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My comments are never almost universally interpreted the way I mean them.
— New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), quoted by the New York Daily News.
I gotta tell you the truth, I’m tired of hearing about the minimum wage, I really am. … I don’t think there’s a mother or father sitting around a kitchen table tonight in America who are saying, ‘You know honey, if my son or daughter could just make a higher minimum wage, my God, all our dreams would be realized. Is that what parents aspire to for their children?
— New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), saying he doesn’t want anymore discussion about the minimum wage, TPM reports.
$510,552
Amount New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) wife, Mary Pat, who works part-time on Wall Street, earned in 2013, according to new tax filings. She received $475,854 for her job as a director at Angelo, Gordon & Co. and $34,698 from Cantor Fitzgerald, the AP reports.
By the way, one of the biggest motivating factors for me actually considering this is to have 24-hour surveillance on my daughter. It would be great.
— Gov. Chris Christie, quoted by Business Insider, on why he might want to run for president.
I would rather die than be in the United States Senate. Okay? I would be bored to death. Could you imagine me banging around that chamber with 99 other people — asking for a motion on the amendment in the subcommittee? Forget it.
— Gov. Chris Christie (R), quoted by Business Insider.
1/3
Amount of his second term Gov. Chris Christie has spent away from New Jersey, the Star-Ledger reports.
8
Number of times the state of New Jersey has had its credit rating downgraded during Gov. Chris Christie’s tenure — “the most ever for a Garden State governor,” Bloomberg reports.
Don’t put it in Bruce’s mouth. I know Bruce. I’ve spoken to Bruce. And you’re wrong.
— Gov. Chris Christie (R), quoted by Business Insider, disagreeing with a woman who insisted Bruce Springsteen doesn’t like the New Jersey governor.
Bridges.
— Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), when asked in a recent interview to name one word when he thinks of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), CNN reports. “The Kentucky senator’s dig marks the latest round in the back-and-forth between the two potential presidential contenders — a feud started last year in a war of words about surveillance and government spending.”
We don’t pay for landslides, and we don’t invest in lost causes.
— Gov. Chris Christie (R), quoted by the Connecticut Mirror, when asked about the New York governor’s race.
