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By RYAN HUTCHINS 11/21/16 08:20 PM EST
Gov. Chris Christie said on Monday night that he does not plan to accept a job in President-elect Donald Trumps administration, declaring on his monthly radio show, Im serving the rest of my term.
The remarks by the governor, who was among the first mainstream Republicans to support Trumps candidacy, were his most definitive yet on the subject and come a day after he met with the president-elect at his golf club in Bedminster.
While Christie insisted on Monday that his position had not changed that hes been insisting all along that he would remain in New Jersey until his term ends in January, 2018 he had previously left the door open to taking a cabinet position. And even after Christie was removed from his post as chairman of Trump's transition team, speculation continued to swirl that he may get a high-level position.
I have said to the president-elect, reminding him, that I have 14 months left in my term and that its my desire to finish my term, Christie said on New Jersey 101.5 FM, which airs a monthly Ask the Governor program. You dont ever look at the president at least I dont look at a president of the United States and say to them, under no circumstances will I consider anything you ask me to do. But I think the president-elect understands that I feel like Ive got an obligation here in the state to complete the term I was elected to. Christie chastised reporters for suggesting that hed be taking a job, saying to host Eric Scott that your colleagues in the media need something to do.
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http://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2016/11/christie-im-serving-the-rest-of-my-term-107552
Historic NY
(37,451 posts)gordianot
(15,242 posts)Maybe even sued in civil court.
global1
(25,253 posts)Trump has enough baggage of his own - so why would he take on Krispy's baggage.
Krispy probably pleaded with Trump to take him out of NJ.
Krispy's only alternative with no Trump Admin job was to sound noble and say he has the duty to serve out his term.
He's probably hoping some NJ residents buy that story.
Solly Mack
(90,773 posts)malaise
(269,063 posts)Please please please Dems -humiliate this criminal
kebob
(499 posts)"He made me his bitch and then dumped me!"