‘Idiocy’: Murphy lashes out at GOP lawmakers who defied Statehouse vax-or-test rule

“This is not about freedom or civil rights,” he said during the briefing, which was conducted virtually. “It’s about [Republican Assemblymembers] willingness to volitionally run the risk of infecting innocent, law abiding folks who have done the right thing during this pandemic. It is outrageous. absolutely outrageous, incredibly irresponsible. Unforgivable.”

The Assembly is conducting its committee meetings remotely because of last week’s incident. Murphy on Wednesday declined to answer repeated questions about future voting sessions or why the State Police did not enforce the rule — even when several questions from reporters were directed toward Callahan.

“Security is… not something that we discuss as a general matter,” Murphy said. “And that includes in this case.”

In his one statement on the matter during the briefing, Callahan said “we take that security of that Statehouse complex extremely seriously and will certainly continue to do so.”

The debacle had put State Police in the crosshairs of the spat between Democrats and Republicans, the latter of whom argue the vax-or-test requirement is a violation of their rights under the state Constitution.

Coughlin took the unusual step last week of criticizing the State Police, albeit not by name.

“There’s been a colossal failure of security here at the Statehouse,” he said. “This is something we cannot tolerate.“

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