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Chris Christie

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Chris Christie is a prominent Republican politician from New Jersey, best known for serving as the 55th Governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018. During his tenure, he focused on fiscal reform, education, and infrastructure improvements, gaining national attention for his outspoken style and bipartisan efforts, particularly in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Christie has also served as the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, where he gained recognition for his work in combating public corruption and organized crime.

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Oct 26, 2014

If she was continuing to be ill she have to stay. She had no any symptoms for 24 hours and she tested negative for Ebola, so there's no reason to keep her.

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Oct 26, 2014

I think this is a policy that will become a national policy sooner rather than later.

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Oct 23, 2014

New Jersey has already ordered a female healthcare worker to be quarantine under the new guidelines.

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Feb 3, 2014

New Jersey governor Chris Christie just issued a state of emergency ahead of the storm.

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Feb 2, 2014

I'll be dammed if I'm going to let anything get in the way of me doing my job. I took an oath a couple of weeks ago. And so what the people of New Jersey need to know is two things about this. One more time. First, I had nothing to do with…

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Feb 2, 2014

I'm just doing my job, I'll be darned if this is -- however he said it, if this is going to keep me from doing my job as governor, I want to take your questions, I'm going to do it a couple of times this month.

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Feb 2, 2014

Governor Chris Christie talks publicly about the New Jersey traffic scandal for the first time since new allegations surfaced, suggesting he knew about the lane closures when they happened.

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Jan 30, 2014

I was blindsided yesterday morning. That was the first time I knew about this.

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Jan 30, 2014

I had no knowledge of this, the planning, execution or anything about it. And then I first found out about it after it was over.

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Jan 15, 2014

He has been in New Jersey politics for decades, Anderson, working for both parties actually. But he's been a really close supporter of Chris Christie from the beginning.

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Jan 15, 2014

He was to kind of try to -- a way to buck them up but also give them a bit of reality check that this is a lesson for all of them in terms of how they manage their office, their people.

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Jan 15, 2014

He also told his staff he understands that multiple investigations are going to consume a lot of time and energy.

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Jan 15, 2014

Those are the people getting these first subpoenas. We have confirmed that Bridget Ann Kelly and Bill Stepian, the two aides that Christie fired last week are on the list.

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Jan 15, 2014

Presumably when they say entries having to do with his re-election it's his re-election campaign.

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Jan 13, 2014

The last week has certainly tested this administration. Mistakes were clearly made. And as a result, we let down the people we're entrusted to serve. I know our citizens deserve better, much better. And I'm the governor. And I'm ultimately…

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Jan 12, 2014

the fact that we know about the inspector general report is suspect.

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Jan 12, 2014

there's a danger here, by the way, Anderson, for the Democrats, who are clearly enjoying the trouble that Chris Christie is in, of overplaying their hand, to a certain degree.

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Jan 12, 2014

the real problem for Chris Christie with this story is that Hurricane Sandy was the prism through which most Americans got their first real look at the New Jersey governor on a national stage, and they loved him because he was a truth…

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Jan 12, 2014

this is bad -- a bad story for him. Because you know what, he looks like just another politician in this particular story, using Hurricane Sandy for his own re-election, perhaps.

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Jan 8, 2014

Ultimately I am responsible for what happens under my watch, the good and the bad. And when mistakes are made, then I have to own up to them and take the action that I believe is necessary in order to remediate them.

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Jan 8, 2014

And let me tell you something. After you graduate from law school you conduct yourself like that in a courtroom your rear end's going to get thrown in jail, idiot.

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Jan 8, 2014

I come out here today to apologize to the people of New Jersey. I apologize to the people of Fort Lee. And I apologize to the members of the state legislature. I am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team.

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