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@declanoscanlon

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Father, 13th District Senator. Small business owner in Red Bank, NJ.

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@declanoscanlon
Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
We have no choice but to take risks...with lives and with our economy. Tough decisions to be sure. But the lives and well-being of all New Jerseyans depend on us boldly stepping up. Saving our economy IS saving lives!
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
So..first time I’m going to suggest this....but it’s time. Everyone...defy the @GovMurphy ! Go outside your house!! It’s ok, you can trust me! Look South/Southeast...revel in that moon! We’re likely going to take this rebellion a few steps further next couple weeks. Get ready!
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Declan O'Scanlon
3 months
Hey @RutgersU - your anti-science vaccine mandate policy makes the premier NJ state educational institution look like it’s run by a batch of fools. Until you stop unjustifiably discriminating against tax-paying NJ residents I’m going to argue to slash your taxpayer-funded state
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
If we’re always in a state of emergency…then…it’s not a state of emergency. If you’re a legislator desperately hoping you can continue to avoid taking a stand…then you’re not going to like this colleague.
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
This is garbage. How about a study in Connecticut...where they’ve been at 50% capacity for restaurants & gyms since June 17th and performing as well against spread as NJ - with a 40% lower unemployment rate!
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njdotcom
4 years
Reopening indoor dining in N.J. remains too risky for coronavirus spread based on study, Murphy says
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
So…remember how we outlawed styrofoam? Apparently it’s another rule that doesn’t apply to the people that make the rules…Just now at the statehouse.
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Declan O'Scanlon
3 years
Last call…for the greatest dad a guy ever had.
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
Mask mandates consistently show…no consistent benefit to kids, teachers & surrounding communities. Especially now that past omicron peak…time to accept endemicity, end all mandates/restrictions. Only message a simple one…feel sick? Stay home until feel better. That’s it.
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
Holy cow!! ⁦ Gov says he’s going to sue Asbury Park over the mayor/council simply standing up for their local businesses rights! I’m outraged that our tax dollars are being used against the very people that pay them...simply for fighting to survive.
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
Protecting the people we took an oath to serve is an obligation superior to any obligation to comply with orders from a higher level of government that run counter to our oath. I stand with Asbury Park.
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
Finally…sanity from NJ doctors & scientists… “In the end,I don’t think the fight should be about whether masks work a little bit,or not at all.I think the question should be,do they work to a degree that justifies how much we’ve asked children to bear?”
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
There are photos circulating this evening on social media of @GovMurphy ’s children. I will battle with the Governor over policy. But I will stand with him in unshakable solidarity when it comes to our kids.They are off limits folks. Don’t go there. Don’t do this. Delete..move on.
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
Breaking news!The “science” the Governor is using has been leaked! The science..is the physics that guides the dart thrown by a blindfolded-but Ivy League educated-Murphy staffer as the dart travels through the air to hit a random list of Jersey businesss stuck to a wall. Eureka!
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
You didn’t catch covid because you were careless. You didn’t catch covid because some other selfish, homicidal bastard was careless…or because we don’t have enough rules, restrictions & mandates. You caught covid because we’re all going to be exposed to it at some point.
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
We have the bill that will solve this problem!
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Edward Durr
2 years
I am calling on ALL members to join me and stop @GovMurphy with these mandates! #DangerousDurr #EdTheTrucker
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
In their own words..there is no consultation with Health Department science experts. It’s all made up as they go along. It’s inexplicable but for the arrogance that “gov’t knows better.” That arrogance cost lives..& is now killing hundreds of businesses.
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
Even if masks work…unless we’re all masking everywhere all the time…it’s pointless to mandate masks only in certain places some of the time.
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
I’m obviously not calling for mass insurrection...but if the Governor doesn’t responsibly move soon the economic devastation we inflict will be irreversible.
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
It’s time for full court press on restoring genuine co-equal balance of power…as our founding fathers envisioned. O’Scanlon Introduces Bipartisan Bill Limiting Emergency Powers, Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight |
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
Good thing we’ve blocked off 50% of the parking at Monmouth County parks! Heaven forbid we double this crowd!!! Thanks Governor for saving our lives with this one-size-fits-all, micromanagement!
