Senator Richard J. Codey, a Democrat and a former New Jersey governor, said his son got calls at home. “I call it the politics of harassment,” said Ms. Weinberg, whose mother, Senator Loretta Weinberg, was a primary sponsor of the legislation. “And that’s really what it felt like,” Senator Weinberg added. Among the radio personalities who opposed the bill was Bill Spadea, a Republican who supports President Trump and hosts a morning show on one of New Jersey’s largest radio stations. As a group, Orthodox Jews, most of whom do vaccinate their children, did not want to appear opposed to immunization.

Source: New York Times January 16, 2020 07:52 UTC