Spokesman: Christie misspoke on Trump's Superstorm Sandy aid
Source: Associated Press
Spokesman: Christie misspoke on Trump's Superstorm Sandy aid
By JOSH CORNFIELD
Jul. 18, 2016 5:35 PM EDT
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's spokesman said that the governor misspoke Monday when he cited a donation by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to Superstorm Sandy relief efforts as a sign of his generosity.
Christie told Michigan's Republican delegation in Ohio Monday that his wife, Mary Pat Christie, asked the billionaire businessman for a donation. "One of her first calls was to Donald Trump. And it wasn't a long phone call. He said, 'Mary Pat, I like Chris, but I'm scared of you.' He said, 'How much does the check need to be? Just tell me and I'll send it.'"
But Trump isn't listed in a final report thanking the more than 150 people and companies that donated at least $25,000 to the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund effort run by Christie's wife, Mary Pat, after the devastating 2012 storm.
Trump has been called out previously for failing to donate to charities even after promising he would, including his own charitable foundation. However, in this case, there was no indication Trump ever promised to make such a donation in the aftermath of Sandy.
Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/f95276d3517c4a698f56d64034020b94/christie-cites-trumps-superstorm-sandy-aid-none-listed
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OT but I remember that commercial. 
Christie .... Trump gave money to help after the storm.
Truth
Trump gave nothing to help after the storm.
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Christie told Michigan's Republican delegation..."One of (Mary Pat's) first calls was to Donald Trump...He said, 'Mary Pat, I like Chris, but I'm scared of you...How much does the check need to be? Just tell me and I'll send it.'"
Was Chris a first-hand witness to the conversation between Duh Donald(TM) and Mary Pat, or he did repeat what Mary Pat had told him? If what Mary Pat told him is true, was Duh Donald telling the truth when said he'd send a check and simply forgot to follow through, or did he deliberately and maliciously lie to her? Let's not leap to conclusions...
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with the Feds still sniffing around Bridge(t)-Gate.
There were complaints about how slowly the money was being disbursed -- they sat on $32M for four months. (One percent of $32M is $320,000. Was the money held up at least three months in order to skim the interest?)
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/03/mary_pat_christies_charity_slu.html
She received $4.5M from the embassy of the United Arab Emirates: shouldn't that have gone into the public coffers even if her husband WASN'T in charge of them?
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/07/christie_accepts_45m_donation_from_united_arab_emirates_for_sandy_relief_to_schools.html
And she managed to get $1M out of Jon Bon Jovi -- two months after he helped convince her husband to pass a "Good Samaritan" drug overdose prevention law, AND despite running his OWN a Sandy charity as part of his eleven-year-old foundation!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6207917
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Lots more at the DU Christie Crime Digest:
Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 3