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
Happy to announce my friend Vin Gopal has agreed to be my co-prime sponsor on this legislation. Lots of other interest. We need to get this done!
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
It’s time for full court press on restoring genuine co-equal balance of power…as our founding fathers envisioned. O’Scanlon Introduces Bipartisan Bill Limiting Emergency Powers, Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight |
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
When even the faithful start to ask WTF...it time to change direction. Or show us the science. Who are the experts dictating this arbitrary, slow-roll, excruciating, business and job killing slow roll reopening?
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
This is an outrageous tone to take w/the people of NJ. ⁦& saying you have a plan doesn’t mean you’re obligated to move forward. It means you’re ready if conditions allow.People R looking for hope.This statement obnoxiously crushes what little they have.
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Declan O'Scanlon
3 years
Little Silver…fully on board for @Jack4NJ !! Great energy this morning!
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Jack Ciattarelli
3 years
What an energized crowd outside Grandma’s Bagels in Little Silver, Monmouth County! Everyone has the same goal in mind - #LetsFixNJ
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Declan O'Scanlon
3 years
I’m back! And it’s going to be so much fun!
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
Just announced..outdoor dining closed in NYC folks! Thank God those manning the levers of gov’t here to tell us. Otherwise..we all might have been found in AM..fingers clutched on frozen wine glasses…in mid-cheer……tragedy of death avoided.
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Declan O'Scanlon
8 months
This humiliating court exchange is exactly what the boneheaded Rutgers administrators will face when finally brought to account.
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Edward Durr
8 months
The evidence is clear; the vax does not protect or stop transmission of CV19. @RutgersNB : continuing to demand students be vaccinated is not only foolish, it’s pointless. The time is NOW to end your vaccine policy! @GovMurphy #MedicalFreedom #StopTheMandate
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
Hello from the Jersey Shore!! Photos are from yesterday & today. Huge crowds..plenty of room for more! Saw no one behaving unsafely...& w/little enforcement presence. Apparently we’re not all homicidal maniacs! No need for the oppressive presence of the patriarchal hand of gov’t!
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
Let me get this straight…we’re going to hold hearings over concert ticket pricing…but not nursing home polices that resulted in thousands of deaths or health care/insurance policies set to deliver the largest worker & gov’t insurance cost increases in decades. Got it!
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David Wildstein
2 years
. @SpeakerCoughlin will hold hearings into @Ticketmaster pricing policies, but he hasn't decided if the committee that probes allegations of price gouging will get subpoena power.
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
I wholeheartedly endorse this legal challenge of the Governor’s arbitrary,demoralizing, slow-roll micro-management of reopening.Virtually all of these shore businesses have plans to safely reopen.Keeping them closed = destroying them. ⁦ @senatortesta
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
Republican legislators have been fighting for an investigation into the horrific decisions that needlessly led to so many tragic deaths. Democrats who - for now - control the legislature have thus far failed to grow a spine. We won’t let up!
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Janice Dean
2 years
New Jersey @GovMurphy needs to be accountable too.
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Declan O'Scanlon
9 months
O’Scanlon Calls On Rutgers Administrators To Resign |
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
So I sit here on my front porch..Fin snoozing in my lap.I can hear gatherings. Four or..five maybe..likely more than 25 people each. All ignoring the pronouncements from Trenton.Between these folks & the restaurants & stores opening..the administration has made itself irrelevant.
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
A refreshing oasis of science, reason and logic… We want all school COVID rules lifted. No, that’s not radical.
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
So..my sister is giving birth RIGHT NOW..& leaving her trusted doula..in this moment of need..& accepting the negative potential health impact..because our @GovMurphy insists on ridiculousness micro-managing of even hospital policy. Disgraceful. Worse if outcome is. Much worse.
