POST OP-ED: Gov. Phil Murphy’s Illegal Immigrant Lie is Virtue-Signaling at its Most Ridiculous

By The New York Post Editorial Board

Welcome to the Phil Murphy’s Virtue-Signaling Story Hour.

In a Saturday interview with liberal outfit “Blue Wave New Jersey,” Jersey’s Democratic gov boasted: “I don’t want to get into too much detail, but there’s someone in our broader universe whose immigration status is not yet at the point that they are trying to get it to and we said, ‘You know what, let’s have her live at our house above our garage.’”

It was a shameless attempt to boost his progressive creds with his prog audience, and he doubled down by boasting: “And good luck to the feds coming in to try to get her.”

Daring the feds to raid your house? Not so bright when their new motto is “FAFO.”

Indeed, border czar Tom Homan promised to check out his boast.

So Murphy’s staff had to clean up after the boss (again), sending out a flack on Monday to admit the gov had made the whole thing up, “explaining” that Phil was actually talking about a legal immigrant pal . . . who has never lived in his house.

So. . . he lied, completely unprompted, to play the progressive tough guy.

Did he figure America was already getting nostalgic for Joe Biden?

Whatever: His lame fib wound up insulting not only the people of New Jersey, but even the lefties he was addressing.

Call Phil Murphy an idiot, a poser, a self-promoting hack: At least he’s out of office after this year.

The crazy thing is, his party just tried to win an election by telling voters that the other side is weird.

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— NY Post Opinion (@NYPostOpinion) February 4, 2025

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