Christie: Taxpayers can't join him on beach because 'they're not governor'

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

TRENTON, N.J. — To critics who say he shouldn't be lounging on a beach off-limits to taxpayers during the New Jersey government shutdown, Gov. Chris Christie says, "Well, I’m sorry ... they’re not the governor.''

 

Christie made the comment early Monday during a telephone interview on WTXF-TV in Philadelphia. He said he was calling from the state governor's summer residence at Island Beach State Park, where he was photographed by The (Newark) Star-Ledger sitting with his family on a beach chair in sandals and a T-shirt on Sunday.

In this Sunday, July 2, 2017, photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, right, uses the beach with his ...more

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"This is a residence," said Christie. "We have a residence in Princeton as well. And that place is a place where people can go and tour, but they can’t if the government is closed. Am I supposed to move out and stay in a hotel?"

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/07/03/new-jersey-shutdown-chris-christie-beach/447730001/

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

I saw this and it really pissed me off earlier. The Dailymail had a article about and a picture showing the actual beach being affected. It was basically a whole crapload of people on the beach and then like a wall and nobody on the beach. I was like ####### over. I can't stand him anyway because he is a RINO. 

[Dashinka 24,505]

I agree, never been a big fan of Christie.  He deserves everything he gets for doing something like this.