidate didn’t win an election. And the video of the arrest has gone viral because the screeching coven of progressive hysterics across the country has decided that this is a First Amendment violation of some kind — that the right to protest involves dressing oneself up as a specimen of male genitalia in front of unsuspecting citizens. Bear in mind, these are the people who wanted to lock you up and take your kids away for not wearing a face diaper or forcing your family to take a COVID shot, but somehow they’re the defenders of the First Amendment now. Yes, this is an extreme case. But it’s not an isolated case. MSNBC put the demented Robert De Niro on their air so that he could declare that White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller was a Nazi, and DeNiro then allowed that such a status would be unusual given that Miller is Jewish. Nobody at that network batted an eye. Maybe Miller’s inevitable lawsuit will change that, but the inherent psychosis is no less substantive. And this week, we’re seeing a large number of these people come completely unglued over Trump’s having broken ground on construction of a new ballroom facility at the White House, which will expand its capacity for hosting events to 650 people, up from the current 200. The project is being financed with $250 million in private donations, and it will improve a part of the White House’s East Wing, which has stood mostly useless since the Truman administration. Both parties, assuming they can get someone elected president going forward, will benefit from the expansion. And yet there are reactions like these… This image of the East Wing of the White House is a metaphor for broader, reckless destruction. The ballroom that will go up there will be a gaudy monument to vanity, corruption and excess. For anyone who has worked at the WH, or cares about its rich history, it’s a gut punch. pic.twitter.com/A7Kaa3fNOR — David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) October 21, 2025 I genuinely think the images of them destroying the East Wing of the White House could be a game changer in the elections. https://t.co/iyZ74N2zZE — Neera Tanden? (@neeratanden) October 22, 2025 If a D is ever elected POTUS, razing the Trump ballroom and restoring the White House to pre-Trump status is non-negotiable. You have to tear down the physical manifestations of authoritarianism. [image or embed] — Jonathan V. Last (@jvl.bsky.social) Oct 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM   I’m putting this menagerie — which is grossly incomplete, by the way; if I wanted to, I could regale the reader with easily a dozen other current manifestations of utter unhinged lunacy taking place among progressives, including those you’re supposed to believe are prominent — in front of you for a reason. And it’s something the vast majority of the people seeing this column already know, but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be made clear again and again. There is palpable, complete mass psychosis on the Left in this country. The idiocy on Saturday — which was supposed to persuade the American people of the legitimacy of the progressive cause, let’s remember — exposed it. You have far too many people driven insane by progressive propaganda and psychotropic drugs passed around like candy, divorced from family and a higher power, who are in a narcissistic state and intoxicated by a messianic political ideal built around a set of public policies that have conclusively proven themselves ineffective. They’re like lemmings marching to Jonestown, if you’ll forgive the mixing of metaphors, despite the stench of the bodies and the Kool-Aid. This has led to a psychotic break for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of them, and they can’t function in society anymore. Jeanna Gamble can’t function in society. The compassionate thing to do with her is to ensconce her in a rubber room. And there are lots and lots of Jeanna Gambles out there. I don’t know if it’s fixable. You have to find a way to get them off politics, but they’ve allowed politics to become their religion. And there is no reasoning with them. Almost literally everything coming out of their mouths is projection. Virtually all of them voted for Joe Biden, but incessantly call Trump a pedophile. They were all for tearing down historical landmarks, but have lost their minds over a renovation and expansion of the White House ballroom. They were the COVID Karens who ratted out their neighbors and demanded lives be ruined over masks and shots, they lost their minds over a protest at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 and insisted that people taking selfies inside the Rotunda, who’d left their guns at home, were trying to start a revolution, and now they think it’s their first