Van Drew took campaign contribution from N.J. hydroxychloroquine salesman named Joe Pizza

Months before joining President Donald Trump in boosting an untested anti-malarial drug as a treatment for COVID-19, Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis) received a donation from a prominent GOP donor who heads a firm that sells hydroxychloroquine.

Joe Pizza — the president and CEO of Interchem, a Paramus-based pharmaceutical sales firm that lists hydroxychloroquine among its products — has given nearly $241,000 to Republican campaigns, PACS and other party organizations since the start of 2019, according to Federal Election Commission data.

Interchem has made small political contributions on-and-off for more than 20 years.

A little more than a month after Van Drew defected to the Republican party after losing support among rank and file Democrats over his opposition to impeachment proceedings against Trump, the former Democrat received $500 from Pizza.

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