Gov. Chris Christie has revealed what he considers the worst part of his job.
Snow.
The governor says one reason he’s happy his days are numbered in Trenton is that it that means his days of being in charge of the state during winter storms are also numbered.
“One of the worst parts about being governor,” Christie said during his monthly appearance on 101.5 FM’s “Ask the Governor.”
The complaints come from every direction, the governor said. His children insist he should declare a state of emergency with the hopes of school closings and then some residents vent their frustrations about roads not being cleared.
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Of course, The Auditor knows that while he scored points during that really big fall storm back in 2012, the governor has had a rocky relationship with this season.
Early in his first term, he refused to cut short his family vacation in Florida when a winter storm hit New Jersey. The controversy over his absence while the Garden State was digging out from the snow was compounded by the fact that his second in command, Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, was also on a family vacation.
That meant Senate President Stephen Sweeney, a Democrat, was acting governor.
More recently, Christie faced backlash when a blizzard hit New Jersey in 2016 as the governor was entering the final stretch of his presidential campaign.
Christie put his presidential campaign on hold for a couple of days, but was criticized for returning to New Hampshire when parts of the state were still dealing with flooding from the storm.
He defended his return, arguing the storm passed and flooding was minimal. But he made headlines when he asked someone at a New Hampshire town hall: “I don’t know what you want me to do, you want me to go down there with a mop?”
Christie’s winter responsibilities have a few months left this year, and, if he stays to the end of his term in mid-January, he may have to deal with a few snowflakes as a lame duck.
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