Hightstown Borough Council candidate Zachary Geltzeiler has issued a public apology after the Hightstown Democratic Committee called for him to withdraw from the race, citing offensive and troubling social media posts.

“I will start by apologizing to everyone that I have hurt by my comments made on my social media account,” Geltzeiler wrote in a statement posted Tuesday, Oct. 14. “Several of the comments I made were hurtful and I regret expressing such views. I own that.”

The controversy began after Matt Morgan, chair of the Hightstown Democratic Committee, published an open letter to Hightstown Republican Committee Chair Skye Gilmartin. In it, Morgan urged Gilmartin to “join me in urging Zack to leave the Borough Council race,” calling Geltzeiler’s posts “egregious,” and saying they “en

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