NJ Congressman: 11 Things I Won't Miss When Trump Leaves Office

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Now that President-elect Joe Biden is about a month away from taking office, there are several things that U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. of New Jersey is looking forward to. There’s also a list of items he won’t miss when President Donald Trump says goodbye to the White House.

On Wednesday, Payne, who represents the state’s 10th District, shared some of them with his colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives. (Watch the video below)

The congressman’s list included:

• "No more governing by tweet"
• "No more constant lies"
• "No more insulting our nation while praising our enemies"
• "No more incompetent family members conducting national policy"
• "No more gross profiteering off of the presidency"
• "No more children in cages"
• "No more promoting of white supremacy"
• "No more attacks on American institutions like the FBI, the courts, schools and the Post Office"
• "No more payoffs"
• "No more conspiracy theories"
• "No more recounting ballots"

“Our four-year public nightmare is almost at an end,” Payne said.

“For the last four years, we have been told to ‘Make America Great,’” Payne continued. “When Joseph Biden is sworn in as president of the United States, we say that we finally did.”

Payne represents the following towns in Essex, Hudson and Union counties: Bloomfield, East Orange, Glen Ridge, Irvington, Maplewood, Montclair, Newark, Orange, South Orange, West Orange, Bayonne, Jersey City, Hillside, Linden, Rahway, Roselle, Roselle Park, and Union Township.

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