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
It is urgent that we create a Senate investigative committee, with subpoena powers! Where are my Democrat Senate colleagues’ voices? Where is their outrage on behalf of the victims?!? N.J. Governor Murphy's Pandemic Response Team Slams Poor Leadership
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
PETITION: Tell Gov. Murphy to Give It Back! #GiveItBack |
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Declan O'Scanlon
3 years
This is totally out of line&out of bounds. Criticizing policy,heated debate -in the public arena - is all ok. But harassment of anyone while w/family, on private time is not acceptable. We’re all sick &tired of this mess. @GovMurphy too, trust me..let’s cut each other some slack.
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
This isn’t rocket science.If 50% of wall-space isn’t totally open then THE GOVERNOR SAYS he’s out of compliance. Middletown isn’t the bad guy here, Nicholas isn’t the bad guy. The guy needlessly shutting down/destroying businesses is. Right there on patio.
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Declan O'Scanlon
7 months
We are thrilled to announce that as of 10 minutes ago…Finneas is officially in remission!!! Saturday tears of joy aren’t so bad!!
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
Wait..so there’s no “one size fits all” plan for schools...but for virtually everything else, “one size fits all” is fine?!? Businesses & regions of the state with vastly different metrics are held to the same draconian restrictions.
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
Unless @GovMurphy is going to argue that the Governors of all of our surrounding states are irresponsibly abandoning science & data, or that science is different in NJ... we should be substantially opened by June 5, including outdoor dining (& indoor by 15th). Announce this now!!
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Tony Caputo
4 years
#njmornings The New Jersey Restaurant and Hospitality Association, along with various elected officials gathered outside Woody’s Restaurant in #SeaBright to discuss what they say is an urgent need to reopen the state’s restaurant industry. Story today @News12NJ
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
Let’s have this be the start of an avalanche… Hey Dem friends…sign on to S1200 and take back our obligation to do our jobs…give back the extra $3 bil ($1000 per family!)..grow at least one complete set of spinal discs amongst you…just one…. @nj1015
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
Bi-partisan pressure mounts against @GovMurphy arbitrary, slow-roll, micro-management of reopening. Every day we see more evidence that there’s a safe way to reopen, & every wasted day hundreds more businesses needlessly perish. It’s way past time for Gov’t to get out of the way.
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Insider NJ
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South Jersey Leaders Call for Reopening Plan and Timetable for Atlantic City and Other Low Impact Regions -
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
For those attacking those of us arguing that opening our economy is itself a critical public health initiative: saving our economy IS saving lives...
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
To all the naysayers who said no one would show up if we opened...not so much! Folks doing good jobs socially distancing. And the atmosphere is joyous!!
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
Well done Assemblyman!
@JayWebberNJ
Jay Webber
4 years
Letter to Col. Callahan: Will Governor be held accountable & cited for his violations of his own Executive Order?
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Declan O'Scanlon
3 months
Annnd….another one bites the dust! Apparently the people running @RutgersU know better than the people running just about every other college…and now Harvard…that broken-down, backwater, science-denying institution that’s taking this action that will kill their students.
@NCM4Ever
No College Mandates
3 months
BREAKING NEWS @Harvard ends their C19 vaccine requirement for students retracting their announcement several weeks ago that students only would still be mandated to take it for fall 2024 enrollment.
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
There is no justification…science clear right now. Why wait another month still dragging our feet right to the end? This administration has been quick and severe in restriction implementation…and behind the curve & indecisive when rolling them back. More of same.
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Victoria Flynn
2 years
Why do you think @GovMurphy choice of the second week of March @declanoscanlon and @NJAsmGerry ? 🤔 Do you think with the cases so low in some town that it is time to return the decision to local school boards? @njsba
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
So, if you’re dishonest, and want to make the beach look like a disaster, you’d take the first photo looking across hundreds of yards. If you’re honest, you’d show the others...same stretch, from above. #werenotidiots
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
Evidence clear…quarantines provide zero health benefit, cause learning loss.Formal test-to-stay programs absorb resources, provide no benefit. Middletown Schools Made Quarantine Optional, Saw No Case Spike | Middletown, NJ Patch ⁦ @Frank_Cap1_BOE
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
THIS…a reasonable balance of power between the (supposed to be) coequal legislative & executive branches of NJ gov’t. Governor & legislative leadership have said they want this. Time to put up…post, pass & sign my bill! The Equal Effective Empowerment Initiative! EEEI!
