NJ Gov. Murphy spent $12,000 on stadium events, Taylor Swift concert
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See who else is reporting on this story and which side of the political spectrum they lean. To read other sources, click on the plus signs below. Learn more about this dataSEEING TAYLOR SWIFT IN CONCERT IS EXPENSIVE AS IT IS…DIE-HARD FANS – WHO COULD AFFORD IT – PAID SEVENTY TIMES*** FACE VALUE TO SEE THE STAR ON HER SUMMER STADIUM TOUR… THE OUTRAGE SPARKED CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS AND BILLS AT STATE LEVELS TO PROTECT CONSUMERS…
NOW… RECORDS SHOW THAT IN HIS FIRST TERM AS NEW JERSEY’S GOVERNOR – PHIL MURPHY SPENT NEARLY TWELVE-THOUSAND DOLLARS OF TAX-PAYER MONEY ON FOOD AND DRINKS AT METLIFE STADIUM EVENTS – INCLUDING A TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT AND MUSIC FESTIVAL..
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LEFT-LEANING NEWS OUTLETS ARE UNDER-REPORTING THE THE GOVERNOR’S SPENDING OF TAX-PAYER DOLLARS ON ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS.- OUR REAL-TIME MEDIA MISS TOOL SPOTLIGHTS WHICH STORIES RIGHT-LEANING AND LEFT-LEANING OUTLETS AREN’T COVERING SO YOU GET A COMPLETE PICTURE OF THE NEWS. THIS IS HOW THE NEWS SHOULD BE… FAIR, FACTUAL AND UNBIASED.
AFTER BEING ASKED ABOUT TAXPAYERS PICKING UP HIS BILL AT THE NEW JERSEY STADIUM – GOVERNOR MURPHY A DEMOCRAT – TOLD POLITICO THAT HIS OFFICE IS ASKING THE STATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY TO REIMBURSE TAXPAYERS…
ADDING THAT HE THOUGHT THE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE WAS FOOTING THE BILL.. WHEN THE COMMITTEE DIDNT – MURPHY’S OFFICE SAID HE PAID FOR THE EXPENSES USING HIS NINETY-FIVE-THOUSAND-DOLLAR ANNUAL EXPENSE ACCOUNT..
WHICH IS DESIGNATED FOR QUOTE: “OFFICIAL RECEPTIONS, OFFICIAL RESIDENCE, AND OTHER OFFICIAL EXPENSES.”
IN TOTAL PUBLIC RECORDS SHOW – IN 20-18 AND 20-19 THE GOVERNOR RACKED UP A BILL AT METLIFE STADIUM TOTALING 11-THOUSAND-8-HUNDRED-AND-FORTY-SEVEN DOLLARS WHICH INCLUDED.
9-HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX DOLLARS WORTH OF SNACKS AT A 2018 TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT
2-THOUSAND AND NINETY-FIVE DOLLARS AT A SOCCER GAME
2-THOUSAND AND SIXTY-EIGHT DOLLARS AT A JETS FOOTBALL GAME
14-HUNDRED DOLLARS AT A HIP-HOP MUSIC FESTIVAL
NEARLY 3-THOUSAND DOLLARS AT A USA VERSUS MEXICO SOCCER GAME
AND 24-HUNDRED DOLLARS AT ANOTHER JETS FOOTBALL GAME WHERE RECORDS SHOW AN INVOICE FOR NINETY-DOLLARS IN BOTTLED WATER ALONE…
THE RECORDS DO NOT SHOW WHO WAS IN ATTENDANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR OR THE PURPOSE OF ATTENDING THE EVENTS…
A SPOKESPERSON AT THE NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE TELLING POLITICO THAT THE PARTY DID NOT KNOW OF THE INVOICES AS THEY CAME BEFORE NEW LEADERSHIP TOOK OVER – AND ADDED THAT THE PARTY IS LOOKING INTO THE SITUATION TO SEE IF FURTHER ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN..
RECORDS SHOW THAT SINCE TAKING OFFICE, GOVERNOR MURPHY’S EXPENSE ACCOUNT HAS BEEN PRIMARILY USED FOR RECEPTIONS AT HIS MANSION, OFFICIAL STATE GIFTS, AND RENOVATIONS AT HIS MANSION..
RECORDS ALSO SHOW THAT BETWEEN 20-19 AND 20-22 MURPHY RETURNED MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE-THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WENT UNUSED FROM THE EXPENSE ACCOUNT TO THE STATE.