NJ Dem Candidate in the Hot Seat, ‘Got Rich While Families Got Squeezed’: Ciattarelli [WATCH]

Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., is facing renewed criticism over her personal finances following comments that resurfaced from a May interview on The Breakfast Club radio show and a pointed exchange during Sunday’s gubernatorial debate against Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli.

During the May 21 radio appearance, host Charlamagne tha God pressed Sherrill about reports that she made $7 million in stock trades.

“I haven’t. I don’t believe I did, but I would have to go and see what that was alluding to…” Sherrill responded.

The exchange circulated widely on social media after the first gubernatorial debate.

A Washington Free Beacon report examined Sherrill’s financial disclosures and estimated that her household could have earned $7 million since she entered Congress in 2019.

The report said her reported assets grew from a range of $733,209 to $4,321,000 in 2019 to between $4,840,076 and $13,975,000 in 2024.

The calculation was based on the midpoint between the reported ranges.

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Charlamagne pressed her multiple times during the interview, citing the $7 million figure.

Sherrill responded by pointing to her husband’s compensation.

“I think we made money from my husband’s job. He gets paid in stocks. They’re automatically sold. So, I think we made money there. We don’t make any individual money stock trading,” she said.

Sherrill added that she does not engage in trading individual stocks.

“I want people to know that I’m not somehow gaining information and enriching myself because of my work in Congress,” she said.

The Republican Governors Association highlighted the interview earlier in the summer, and the video gained further attention after Sunday’s debate.

Conservative commentator Steve Guest said the interview clip was “one of the worst answers imaginable to that question.”

When Democrat candidate for New Jersey Governor @MikieSherrill was pressed for making $7 million on stocks, she has to respond:

“I’d have to check.”

One of the worst answers imaginable to that question.
pic.twitter.com/nFpNd0nuZu

— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) September 22, 2025

At the debate, Ciattarelli made Sherrill’s finances a central line of attack.

“There’s another big difference between her public service and my public service,” Ciattarelli said.

“It actually cost me money. The time I put in and took away from my company. In the seven years that she’s been in Congress, he’s tripled their net worth.”

Trump-endorsed Jack Ciattarelli is cooking Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill in the NJ Gubernatorial debate:

“In the 7 years that she’s been in Congress, she’s tripled her net worth… While you were sitting on the House Armed Services Committee, you were trading defense stocks.” pic.twitter.com/hMPwssPWTq

— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) September 22, 2025

Following the debate, Ciattarelli reiterated his criticism during an appearance on Fox News, saying Sherrill was “just another politician getting rich while you get squeezed.”

While New Jersey families were stretching every dollar, Mikie Sherrill was flipping stocks and cashing in — to the tune of $7 million. No answers. No transparency. No decency. Just another politician getting rich while you get squeezed.
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— Jack Ciattarelli (@Jack4NJ) September 23, 2025

Sherrill defended herself on the debate stage, repeating that she does not trade individual stocks and stressing her transparency.

“There have been articles written about how transparent and ethical I’ve been going above and beyond the requirements in Congress, and I continue to do that,” she said.

The issue of congressional stock trading has been a subject of national debate, with members of both parties facing scrutiny over potential conflicts of interest.

Sherrill’s defense centers on her insistence that any stock-related gains stemmed from her husband’s compensation rather than trading activity tied to her position in Congress.

As the New Jersey gubernatorial race heads toward the November election, Sherrill’s finances are expected to remain a flashpoint.

Ciattarelli has signaled that he will continue to question whether her household wealth increase is appropriate for an elected official, while Sherrill maintains that she has adhered to congressional ethics standards and exceeded transparency requirements.