amendment right to wear pornographic costumes in public, throw rocks at cops and burn down a Tesla dealership. And anyone who objects to this behavior is a fascist. I could write an entire column, and might, on the projection inherent in the Graham Platner debacle. Leftist media logic: If a Republican cabinet official has Christian tattoos, he’s a white supremacist. But when a Democratic Senate candidate has a Nazi tattoo, it isn’t newsworthy. pic.twitter.com/ZztcswooEU — MRC NewsBusters (@newsbusters) October 22, 2025 It’s become easy for the Right to persuade the persuadable now, given the competition. But do you think it’s possible to reason with Jeanna Gamble? You can’t even keep her out of traffic. This isn’t going to end well. What’s going to happen is this crowd will cause so much trouble that it’s going to require tactics which look to some like fascism (but are actually simply law enforcement) to bring order and normalcy back to society. And the crazies of the Left like that idea, because as I’ve written, it will make them victims, and they believe victimhood is the highest form of human nobility. I’ve written that this is how civilization dies. Victimhood culture destroys meritocracy, it destroys function, and it ultimately even destroys empathy. The escape from this vicious cycle is to crush the fake victims, because they will become the victimizers if given the power to be, and then chaos will reign. (RELATED: It’s Good v. Evil. It’s Always Been Good v. Evil.) So how do you crush them in nonviolent ways? That, I don’t know. I have some ideas, but shaky confidence they’ll work. But no, we can’t allow 60-year-old women to show up and parade around in public parks in inflatable penis costumes because they don’t like the president, and we can’t have movie actors on television inciting violence against the party in power. And we can’t have the politically frustrated assassinating their fellow citizens and attempting to murder the police for enforcing laws they didn’t vote for. This isn’t sustainable, and it has to be acted upon. Nonviolently, one hopes. But that includes bringing the full power of law enforcement and the weight of the justice system to bear on the unhinged. Which is going to have to happen. And the full power of the American people, those of us not infected with the woke mind virus, will have to descend on them at the ballot box at every turn, so that those people left of center who can be reasoned with will have some space to chase them back to the fringes and clean up their movement. We might be too far gone for that, I’ll admit. But that only means the remedies will have to be dire. This problem is a long time coming. It isn’t easily fixed. We have a significant portion of our population that is lost to civilization, and they will destroy it if they aren’t stopped. So let’s stop it. Quickly, please. By the most civil means possible, with the understanding that those means might not be so civil. READ MORE from Scott McKay: ‘Old Fart’ Thinking Is Too Much in Our Way Feminism, the Nose-Ring Theory, and Our Potential Extinction Racism, Victimhood, and Louisiana v. Callais

Global conflict has reached its highest level since World War II, fueled by a surge in terrorist insurgencies, political upheaval, and full-scale wars in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, and dozens of other regions. According to the Peace Research Institute, there are 61 active conflicts across 35 countries. In the longstanding and brutal ledger of religious persecution, Nigeria now occupies its own grim chapter with its enduring pogrom against Christians. Nigeria is the largest, populated nation on the African continent and has become the crucible of suffering for its Christian minority. (RELATED: Nigeria: The Most Dangerous Place To Be a Christian) These are coordinated acts of religious cleansing with survivors forced to convert to Islam or be killed. Islamic insurgents strike at night, torching homes while families sleep. They ambush churches during Sunday services, gunning down entire congregations. They raid Christian farming villages, slaughtering men, raping women, and abducting children. These are coordinated acts of religious cleansing with survivors forced to convert to Islam or be killed. The violence throughout the years against Christians in Nigeria has only intensified. According to the Nigerian watchdog group Intersociety, since 2009, more than 52,000 Christians have been killed and over 20,000 churches have been desecrated or destroyed. These are not isolated events. In 2024, 4,100 Christians were killed in Nigeria, which was 82 percent of all Christian martyrdoms worldwide. By August 2025, more than 7,000 were killed. This surge reflects not just a crisis of security, but a deepening pattern of persecution