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During the campaign, Kean, who studied the failure of socialism abroad at Eastern Europe in 1988, railed against radical measures pushed by [[progressives]] in Congress such as the [[Green New Deal]].<ref name=tomkeantargetssocialism/> Kean also attempted to tie Malinowski to congressional far-leftists despite the fact that the Democrat congressman escaped a socialist dictatorship in his youth.

During the campaign, Kean, who studied the failure of socialism abroad at Eastern Europe in 1988, railed against radical measures pushed by [[progressives]] in Congress such as the [[Green New Deal]].<ref name=tomkeantargetssocialism/> Kean also attempted to tie Malinowski to congressional far-leftists despite the fact that the Democrat congressman escaped a socialist dictatorship in his youth.

The Democrat establishment tried to tie Kean to Trump and [[Chris Christie]] with the aim of weakening his support among suburban voters who shifted away from the GOP in the [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 presidential election]], to which Kean responded:<ref name=tomkeantargetssocialism/>

The Democrat establishment tried to tie Kean to Trump and [[Chris Christie]] with the aim of weakening his support among suburban voters who shifted away from the GOP in the [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 presidential election]],<ref>Chao, Mary (November 5, 2021). [https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2021/11/05/nj-governor-election-showed-identity-politics-rejected-suburbs/6270233001/ In NJ nail-biter, suburban voters sent a wake-up call to 'woke' Democrats]. ''northjersey.com''. Retrieved November 27, 2021.</ref> to which Kean responded:<ref name=tomkeantargetssocialism/>

{{cquote|Let me be clear about who I am and what I represent: I am a Tom Kean Republican.|||Kean, 2019}}

{{cquote|Let me be clear about who I am and what I represent: I am a Tom Kean Republican.|||Kean, 2019}}