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New Jersey Senate Republicans
2 years
Sen. @declanoscanlon is drafting a bill requiring States of Emergency and Public Health Emergencies to expire unless the Legislature votes to approve extensions at certain intervals. "Having checks and balances in government can prevent abuses of power."
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
Businesses that that make the call to die today aren’t dying because of the pandemic. They are dying because of the willful, stubborn, tragic arrogance of the @GovMurphy administration. Great job on this clear, irrefutable article @MattRooneyNJ & @Testa4Senate
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Save Jersey
4 years
"Don’t let the facts get in the way of a narrative." The data is in: no Memorial Day Weekend #COVID ー19 spike at the Jersey Shore -> @senatortesta
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
This is outrageous. THE SCIENCE ISN’T DIFFERENT IN NJ!! We don’t have to experiment..we know already that 50% to 100% capacity is safe BECAUSE EVERY OTHER STATE HAS BEEN THERE FOR MONTHS w/no negative health impact tied to restaurants! Needless, gratuitous, incompetent torture.
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Liz
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@declanoscanlon Omg only this absolute garbage bag of a governor would suggest increasing capacity in 10 PERCENT increments!!! What is that equivalent to? 1 extra table ????
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Declan O'Scanlon
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OMG! THIS...is the most devastating indictment I’ve ever seen by employees of a sitting administration. Incredible! Scathing letter from health department insiders says N.J.'s pandemic failures led to ‘preventable deaths' -
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Declan O'Scanlon
3 years
So..let’s make this personal..this is a picture of my Godson..with an Afghan man..that saved his and his platoons lives..many times..instantly risking his. This man will die if we don’t save him. This is a choice, our choice..your choice. We can’t fail these people.
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
It’s insane that Democrats will vote for a $50 billion budget today that literally nobody has seen. It's a shocking lack of transparency that's meant to deny the public, & concerned legislators, from understanding where the money is going…until it’s too late to have any input.
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
As Connecticut & other states have shown...we can safely reopen gyms and indoor dining &save jobs &improve overall health of selves & economy...& still control spread. We are needlessly killing these industries!
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
Hello NJ news media...let’s demand answers to these questions!
@AWokeZombie
Woke Zombie 🇺🇸😊
4 years
#NJ #Covid19 Case update for Sunday, 8/16. Will a reporter PLEASE bring this up. Here's what happened, on Aug 13th/14th, the state reported 699 and 585 cases, respectively. If you need more background, see my TL for details. They dumped ~400 cases from Bergen and #Unknown , NJ /1
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
Following science means following evidence, no matter whether the evidence contradicts previous policy directives. In fact, especially in such circumstances…since gov’t should always strive for credibility over self-affirmation. School mask mandates shown no benefit. End them!
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Woke Zombie 🇺🇸😊
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#NJ #Covid19 Just a reminder that kids are not mandated to wear masks in Florida and they have the lowest case rate in the country. Meanwhile, your son had to wear his for 11 hours straight yesterday in NJ
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Declan O'Scanlon
3 years
For those so busy that….the incessant messages on TV & in the the mail, the signs, the relentless calls & texts, the rallies, the people at your door…weren’t enough to prevent you from forgetting to vote today…this tweet is for YOU! GO. VOTE. @Jack4NJ TODAY!! RIGHT NOW!
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
School mask mandates don’t make anyone safer. To the advocates one must ask…do your kids socialize w/others, maskless outside school? Do you? A: everyone does. All going to be exposed eventually. Therefore, even if school masks worked, they are pointless.
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
This administration arrogantly thumbed nose at evidence,science &data throughout…always quick to restrict&painfully slow to relax…needlessly killing businesses&jobs&damaging our children’s education. They haven’t seen the light, they fear accountability.
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
Boycott any region that requires masks. I hesitate to do this to local businesses…but between local businesses owners and patrons…it’s time to seize the power of the people..and move the needle. Masks don’t work. Reject this anti-science. The self-righteous pols will fold.
