Meet Conservative "Democrat" Josh Gottheimer

Josh's career in Congress started out pro-Trump and has only gotten worse since. Scroll down for a timeline of Josh's record of siding with the GOP:

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January 2017
August 2017
January 2018
April 2018
"Fortunately for Social Security beneficiaries, the amendment did not attain the two-thirds majority required to pass the House. But those who voted for it are now on the record in support of stealing the American people’s earned Social Security benefits."
November 2018
"Gottheimer, a former speechwriter for President Bill Clinton, has voted with Trump nearly 55 percent of the time."
March 2019
“Gottheimer voted with President Donald Trump 76.7 percent of the time last year...”
June 2019
"The Senate bill was put on the floor after New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer ... told House leaders he had the votes to scuttle a House version that mandated improved conditions for detained migrant children."
July 2019
July 2019
“If House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) didn’t give up a slate of humanitarian protections for migrants, Gottheimer’s faction would blow up a key border funding bill.”

"Kreibich, 44, was stunned. So stunned that she’s now launched a primary challenge to Gottheimer for his seat in Congress."
December 2019
January 2020
May 2020
May 2020
"The prospect that Democrats like Gottheimer, who received more money from the private equity industry than any other House member this cycle, would lobby the Fed for loans not only for unsavory lenders, but for fly-by-night lenders owned by private equity firms, is particularly galling to advocates of financial reform."
June 2021
"Gottheimer also received $24,900 from payday lenders, the third-largest amount of support of anyone in the House of Representatives. Since coming to Congress in 2016, Gottheimer has taken $6 million from the finance, insurance, and real estate sectors."