Drama and hyperbole were on display at the entrance to the Assembly chamber in the State House Thursday over a policy first created by the Assembly speaker and Senate president. This week, if you wanted to get in the building, you had to show a COVID-19 vaccination card or evidence of a negative COVID-19 test, and if you wanted to enter the Assembly chamber, you had to show it all over again.
“It’s nonsense and you can’t make this stuff up,” said Sen. Holly Schepisi (R-Bergen/Passaic).
“Absolutely insane; can’t understand it,” said Assemblyman Ralph Caputo (D-Essex). But Schepisi and Caputo viewed the rules differently.
Democratic Assembly leaders say next week’s committee meetings will be held online instead of in person. Republicans remain defiant as they await a ruling on their lawsuit challenging the policy as unconstitutional.