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Frank Capone
2 years
Philadelphia will again require masks indoors at businesses & schools. This arbitrary move only accomplishes fear in people. Demand Senate bill S1200 to be put for a vote, or NJ will be next. What’s the hold-up? @declanoscanlon @vingopal @SenPresScutari
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Declan O'Scanlon
5 years
Wow...have to work to qualify for my calling you out specifically as a jerk. But Anthony Dierlof qualifies. Ashley is a great waitress and wonderful human being. Certainly not a malicious bone in her body. Makes Anthony...a jerk. Live with your misplaced obnoxiousness.
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
Well well well...good thing the US Justice Department cares...because no NJ Democrat legislator seems to give a good God damn about these lost souls or who’s responsible for these decisions. Republicans have been calling for subpoena power for months.
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
How can the press in NJ ignore the fact that virtually every other state in our region has permitted indoor dining for months with no commensurate increase in spread? This lazy reporting is permitting the Governor to continue to kill this industry.
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Dennis Carmody
4 years
“A restaurant has different people coming in and out every day, so it’s many, many people who are potentially exposed to each other,” said Jessica Justman of Columbia University via @asburyparkpress @NJRHAssociation @Eatalongshore @ColumbiaUniver
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
“If you’re a legislator who says you don’t back our whole Give It Back effort and my bill, what you’re saying is, ‘I’m spineless and I don’t want to do my job,’” O’Scanlon said. “That’s a hell of a message to be sending to your constituents.” #giveitback
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Declan O'Scanlon
3 years
We have seen no evidence that children in schools pose a risk to each other, to their teachers or to their parents. Our vaccination rate of the vulnerable is over 80%. School doesn’t start for more than 3 weeks. Why is the Governor picking this gratuitously provocative fight?!?
@Frank_Cap1_BOE
Frank Capone
3 years
Murphy said as recently as last week he would leave it up to individual districts to determine their own face-covering rules. ⁦Mandatory Vax for state workers but not NJEA. Instead, the solution is to mask kids? EPIC FAILURE! ⁦⁦ @GovMurphy ⁩ ⁦
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Declan O'Scanlon
3 years
The President of the United States doesn’t have the legal authority to compel private businesses to make such demands of their employees. And he shouldn’t. Wondering too how this foolishness would be enforced?!?
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Save Jersey
3 years
Here we go...
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
“It’s time for a return to normal life &put an end to the bureaucratic policies that aren't making society safer, but are sacrificing our children's mental, emotional, and physical health. Our children need life on the highest volume. &they need it now.”
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
Whether you’re for or against mask mandates and extensions of Governor EO’s…we can all agree that punching the legislature in the throat no way to constructively get things done. Dems pulling the bill extending Gov power today a bold - and right - move!
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
NJ’s harshest, longest lasting, irrational restrictions destroyed a load of businesses, continue to negatively impact our kids…but in exchange we saved no lives & got no benefit. #giveitback States Ranked by Age-Adjusted COVID Deaths
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
Hello NJ taxpayers! How’s this for a sneaky maneuver...Dems agree to an outrageous $10 billion borrowing scheme on a summer Friday..and schedule the Committee hearing the following Tuesday hoping no one will notice! Incredible!
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Declan O'Scanlon
3 years
Picture taken this past Tuesday. Last time I saw my dad. He couldn’t really walk anymore…but a thousand years of genetic preparation enabled him to balance on a barstool flawlessly…right to the end!
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
CDC Dir. Walensky today generalizing “now not time” to drop mask mandates because “hospitalization rates still higher than ever” destroys her credibility not recognizing dramatically differing hospitalization rates between states. Newsflash: Oregon 3k mi &pandemic weeks from NJ.
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
NY, CT..all accelerating..hey ⁦ @GovMurphy ⁩..maybe we move outdoor dining up to 12th..buy a whole, precious weekend. This wouldn’t happen unless I pushed it..but it also won’t happen because I mentioned it.The 8th grade playground upon which I exist.
