Chris Christie has shot down accusations that he changed his mind about leaving the presidential campaign trail and returning to his home state as it was pounded by a massive snowstorm. “We know how to do it. We’re pretty experienced at it”.
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New Jersey Governor and Republican presidential kitten-hanging-from-a-branch motivational poster Chris Christie took a beating on Sunday morning at the hands of CNN’s Jake Tapper.
“I want to make sure the people of my state feel safe and secure”, Christie said on Twitter, directing his comment at New Hampshire voters.
The governor told reporters in New Hampshire that he spoke with his Cabinet about the storm that has most of New Jersey under a blizzard warning.
“During the event, Christie praised his own leadership record, saying, “[The reason] I knew what I was doing is because I’ve done it a lot of times before”. “This is my home and this is my job”. He criticized governor’s vow to enforce federal marijuana laws even where it is legal under state law, and referred to him the “bully from New Jersey”.
It was unclear Saturday when Christie might return to New Hampshire. “North Wildwood and the Cape May County area was the least flooded area during Hurricane Sandy and had nearly no damage in that area of the state”.
It helped cement his reputation as a brash, non-nonsense Republican – but also drew him criticism from Republicans for his embrace of President Barack Obama, literally and figuratively, on the tarmac in New Jersey and for his response to the storm just days before Obama’s 2012 re-election.
And he ended one briefing by poking fun at a bill he signed into law last week, allowing New Jersey teenagers to offer their snow-shoveling services around town.
“I may go back”. One thing I will tell you is as I traveled in the state yesterday, I had a half dozen people come up to me and say to me they’re really disgusted with the ads up here, and all the negativity from Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio.
“Your vote needs to be more than an expression of anger”, Christie said.
“I think he needs to come back”.
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Noting there already was “significant water” in the streets of Margate on Saturday morning, Christie said it had gone “up the wall the residents and (city) government says is good enough to protect them from any storm”.
