Did Halting Federal Funding to Gateway Tunnel Project Doom Republicans in NJ?

The Rich Zeoli Show

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🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: 3:05pm- On Tuesday night, Democrat Mikie Sherrill defeated Republican Jack Ciattarelli in their New Jersey gubernatorial race. With more than 95% of the vote reported, Sherrill leads by 13%—56.3 to 43.1%. Prior to election day, most pollsters—including Trafalgar—published data showing the race would be significantly closer. What happened? 3:10pm- Government Shutdown’s Impact: Did the Trump administration’s decision to halt federal funding for the Gateway Tunnel project between New Jersey and New York help Mikie Sherrill win? 3:15pm- Despite winning her race to become the next governor of New Jersey less than 48-hours ago, is Mikie Sherrill already planning for a White House run in 2028? 3:30pm- Listeners call in and react to Tuesday’s election results. 3:40pm- Rich notes that the American education system no longer teaches the history of communism—and the disastrous consequences for societies that embrace it. Accordingly, young Americans are becoming more and more sympathetic to the ideology.

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0:15.9	Well, it's not a good time to fly.
0:20.1	I can tell you that. The FAA is cutting flights at airports by a lot
0:25.0	because the government shutdown. People are not going to be happy. So if you're planning
0:30.0	on going anywhere, you may want to call ahead, maybe rent a car, maybe just don't go. Welcome to
0:36.4	the show. Glad you're here today,55 839 1210 on x at rich
0:40.6	zioli the vampiric one nancy pelosi laying it up after 4,000 years in congress and i thought she
0:48.1	was just getting started to be honest with you i really did i thought she was just getting started but
0:51.3	nope she's done and the president called her evil.
0:55.1	This is after she called him the most vile human being on the,
0:58.1	the most vile thing on earth, I believe is the exact terminology.
1:02.0	We'll play whatever craziness she said.
1:04.3	But that happened.
1:05.5	And, of course, we're still reeling from the results of election day and all wishing that we could somehow
1:12.6	figure out what the hell went wrong and it easy to understand way there are a lot of theories
1:18.8	out there as you can imagine and we'll take your calls today again your reaction so 855
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