Joking At The Levers Of Power: Lawyer Comedian Runs For Governor

Uninterested in utilizing your JD to work for the person at some agency? Contemplate the vast berth of gigs the JD Benefit may give you. You can be a TikTok star, an opera singer, you possibly can get thee to a nunnery — the choices are limitless. For his pivot, Jon Bramnick plans on working for Governor of NJ. However he’s not simply working on the Republican invoice, he’s working because the funniest lawyer. From Gothamist:

[B]ramnick, who can be a state senator, could also be about to turn into the funniest candidate for governor in New Jersey. He says he’ll formally announce his run for the Republican major in an look on the Stress Manufacturing facility Comedy Membership in New Brunswick later this month.

He has lengthy preferred to combine his politics with comedy, repeatedly performing stand-up on the Stress Manufacturing facility, and at conventions and political occasions.

“The one I begin off with. I am going, ‘I’m a New Jersey politician, I’m a state senator, so you possibly can belief all the things I’m about to let you know.’ That all the time will get amusing,” Bramnick mentioned.

There’s even proof of his authorized punch-lining. The joke about defending a assassin was a bit DOA, however the setup has potential:

Even when there are Jersey attorneys with a greater set than him — and judging by this clip there need to be — Bramnick’s title is safe in the way in which that issues: legally talking. After profitable the competitors three years in a row within the Nineteen Eighties, it was cancelled shortly thereafter. To strip the title from him you’d need to revive the competitors and that will take a hell of a variety of work.

Regardless of that, perhaps he ought to give it up anyway? It’s a pleasant title, don’t get me improper, however aren’t there every other accolades you possibly can lead with? I respect profitable a comedy competitors about as a lot as I respect finishing a triathlon, but when I noticed a candidate resting on a few awards they received 4 a long time in the past, I wouldn’t give resting on these laurels an excessive amount of credit score.

In his protection, Bramnick remains to be hitting the comedy circuit. You’ll find out extra about his touring schedule at, you guessed it: FunniestlawyerinNewJersey.com. In case you’re seeking to make a fast buck, I like to recommend you snag FunniestLawyerGovernorInNJ.com earlier than he does and attempt to promote it again to him if he wins. Good luck with that although, NJ hasn’t had a Republican governor since 2009. Go Eagles.

Jon Bramnick, The ‘Funniest Lawyer In New Jersey’ Takes His Schtick To The Governor’s Race [Gothamist]

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