Gov. Murphy Seen Maskless At Indoor Asbury Park Event

ASBURY PARK, NJ – Governor Phil Murphy was in attendance at an indoor event in Asbury Park last week and was seen not wearing a mask, along with most of the people in attendance.

Murphy was in town for the Equality Ball, hosted by Garden State Equality at Asbury Lanes this past Thursday. Various dignitaries, including Rep. Frank Pallone and the Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, Andrew Bruck, were in attendance at the event, which is the biggest annual fundraising event for Garden State Equality.

Tweets from the event show that Murphy, along with others, was not wearing a mask at the event. According to Garden State Equality’s website, masks were not required but proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test taken 48 hours before the event.

Murphy not wearing a mask at this event goes against what is being currently recommended by the CDC and also what was recommended back in July by both him and Judy Persichilli, the state’s Health Commissioner.

“At this point, given where our metrics are now, we feel the best course of action is to strongly encourage every New Jerseyan, and every visitor to our state, to take personal responsibility and mask up indoors when prudent," Murphy and Persichilli in a joint statement back in July.