Phil Murphy criticized over mental health comments
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy was recently criticized on his Twitter account for comments made on World Mental Health Day. Here, he claimed to have released a playbook for people to address mental health in younger people. Although he gave a positive take on the issue, not everyone was buying it and used the platform to criticize him. Here, he wrote: “As Chairman of the @NatlGovsAssoc, I released a playbook in July for governors & policymakers to address youth mental health challenges. On #WorldMentalHealthDay, we reaffirm our commitment to reducing mental health crises & expanding access to treatment for all.”
Specifically, people called him out on his own policies, as well as the failure to act on the ongoing nurses’ strike in New Brunswick, which has been rumbling on for some time now.
This prompted a response by a man named Ed Miller who wrote: “You literally caused most of the adolescent mental health crisis with your over the top lockdowns…You were more beholden to the teacher’s Union than you were to the children of the taxpayers of NJ. You should sit this one out!”
Another user also mentioned the nurses, adding: “You are ignoring a nurses strike in New Brunswick that’s over 2 months old. Is that in your playbook?”
As seen, it looks like these people were accusing Murphy of being hypocritical over his idea of tackling mental health considering his recent policies.
