Christie Spokesman: Governor Was Only On Beach For 45 Minutes

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>>> TO NEW JERSEY NOW. REMEMBER WHEN GOVERNOR CHRIS
CHRISTIE HAD THIS MESSAGE IN 2011 BEFORE HURRICANE IRENE.
>> GET THE HELL OFF OF THE BEACH AND GET OUT.
YOU'RE DONE. IT'S 4:30, YOU MAXIMIZED YOUR
TAN, GET OFF OF THE BEACH. >> NOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE THAT
SAME MESSAGE FOR HIM. HOURS AFTER A STATE GOVERNMENT
SHUT DOWN LEAD TO THE CLOSURE OF STATE PARKS AND BEACHES, HE WAS
SPOTTED AT A STATE OWNED RETREAT
IN ISLAND BEACH STATE PARK. HE SAID THIS.
>> LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT SOME SUN. >> DIDN'T, BUT GO AHEAD.
I DIDN'T GET ANY SUN TODAY. >> THE GOVERNOR'S SPOKES MAN
MADE THIS POINT TODAY, HE SAID HE DID NOT GET ANY SUN, HE HAD A
BASEBALL HAT ON. NOW GOVERNOR CHRISTIE IS LETTING
PEOPLE KNOW THERE ARE PLENTY OF BEACHES TO GO TO THIS HOLIDAY
WEEKEND. AND IN THE LAST HOUR, ANOTHER
BEAUTIFUL DAY AT THE JERSEY SHORE, OUR BEACHES ARE OPEN AND
FULL OF PEOPLE. JOINING ME NOW, GOVERNOR CHRIS
CHRISTIE'S SPOKES PERSON, BRIAN MURRAY.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I THINK THE FIRST QUESTION IS --
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> THE OPTICS OF THIS, IT
DOESN'T LOOK GOOD ADD ALL FOR THE GOVERNOR, DOES IT?
>> THAT'S WHAT IT IS, ISN'T IT? IT'S OPTICS.
IT'S A COUPLE PHOTOGRAPHS OF A GOVERNOR WITH HIS FAMILY ON THE
BEACH. NOT MUCH OF A SCANDAL THERE WHEN
YOU CONSIDER 119 MILES OF COAST ARE OPEN, THEY'RE PACKED WITH
PEOPLE, WE'RE TAL TALKING ABOUT BEACHES THAT HAD TO BE CLOSED.
NOT BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR CLOSED THEM PERSONALLY, BUT BECAUSE WE
DON'T HAVE A BUDGET PROVIDED TO HIM FROM THE LEGISLATURE.
AND HE IS READY TO SIGN. EVERY DAY HE HAS BEEN IN
TRENTON. WE HELD PRESS CONFERENCES SO SAY
SEND A BUDGET, WE'LL SIGN IT. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED A BUDGET
YET. HE ALSO CALLED FOR AN ASSEMBLY
OF THE LEGISLATURE. SOME OF THE MEMBERS NOW UP, SOME
DON'T. YOU CAN'T WAVE A MAGIC WAND AND
MAKE THE BUDGET SHOW UP ON THEIR DESK.
MOST KM VS. PROVIDED A SECOND BUDGET, BUT IT IS BEING HELD UP
BY THE ASSEMBLY SPEAKER. >> WHY DID THE GOVERNOR JUST NOT
SAY YEAH, I GOT SOME SUN WHEN THE REPORTER ASKED HIM ABOUT IT.
>> BECAUSE SINCE MONDAY NOW, ON HIS MONTHLY RADIO SHOW, AND AT
MULTIPLE PRESS CONFERENCES SINCE, HE HAS BEEN TELLING
EVERYONE THAT HE WILL BE AT THE BEACH HOUSE, THE GOVERNOR'S
RESIDENT AT THE BEACH, THIS WEEKEND.
>> SO WHY DIDN'T HE SAY YES, I GOT SOME SUN.
>> BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T ASK ARE YOU ON THE BEACH?
THEY SAID DID YOU GET SOME SUN, AND HE WAS ON THE BEACH FOR 45
MINUTES AND BACK IN TRENTON THAT DAY.
SO NO, HE DIDN'T. >> WHEN YOU RESPONDED BECAUSE HE
WAS WEARING A BASEBALL HAT. >> THAT WAS NOT TO YOU, CASY,
AND NOT TO ANYONE IN THE NATIONAL MEDIA.
>> DOES IT MATTER WHO IT WAS TO. >> IT WAS AN EXCHANGE THAT I WAS
BEING SMART ALLICKY WITH HIM AND HE WAS BEING SMART WITH ME.
IT WAS LIGHT HEARTED, THEY WERE NOT INDICATED THAT WAS THE
RESPONSE THEY RECALL. >> MAYBE IT'S JUST OPTICS, THE
GOVERNOR HAS A 15% APPROVAL RATING, BRIAN.
15%. IF IT IS JUST OPTICS, HE IS
GIVING OFF THE OPTICS ACCORDING TO A LOT OF FOLKS IN YOUR STATE
THAT HE DOESN'T CARE ANY MORE. IS THAT A GOOD IDEA FOR THIS
GOVERNOR THAT HAS A 15% APPROVAL RATING TO SHOW THEM, TO MAKE IT
LOOK LIKE TO THE PUBLIC OF HIS STATE THAT HE DOESN'T CARE?