that is nothing short of genocide. As the Church marks each martyrdom with prayer and remembrance, the Body of Christ in Nigeria continues to suffer wounds that cry out for justice, solidarity, and global witness. (RELATED: What Is America’s Role in Africa?) Global Christian Relief and other worldwide monitors have named Nigeria the deadliest country for Christians, a title that reverberates with the quiet void of global indifference. (RELATED: Ted Cruz and the Specter of ‘Roland, the Headless Thompson Gunner’) These atrocities are driven by a network of Islamist extremist groups that include Boko Haram, Fulani militias, and dozens of other factions with ties to ISIS and al-Qaeda. Their coordinated campaigns have devastated Christian communities not only across Nigeria but the entire African continent at an alarming rate that continues unabated. Nigeria’s Christian communities are enduring one of the worst persecutions in modern times, yet the world treats it as a nonstarter. The silence of the world echoes the hush of Good Friday when injustice was at its zenith and was dismissed as routine, while suffering and death were business as usual. Nigeria’s Christian communities are enduring one of the worst persecutions in modern times, yet the world treats it as a nonstarter. (RELATED: The Left Ignores Nigeria’s Suffering Christians While Proclaiming to Be Perfect Humanitarians) Before leaving office in 2020, the Trump administration took action by placing Nigeria on the State Department’s list of “Countries of Particular Concern” (CPC).  The CPC list allowed for economic sanctions to pressure Nigeria’s government to protect Christians and other religious minorities from violence. However, in 2021, the Biden Administration removed Nigeria from the CPC even as the massacres intensified without due cause. As a result, the Nigerian government, through either willful complicity or gross negligence, has enabled these atrocities to persist unchecked.  Its failure to act is a betrayal of its citizens. In response to the ongoing Nigerian massacre, a coalition of religious leaders, spearheaded by Nina Shea of the Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom, sent a petition to President Trump on Oct. 15 condemning the Nigerian government’s treatment of religious minorities and urging Trump to redesignate Nigeria to the CPC.  Among the signatories were San Francisco Catholic Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, and Focus on the Family President Jim Daly, among dozens of others. The petition unequivocally states that the Nigerian government “is directly violating religious freedom by enforcing Islamic blasphemy laws that carry the death penalty and harsh prison sentences against citizens of various religions. It also demonstrably tolerates relentless aggression uniquely against Christian farming families by militant Fulani Muslim herders, who appear intent on forcibly Islamizing the Middle Belt.” This crisis transcends geopolitics and foreign policy and is in desperate need of a moral imperative.  As St. Paul affirms in 1 Corinthians 12:26, “If one member suffers, all suffer together.” As members of the Body of Christ, Christians are called to bear witness, speak out, and act to end the atrocities unfolding across Africa. Without intervention, the Christian population in many regions faces displacement within a generation. And, don’t think it can’t happen here. READ MORE from Greg Maresca: Truth & Treason: A Tale of Moral Courage The ACC Adds Games, Loses Geography Unholy Uproar: The Politics of Prayer

SACRAMENTO — LAist’s investigative report was almost too hard to believe, even in a state that squanders taxpayer dollars with wild abandon. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors quietly provided a $2 million settlement to county CEO Fesia Davenport after she claimed that she suffered “reputational harm, embarrassment and physical, emotional and mental distress.” No, she wasn’t the victim of any apparent malicious behavior by county officials. The source of her distress, it turns out, was the county’s voters. No, she wasn’t the victim of any apparent malicious behavior by county officials. The source of her distress, it turns out, was the county’s voters. In July 2024, the county’s elected board members directed the drafting of a charter change for the November ballot. It was pitched by supporters as an attempt to make “Los Angeles County work better for its 10 million residents by improving ethics, representation, transparency and accountability.” It’s a classic good-government measure designed to increase voter representation and improve transparency of government spending. Voters approved it, 52 percent to 48 percent. L.A. County is an enormous entity, with a population larger than 40 states. It’s