If you can’t beat ‘em, back ‘em. That’s what the New Jersey AFL-CIO did Wednesday at its political conference in Atlantic City, when the labor federation endorsed Rep. Jeff Van Drew, the lawmaker it sought to defeat two years ago. The AFL-CIO backed Democratic challenger Amy Kennedy in the 2020 election after supporting Van Drew when he was a Democrat in 2018. The 2nd District Republican was the only sitting New Jersey House member that the labor federation did not support for re-election two years ago. That didn’t stop him from winning a second term. This time, all 12 House members from the G…
