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New Jersey\u2019s Atilis Gym<\/a> co-owners Frank Trumbetti and Ian Smith have fought to keep their doors open during the coronavirus<\/a> pandemic and now, partnering with Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rick Mehta, the gym has become an official campaign rally location.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe took a stand for our constitutional rights and for the rights of all small business owners throughout the country,\u201d Smith told \u201cFox & Friends<\/a>\u00a0Weekend\u201d Sunday. \u201cAnd it wasn’t intended to become political. We were trying to offer a solution to a problem where the government was failing,\u00a0and it turned political. And that was because of Gov. Murphy’s actions. So now we made it\u00a0political just as much as he has.\u201d<\/p>\n

The owners are leaning on the fact that state officials cannot interfere with a political campaign, declaring the gym a campaign rally location for candidate Mehta who is looking to unseat Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., but Trumbetti said that doesn\u2019t mean local officials won\u2019t try to shut their Bellmawr gym\u00a0down again.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe hope it gives us a reprieve until November 3rd,\u201d he said. \u201cEveryone who comes in here will be a volunteer for the Mehta campaign,\u00a0and we’ll be here to exercise our rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n A police officer issues Atilis Gym co-owners Ian Smith, left, and Frank Trumbetti, center, summons outside their gym in Bellmawr, N.J., Tuesday, May 19, 2020. (AP Photo\/Matt Rourke, File)\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Smith said Atilis members are excited to be a part of the campaign since Mehta is supportive of the fight small businesses have been facing during the pandemic. Mehta told Fox News\u2019 Pete Hegseth that he believes it\u2019s \u201ctime to put policy over politics.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe’re really tired of this one-sided control that the governor has,\u201d Mehta said. \u201cWe’ve asked many times\u2026 where’s the science? … We flattened the curve and they keep moving the goalpost.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou want to hurt small businesses? You’re crushing the American dream,\u201d Mehta added. \u201cAnd if you look at the unemployment rates in New Jersey, they’re the highest that they’ve ever been. So it’s time for us to put policy over politics\u2026 Gov. Murphy turned this into a political chess game. And so what we said is \u2018checkmate, governor.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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