four times the geographic size of Rhode Island and more than double the size of Delaware. Its $45-billion budget (not including the city of Los Angeles’s budget) is comparable to some state budgets. (RELATED: Los Angeles Faces an Olympian Task) Yet despite its massive size, county voters are represented by a measly five elected supervisors. When I lived in the San Gabriel Valley on the eastern edge of the county, I was pleasantly surprised at how responsive my supervisor’s office was in handling an issue involving the county’s maintenance of some local fire-prone property. Nevertheless, it’s a bit much to expect great representation from an elected official with 2 million constituents. That’s nearly three times the number of people represented by the average member of Congress. Primarily, Measure G expands the five-member board to nine members. It also creates a separate budget director, an independent ethics commission, and a charter commission. It’s no panacea, but more representation and oversight are better than less. Here’s where it gets rather strange. In approving Measure G, voters also turned the appointed CEO position into an elected position, thus eventually booting Davenport from her job (unless she subsequently runs a successful election). Supporters argued it would “empower voters by creating an elected county executive directly accountable to the people, putting an end to the current system where an unelected bureaucrat controls the county’s … budget.” That portion of the ballot measure was, as the Los Angeles Times correctly explained, the most controversial part of the proposal. It divided the county’s powerful public-sector unions. Having an elected CEO with the power to overturn the board and to appoint department heads isn’t particularly unusual. As I see it, it provides one more elected position, thereby offering voters another check and balance. The elected county executive would serve like the county version of a mayor. But, however it works out, it’s hard to believe that voters caused such harm to Davenport, who is an at-will hire, that it required taxpayers to give her $2 million. “Without going into detail, Measure G has taken a toll on me personally with demonstrable professional, emotional, physical health and emotional impacts,” she wrote in a letter to the county. The will of voters often has an impact on government bureaucrats’ employment status. Such is life. Not to be too snarky, but I have yet to meet an American who hasn’t suffered some emotional grief from any number of elections. Many elections have caused me “embarrassment” and have taken a toll on my finances. It’s beyond absurd to demand compensation. It may be amazing that she asked for this compensation, but the real outrage is that the board went along with it – and then kept it unusually quiet. As LAist added, “The county’s usual process is to publicly report out and approve proposed settlements above $100,000.” One supervisor said she reluctantly agreed to avoid a court battle, but sometimes elected officials just have to say no. Per LAist, Davenport argued the Measure G “text impugned her reputation by saying ‘the lack of strong, elected executive leadership has impacted our ability to address these challenges.’” But isn’t that simply a description of the nature of an appointed v. elected position? The pro-Measure G group rightly blasted it as “a blatant misuse of public money.” The payout reinforces the frustration of county voters who believe their government is out of touch. It’s long been one of my hobby horses, but most Americans — especially in heavily populated states such as California — suffer from too little elected representation. Our state Assembly has one elected member for every 483,000 residents, compared to New Hampshire, which has one representative for every 3,290 residents. It seems counterintuitive, but the best way to reduce the power of politicians is to have more of them — and thereby dilute their power. Expanding the size of legislatures (at the local or state level) will certainly assure the election of some crazies. But it will reduce the power of special interests, which will find it harder to hand-pick and fund candidates. Anyway, L.A. County’s reform idea is a good one, but it’s too bad the county board gave in to this unbelievable request. As that pro-Measure G group explained, it’s “a clear demonstration of why Measure G was necessary in the first place.” Perhaps once the measure is fully in place in 2028, voters will elect supervisors who have more backbone. READ MORE from Steven Greenhut: Newsom Goes Easy on AI — for Now Self-Driving Cars Becoming Unstoppable Another Transit Shakedown of Taxpayers Steven Greenhut is Western region director for the R Street Institute. Write to him at sgreenhut@rstreet.org.

