Lesniak: The GOP needs more leaders like Jon Bramnick and Mike Johnson | Opinion [Video]

By Raymond J. Lesniak

I served in the New Jersey Senate while Jon Bramnick was moving up the Republican leadership ladder from 2003 to 2021. He was Republican Assembly leader from 2012 until being a Senator in 2022. During those years, we worked together — a Democrat and a Republican — on behalf of our constituents and the state.

Since Donald Trump’s election as President, times have dramatically changed, mostly in the Republican Party, which has come under the control of the former president. Grown Republican men and women cower to his every wish, regardless of how dangerous it is to our country. But not Jon Bramnick.

Ask a Republican officeholder if President Joe Biden won the 2020 election. Many will either say no, or dance around it with their answer. But not Jon Bramnick.

Ask a Republican officeholder if those who stormed the Capitol Building and beat up cops in an attempt to …