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
If this proves true it will be tremendously good news: Asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is 'very rare,' WHO says
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
First…stop the bleeding. But again this administration’s anti-science foot-dragging damaging our children’s lives.Quarantining “close” contacts proven to be a waste of invaluable class time.Yet STILL common practice in many districts. ⁦ @tomamoran
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Declan O'Scanlon
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It is sad that the Governor’s adopting this nonsensical, anti-science, anti-CDC/Biden administration guidance position was so unfortunately predictable. What little credibility the Murphy administration had left is gone. Message: “we don’t believe vaccines work.”
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glenn schuck
3 years
As to relaxing indoor masking mandate per yesterday’s @CDCgov announcement.. @GovMurphy says New Jersey “ is not there yet “. Mask mandate continues. @1010WINS
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
Gyms with proper safety protocols - just like indoor dining - have proven they can operate safely in many other states. Needlessly keeping them closed hurts them, our overall economy as well as patrons!
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
Unless @GovMurphy is going to argue that the Governors of all of our surrounding states are irresponsibly abandoning abandoning science & data, or that science is different in NJ... then we should be substantially open by June 5, including outdoor dining. Announce this now!!
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Tom Bergeron
4 years
This figures to be a growing rallying cry: “Other states (NY, PA, FL) have issued guidance that pegs data against clear benchmarks. The people of New Jersey deserve no less.” @senatenj @NJGOP @declanoscanlon @Sdimaso @tomkean @SteveOroho @GSI_NewJersey
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
Bi-partisan pressure mounts to reform executive/legislative imbalance of power. Doesn’t matter if current state health emergency ends…reform is necessary regardless. Gov. Murphy's COVID powers target of county, local, BOE resolutions
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
OMG!!! CLOSE SCHOOLS & BUSINESSES IMMEDIATELY!!! MANDATE RESPIRATORS!! FILL THE FRIDGE WITH PROVISIONS & TUBS WITH WATER!! LINE OUR PRECAUTIONARY, SKY-FALLING PROTECTIVE HARDHATS WITH TINFOIL!!!
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Phil 🟧
2 years
@senatenj @declanoscanlon Sure, just ignore the new wave of covid sweeping Europe and the 20 percent of ba2 varient already in the US
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
It’s less than 24 hours before the Committee hearing on the budget…and we still don’t have the document. No one voting on the $50 billion expenditure of your $ will have had the time to effectively read and analyze the document. Totally irresponsible.
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Declan O'Scanlon
4 years
The arbitrary, secretive, non-sensical, slow-roll reopening “plan” is needlessly killing businesses & jobs, saving no lives, destroying jobs, state budget & economy. NJ reopening: Why is Murphy keeping decisions so close to the vest?
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
“We have to ask: How have so many European countries managed to keep kids in school and barefaced and their death rates lower than ours?” Should kids wear masks in schools? Maybe not
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Declan O'Scanlon
9 months
Hey…cowardly Rutgers administrators…you work for a publicly funded, NJ institution…your refusal to comment on this policy is unacceptable. How about this…you just admit it was a foolish vestige of leftover policy that should have been ended. And then formally rescind it!
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Declan O'Scanlon
9 months
O’Scanlon: Rutgers Ongoing COVID Vaccine Mandate ‘Ludicrous’ |
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
Exactly…to what end is testing? Message now should be simple…if you have symptoms stay home until they go away. Then go back to work & life. End testing mandates & individual testing obsession.
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Rathgar99
2 years
@Oldglorycries Why would I want to know if I have covid? Wouldn't I assume I have it anyway if I have the symptoms? It's not like my doctor is going to give me any medicine or treatment to help me. My NJ liberal leaning doctor already told me he has nothing to offer me. So why a covid test?
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Declan O'Scanlon
2 years
Once again…the Murphy administration needlessly perpetuates a scientifically proven useless, and detrimental, policy. The laughable “districts need time to prepare” excuse is garbage. Here’s all the prep they need…Just say this: “children, you can take your masks off.” Done.
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NJ.com Politics
2 years
Murphy will still wait until March to lift N.J. school mask mandate despite CDC’s new COVID guidelines
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