>> AS THE GOVERNOR SAID WHEN HE WAS ABOVE 65% POPULARITY, THAT
HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IT THEN, AND HE LOOKS AT 15% NOW, AND HE
DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT NOW. LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT IS GO ONK
HERE. A STATE SHUT DOWN BECAUSE ONE
INDIVIDUAL, BUT LEADER IN THE ASSEMBLY REFUSING TO ALLOW HIS
MEMBERS TO VOTE ON A BILL. NOW THINK OF THAT.
30,000 TO 35,000 PEOPLE ARE FURLOUGHED TODAY BECAUSE OF ONE
PERSON REFUSING TO ALLOW FELLOW DEMOCRATS TO COME IN AND VOTE ON
A PARTICULAR BILL THAT IS KEY TO THE BUDGET THAT THE DEMOCRATS
WANT TO PASS AND THE GOVERNOR IS READY TO SIGN IT.
>> I KNOW THAT THE GOVERNOR -- >> OR HIS PROPOSED BUDGET, WHICH
IS A LOWER SPENDING PLAN. THAT ONE TOO.
SEND IT TO GOVERNOR CHRISTIE, HE WILL SIGN IT.
>> GREAT THAT HE WANTS TO SIGN IT, BUT DON'T YOU NEED TO AS THE
GOVERNOR OF A STATE LOOK AS IF YOU ARE WORKING AS HARD AS YOU
CAN TO MAKE S SURE THAT THE STA IS RUNNING PROPERLY?
AND IF I'M GOING -- >> IF HE NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE
IT -- HE IS DOING SOMETHING, AND HE DOES SOMETHING EVERY DAY.
>> WHY DO YOU THINK HE HAS SUCH A LOW APPROVAL RATING.
IT'S A 20 YEAR RECORD FOR NO -- NO GOVERNOR IN ANY STATE HAS HAD
AN APPROVAL RATING THAT LOW IN 20 YEARS.
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IT IS THE LOWEST APPROVAL RATING --
>> IT WAS ABOVE 65%. >> POLLS DON'T MATTER AT THIS
POINT. HE IS NOT RUNNING FOR ANYTHING.
HE IS N NOT RUNNING FOR ANYTHIN. WE HAVE A RACE THIS YEAR.
HE IS NOT IN IT. HE IS MAXED OUT.
HE DID HIS TWO TERMS, AND HE PLANS TO CONTINUE DOING HIS TWO
TERMS. HE HAS OTHER CANDIDATES RUNNING,
THE LEGISLATURE RUNNING. IT IS AN ELECTION YEAR IN NEW
JERSEY. >> WHAT IS HE DOING AFTER THIS.
WHO WILL WANT TO TAKE ON GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE WITH HIS
15% APPROVAL RATING AND SAT ON THE BEACH AND MADE IT CLEAR.
>> AS HE SAID THE OTHER DAY, HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SO THE MONEY
FOR ONCE. HE HAS BEEN IN PUBLIC SERVICE --
>> DOESN'T THAT SEEM HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT LEADING THE STATE.
HE WANTS TO MAKE MONEY FOR ONCE. I'M GOING TO THE BEACH, I DIDN'T
GET ANY SUN, I WAS WEARING A HAT.
>> YOU'RE REFUSING TO SIMPLY -- YOU'RE USING PHOTOGRAPHS ABOUT A
MAN ON THE BEACH WITH HIS FAMILY, THAT IS A SCANDAL
APPARENTLY. AND BY THE WAY THAT BEACH IS
CLOSED 365 DAYS A YEAR. THAT PARTICULAR SEGMENT OF THE
BEACH IS PART OF THE GOVERNOR'S
RESIDENCE. HE WAS ON THE BEACH FOR 45
MINUTES AND HE CAME BACK TO WORK IN TRENTON, AND HE WAS IN
TRENTON THE DAY BEFORE THAT, TRENTON ALL WEEK.
HE IS IN TRENTON TODAY. AND HE WORKS FROM HOME, FROM
WHERE EVER HE IS, EVERYONE KNOWS THAT GOVERNOR CHRISTIE IS ALWAYS
AT WORK, JUST FOLLOW US, FOLLOW HIS PRESS CONFERENCES, FOLLOW
OUR PRESS RELEASES -- >> >> WE HAVE TO SEE, WE HAVE TO
SEE WHAT THE DEMOCRATS WILL PRESENT, THEY HAD A MEETING
TODAY WITH THE VERIZON CEO, LOOKING FOR RESULTS AND
INFORMATION OUT OF THAT, BUT WE MAY HAVE ONE TODAY, WE HAVE TO
PLAY IT BY EAR. >> DID THE GOVERNOR GET SOME SUN
THAT DAY. >> WHAT DAY?
>> DID THE GOVERNOR GET SOME SUN, I WILL ALLOW YOU TO ANSWER
THAT QUESTION. >>

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