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Lehrer noted that Republicans have dubbed Murphy “Florio Two,” after the Democratic governor “who never recovered politically from raising taxes in year one.” But Murphy laughed that off, saying, “I got elected to do what’s right in New Jersey, period, full stop. And that’s what we’re going to do, and that is at long last… get back to investing in the middle class…”
Murphy also took questions from New Jersey residents on school budgeting, the Pompton Lakes toxic clean-up, social justice, and his push to legalize marijuana in the state.
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