Trump’s threat to kill Hudson River Gateway tunnel was a political gift to Democrats

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When President Donald Trump announced he’d try to halt funding for the new Gateway train tunnels under the Hudson River last month, he billed it as retaliation against Democrats for the federal government shutdown. Instead, the move became a political albatross that hurt New Jersey’s Republican gubernatorial candidate.

In Tuesday’s New Jersey’s governor’s race, Democrat Mikie Sherrill whooped GOP candidate Jack Ciattarelli with more than 56% of the vote. Ciattarelli had spent the campaign supporting Tru