Jersey’s New Governor Knows How to Take On a Don

Talking Feds

Harry Litman

News, Politics, Government

4.8 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Nearly 100 days into her tenure, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill thinks she’s cracked the code for handling Trump. She tells Harry how she’s used the president’s negotiating tactics against him, why she’s putting in place some of the nation’s most ambitious bulwarks against ICE abuses, and how she ended up in a high-stakes battle with another venal, unpopular entity: FIFA. Plus, Governor Sherrill delivers her thoughts as a former federal prosecutor on the legal wreckage left by ousted U.S. attorney and Trump crony Alina Habba. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.5	fascinating and consequential issues defining our culture and shaping our lives. I'm your host,
1:14.2	Harry Littman. Welcome to another talking feds one-on-one from a slightly hoarse moderator,
1:21.4	with Congress wholly absent and the Supreme Court at best erratic reigning in the power grabs of the Trump presidency.
1:29.6	It's fallen to governors, especially in big blue states, to fill the breach.
1:35.1	I'm really happy to welcome one of the brightest new faces among them, Mikey Sherrill, the 57th
1:41.8	governor of New Jersey. Last time we talked about a year ago, she represented New Jersey's 11th congressional district in her fourth term.
1:51.1	She brings to the governorship a stunningly broad resume of state and federal public service.
1:58.2	Before politics, Governor Cheryl spent nearly a decade in the U.S. Navy, much of that
2:03.7	as a helicopter pilot, worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in her home state. She is now coming up
2:10.7	on the end of her first hundred days as governor, and she seems to be surviving very well. Governor
2:16.3	Mikey Sherrill, thank you so much for
2:18.1	joining. Well, thank you for having me. It's great to see you again. It's been a while. It has
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