• Murphy, a Democrat, was giving a speech during a bill signing in Union City when a group of anti-vaccination protesters started to heckle him
  • The exchange was posted online and quickly received the meme treatment, as online denizens compared it to a scene in The Sopranos 
  • Murphy signed two bills on Wednesday to help Garden State renters as the state emerges from the coronavirus pandemic 
  • One bill provides an additional $500 million for the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program and $250 million for utility assistance
  • The bill also extended eviction moratoriums until the end of August for some tenants and through December for others

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy called anti-vaxxers heckling him during a speech about COVID-19 tenant relief on Wednesday the ‘ultimate knuckleheads.’

Murphy, a Democrat, was giving a speech during a bill signing in Union City when a group of anti-vaccination protesters started to heckle him, WABC reported.

‘Please get vaccinated, period. These folks back there have lost their mi–you’ve lost your minds!’ Murphy said near the beginning of his speech.

‘You are the ultimate knuckleheads and because of what you are saying and standing for, people are losing their life. People are losing their life, and you have to know that. Look in the mirror. Look in the mirror!’

The exchange was posted online and quickly received the meme treatment, as online denizens compared it to a scene in The Sopranos in which Tony Sirico’s character Paulie Gualtieri hilariously makes a similar gesture.