Report: Murphy met with Trump at the golf club over the weekend

Governor Phil Murphy met with former President Donald Trump at his golf club in Bedminster on Saturday, in what his office described as an opportunity to personally wish him well following an assassination attempt a week earlier, the Washington Post reported.

News of Murphy’s private meeting with the Republican presidential candidate comes as the two-term governor is being named as a possible vice presidential candidate on a ballot with Kamala Harris.

“Governor Murphy and the First Lady reached out to former President Trump immediately following last weekend’s assassination attempt and told him they were praying for him. While the former president recovers at his New Jersey residence, they had the opportunity to personally wish him well last Saturday,” Murphy’s spokesman Mahen Gunaratna told the Post. “The governor is an American figure and believes that an issue as serious as the safety of current and former presidents transcends partisan politics.”

The report cites sources familiar with the conversation between Murphy and Trump, saying the two discussed the presidential campaign and other topics, with a focus on the attempted assassination and the former president’s health.

First Lady Tammy Murphy was present at the meeting.