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A Democrat councilman in New Jersey announced he will flip parties and endorse Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli. Alpine Councilman David Kupferschmid said the Democratic Party has become “unrecognizable,” New Jersey Globe stated. “The Democrat Party does not represent us anymore,” Kupferschmid said, according to the outlet. “With my switch, I will now be the first Republican on the council in more than 20 years. I hope that this is the beginning of a resurgence for the Republican Party in Alpine where alternate voices are much needed on the governing body,” he added. NEW JERSEY NEWS DEMOCRAT councilman in Alpine NJ, David Kupferschmid has SWITCHED parties to Republican -> and has officially endorsed Jack Ciattarelli for Governor David is now the first Republican councilman in Alpine in 25+ years More NJ Dems are jumping ship weekly pic.twitter.com/n0iNCUuk1s — Michael Casey (@MichaelCasey_) October 22, 2025 New Jersey Globe has more: Kupferschmid first won election to the council in 2023 and is up for re-election next year. Ciattarelli won Alpine by about 18 percentage points in 2021, and President Donald Trump won by almost 13 percentage points last fall. Despite recent Republican victories, the borough council continues to be dominated by Democrats — a Republican hasn’t won an election to the council in at least 20 years. Alpine, with about 1,750 residents, is Bergen County’s third-smallest town. “While Sherrill refuses to denounce the far left radicals in her party, Jack Ciattarelli has been appealing to all sides with a common sense message that includes putting the brakes on over-development and cleaning up crime, both of which are critical issues for Alpine,” Kupferschmid said. President Trump previously urged New Jersey voters to support Ciattarelli at the ballot box. President Trump Urges Voters To Support Two Republican Gubernatorial Candidates Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) joined Ciattarelli on the campaign trail to support the Republican candidate. "Great to welcome Congressman @ByronDonalds to New Jersey — and what better place to do it than a Jersey diner! Our first stop of the day was at the Park Diner & Pancake House in Linden, where we talked about the issues that matter most to working families: affordability, opportunity, and accountability in government," Ciattarelli said. "My plan for NJ is simple — lowering taxes across the board, making it easier to do business, putting an end to the overdevelopment that’s crowding our suburbs. When leaders stand up for taxpayers, small businesses, and common sense, that’s how we get our states back on track. Proud to have Byron’s support — and to keep fighting for a better, more affordable New Jersey," he added. Great to welcome Congressman @ByronDonalds to New Jersey — and what better place to do it than a Jersey diner! Our first stop of the day was at the Park Diner & Pancake House in Linden, where we talked about the issues that matter most to working families: affordability,… pic.twitter.com/aimtjDxfcS — Jack Ciattarelli (@Jack4NJ) October 22, 2025 Fox News provided additional details: Ciattarelli, who's making his third straight run for Garden State governor, and who nearly upset Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy four years ago, says things are different this time around. "Because of the closeness of that race in '21, people are paying closer attention this time around," Ciattarelli said. In a state where registered Democrats still outnumber Republicans despite a GOP surge in registration this decade, four public opinion polls released over the past two weeks — from Fox News, Quinnipiac University, Fairleigh Dickinson University and Rutgers-Eagleton — indicated Ciattarelli narrowing the margins with Sherrill in the race to succeed the term-limited Murphy. "I think we're in a great position," Ciattarelli emphasized. " As you know, many of these polls have a dead heat. And that's in a state in which Republicans typically under poll because we are the minority party. And when you have the endorsement of Democratic mayors across the state, it says people want change. That's exactly what we're going to deliver when we win this race." Donalds, who has Trump's backing as he runs for Florida's governor next year, touted that in New Jersey, "the wind is at our back." Asked why he made the trip, the congressman said, "It's about New Jersey and making sure that the people of the Garden State get out and vote. That's all that matters right now." Donalds was the second major MAGA star to parachute into New Jersey. Last week, Ciattarelli was joined at a diner packed inside and outside with supporters by Ohio gubernatorial candidate and former White House contender Vivek Ramaswamy.