Ted Glick statement about June 2, 2026 incident with Jenny Mundell

On June 2^nd, election day, Mayor Mundell posted a comment on Facebook. In it she said, “A few moments ago I was at a polling location where a man walked up to me, put physical hands on me, and made a rude comment. Why he thought this was okay, I cannot surmise, but it was wholly inappropriate.”

I agree that a man doing this, putting “physical hands” on a woman without her consent, is wrong and should not have been done.

I had an interaction with Ms. Mundell on June 2. Here is what happened:

I was on the sidewalk in front of Demarest School talking to and passing out literature to people coming there to vote. Sometime in mid-morning I saw Mundell walk up the sidewalk from the south to join three other members of the Mundell/Venezia team, two of whom had been there with me from about 6 am on. We were about 20-25 feet apart from each other.

At a certain point I saw a likely voter walking up the sidewalk on the other side of the Mundell group. I walked on the sidewalk to talk to and offer him literature. I had to go through the Mundell group to do so. As I passed through I put my left hand on Mundell’s shoulder for 1-2 seconds, saying something like, “Hi Jenny, how are you doing? You can call me MAGA.” I continued a short distance to meet the potential voter and offered him literature. I then turned around and walked back through the Mundell group to where I had left.

About 2-3 minutes later the police arrived, clearly contacted by one the Venezia/Mundell team. This grew to three police cars double-parked for about a half-hour while officers interviewed me and the Mundell team about what happened, and then they left.

I apologize to Jenny Mundell for putting my hand on her shoulder, even if briefly. It was a mistake on my part, and I regret it.

As far as what I said, particularly the “you can call me MAGA” sentence, that was a sarcastic response to Mundell stating in something she wrote about a week before the election that those of us supporting other candidates than her slate were “MAGA-light.”

Those were offensive words. Many of us who I work with in support of different candidates than the Venezia/Mundell team have been very active opposing MAGA and Trump policies since Trump took office. We are members of the Democratic Party who have different views on policy, and different views on how good leaders should function, than the Venezia/Mundell team.

Having stewed on her “MAGA-light” words since they were written a week or so before, my saying, “you can call me MAGA,” was clearly related to her offensive comment.

I am a person who supports womens’ leadership, in general, and opposes all forms of sexism. For me to have made this mistake is something I have been reflecting on since it happened and will continue to do so as I try, day by day, to live up to my beliefs and principles.