Christie blames feds for aid delays
Gov. Chris Christie says he understands victims’ frustrations a year after Superstorm Sandy but maintains that his administration isn’t to blame for delays in aid reaching victims.
In an interview with The Associated Press as the anniversary of the Oct. 29 megastorm approached, the New Jersey Republican blamed Congress, which took three months to approve a $50.7 billion relief package for the region, and a thicket of red tape put in place to prevent the type of fraud that occurred after Hurricane Katrina.
“We’ve done everything we possibly can, and I think in the immediate aftermath did a very good job,” Christie told the AP. “Since then, we’ve kind of been hostage to two situations, the delay in the aid itself and then what I call the `Katrina factor,’ which is the much more detailed and difficult rules surrounding the distribution of the aid.” (Politico)
Wait. What?
You mean all of that hugging and kissing-up to Obama hasn’t paid off?
Read the article it says congress.
And your point is that Christie’s sucking up to Obama DID pay off?
Looks to me like all of the a$$-kissing did not pay off.