Liberal Jersey City mayor fires aide for backing MAGA sister's campaign | 10 Aug 2024 | Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop axed an aide because the staffer refused to disavow his Republican sister during her controversial run for political office, the lefty Democrat said this week. Jonathan Gomez-Noriega sister is firebrand conservative Valentina Gomez, who sparked controversy on the run up to her failed bid Tuesday to become the GOP nominee for Missouri's secretary of state, cursing in some campaign ads and in others, encouraging Americans not to be "weak and gay." When Fulop learned Gomez-Noriega, an aide for six years, contributed an unspecified amount to his sister's MAGA campaign, he demanded he renounce her online -- and even directed Gomez-Noriega on what to say. But Gomez-Noriega refused, saying he was intent on supporting his sister. The final straw for Fulop came when Gomez-Noriega traveled to Missouri Monday to campaign for his sister. A Garden State GOP operative likened the firing "to the great purge in Mao's China."