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In coastal New Jersey, a flood of criticism for Christie follows storm

On her 12 p.m. ET hour MSNBC show on Monday, host Andrea Mitchell teed up correspondent Rehema Ellis to blast New Jersey Governor Chris Christie over the blizzard clean-up effort in the state: “Tell us about the clean-up, because Rehema, we’ve already seen that Chris Christie, the governor, flew out early yesterday saying all was fine there”.

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Andrew Cuomo utilizes the New York National Guard for snow relief, and even the Republican governor of Michigan draws on the Michigan Guard to aid the distressed victims of the Flint, Michigan tainted-water debacle.

While campaigning in Hooksett, New Hampshire, a woman in the crowd asked him about the flooding she saw in New Jersey following this weekend’s blizzard and wondered why he was back on the campaign trail.

The editorial board took a swipe that appeared to be aimed at front-runner Donald Trump when it said, “The more the need for real leadership – at home and on the world stage – became obvious, the more our politics descended into farce. Do you want me to go down there with a mop?” the GOP presidential candidate said at a Monday campaign event in the first-in-the-nation primary state.

“Courts are best-equipped to address the complicated, fact-sensitive issues that can arise when a homeowner is unable to comply with his mortgage obligations, and can provide a range of relief that is tailored to that homeowner’s specific situation”, Christie said in his veto statement.

‘New Jersey has someone in charge who knew what he was doing, ‘ Christie said while speaking to voters in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. “I’m the governor. I’m not the chief engineer”, he said. “If there was anything left for me to do, I wouldn’t have come back”. I run a government of 60,000 people. ABC reports that Christie got the numbers of her friends and family, saying he’d personally call them to hear their concerns.

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The New Jersey governor has been focusing on New Hampshire in his quest for the GOP nomination.

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