{"id":597323,"date":"2023-11-11T06:41:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T03:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/andy-kim-launches-formal-challenge-to-menendez-its-about-being-a-decent-human-being\/"},"modified":"2023-11-11T06:41:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T03:41:34","slug":"andy-kim-launches-formal-challenge-to-menendez-its-about-being-a-decent-human-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/andy-kim-launches-formal-challenge-to-menendez-its-about-being-a-decent-human-being\/","title":{"rendered":"#Andy Kim launches formal challenge to Menendez: \u2018It\u2019s about being a decent human being\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/AP21236799918787-e1699673378713.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) officially launched his campaign to unseat Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) on Friday at a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndyKimNJ\/status\/1723154189059006721\">packed brewery<\/a> in South Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>The third-term congressman was one of the first Democrats to call on Menendez to resign in the wake of a corruption indictment, and announced a primary bid against him the next day<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t have to be this broken politics where you just have people putting their own personal ambition ahead of what\u2019s good for this country,\u201d Kim said Friday. \u201cIt\u2019s about being a decent human being \u2014 a decent human being that treats other people with respect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kim is selling himself as an experienced and level-headed leader dedicated to public service. Before running for Congress, he worked at the State Department and served as national security adviser under the Obama administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe more than ever that New Jersey needs hard working, trustworthy leaders focused on the common good and injecting some integrity and civility back into our politics,\u201d Kim wrote in his announcement. \u201cWe cannot jeopardize the Senate or compromise our integrity any longer.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHelp me build a movement to restore faith in our democracy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Kim, 41, is relying on a grassroots effort to take the seat as many New Jersey establishment Democrats have rallied around Tammy Murphy, the wife of Gov. Phil Murphy (D-N.J.), in what is expected to be a closely contended primary \u2014 whether Menendez ends up running for reelection or not. Murphy, who has not yet launched a formal bid, is expected to enter the race as early as next week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve shown that I can win tough races. I\u2019m battle tested. I\u2019ve won three of the toughest races in recent history in New Jersey,\u201d the New Jersey congressman <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/11\/10\/andy-kim-senate-bid-00126699\">told reporters<\/a> after the event. \u201c[Voters] want someone who is a workhorse, not a show horse \u2014 someone who\u2019s gonna just get the job done. That\u2019s what we\u2019ve been trying to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Menendez was charged in September with conspiracy to commit bribery, extortion, honest services fraud and other corruption charges.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors allege that Menendez and his wife, Nadine Arslanian, accepted \u201chundreds of thousands of dollars\u201d to help a group of New Jersey businessmen and interests in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI found almost half a million dollars in cash in the New Jersey senator\u2019s home last year during a raid, as well as over $100,000 in gold bars allegedly given to Menendez and his wife by the businessmen.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Menendez has denied wrongdoing and said he won\u2019t step down from the Senate, despite calls from nearly every federally-elected Democrat for him to do so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. 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Andy Kim (D-N.J.) officially launched his campaign to unseat Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) on Friday at a packed brewery in South Jersey. The third-term congressman was one of the first Democrats to call on Menendez to resign in the wake of a corruption indictment, and announced a primary bid against him the next day&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":597324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/AP21236799918787-e1699673378713.jpg?w=1280","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[146928,146929,137620,117,134353,10574,73014,90482,146091,28264,134354,70878,70289,134345,146930],"class_list":["post-597323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-2024-new-jersey-senate-race","tag-andy-kim","tag-bob-menendez","tag-business","tag-court-battles","tag-education","tag-health-care","tag-house","tag-menendez-indictment","tag-new-jersey","tag-nexstar-media-wire-news","tag-phil-murphy","tag-senate","tag-state-watch","tag-tammy-murphy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}