Defiant Chris Christie DEFENDS using a beach HE closed to the public during New Jersey’s government shutdown – after lying and saying ‘he didn’t get any sun’
The New Jersey governor brushed off criticism after he was caught out using Island Beach State Park this Independence Day weekend, despite closing it to the public
Christie had shut it down due to a state budget standoff, but was spotted sprawled in a beach chair in T-shirt, shorts and a baseball cap along with his family
He said he’d already announced his intention to vacation at the Governor’s mansion, which is next to the beach, so he was just keeping his word
Christie had also initially claimed that he ‘didn’t get any sun,’ but after the pics emerged his spokesman said ‘He did not get any sun. He had a baseball hat on.’
Christie has been using the state helicopter to go to and from the beach house to Trenton to talk about the shutdown
Many on social media were not pleased their plans for the Independence Day weekend were cancelled, while Christie was able to enjoy the tax-funded beach
By James Wilkinson and Matthew Wright
DailyMail.com
3 July 2017
Chris Christie has brushed off criticism after he and his family vacationed on a public beach he’d shut down due to a budget standoff, saying he’d already announced his vacation and the press had merely ‘caught a politician keeping his word.’
The brazen New Jersey governor was spotted by NJ Advance Media sunning himself on a huge stretch of empty shoreline on Island Beach State Park, along with wife Mary Pat and other members of his family on Sunday.
Meanwhile, thousands of members of the public were rammed onto beaches a couple of miles up the shore trying their best to enjoy the holiday weekend.
Christie, 54, said that he announced on Monday his intention to vacation at the governor’s mansion regardless of whether the state could agree on a budget, so he was just keeping good on that promise.
To add insult to injury, he then headed back to Trenton in the state helicopter to hold a news conference about the government shutdown where he told reporters with no irony that he ‘didn’t get any sun today’.
When these pictures – which show Christie sprawled out on a sun chair in shorts and T-shirt – revealed that claim to be an outright lie, his spokesman claimed that the governor takes sun-screen seriously and that he meant that his baseball hat had protected him.
‘Yes, the governor was on the beach briefly today talking to his wife and family before heading into the office,’ the spokesman, Brian Murray, told NJ.com. ‘He did not get any sun. He had a baseball hat on.’
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