Chris Christie's Office Goes Off On MSNBC: 'A Partisan Network That Has Been Openly Hostile'

[WillyT]

Chris Christie's Office Goes Off On MSNBC: 'A Partisan Network That Has Been Openly Hostile'
The Huffington Post | By Chris Gentilviso
Posted: 01/18/2014 5:14 pm EST | Updated: 01/18/2014 6:31 pm EST

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's office responded forcefully on Saturday to an MSNBC report alleging he held Hurricane Sandy funds hostage.

In a press release obtained by Business Insider, Christie spokesperson Colin Reed accused the network of displaying "openly hostile" behavior toward the governor in an "almost gleeful" manner since the George Washington Bridge scandal broke open.

A segment of Reed's statement, via Business Insider:

"MSNBC is a partisan network that has been openly hostile to Governor Christie and almost gleeful in their efforts attacking him, even taking the unprecedented step of producing and airing a nearly three-minute attack ad against him this week. Governor Christie and his entire administration have been helping Hoboken get the help they need after Sandy, with the city already having been approved for nearly $70 million dollars in federal aid and is targeted to get even more when the Obama Administration approves the next rounds of funding. The Governor and Mayor Zimmer have had a productive relationship, with Mayor Zimmer even recently saying she’s ‘very glad’ he’s been our Governor. It’s very clear partisan politics are at play here as Democratic mayors with a political axe to grind come out of the woodwork and try to get their faces on television."

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More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/18/chris-christie-msnbc_n_4624474.html

[Walk away]

1. MSNBC thanks Christies office for priceless free advertising!

It's lucky that MSNBC moved from Secaucus to 30 Rock a few years ago. Bridget Kelly would be up at dawn paving their parking lot with asphalt mixed with roofing nails!

[SunSeeker]

2. How Nixonian of him.

Can't wait for when he resigns and says MSNBC doesn't have him to kick around any more.

[Populist_Prole]

21. Palinesque even

[Cali_Democrat]

3. Kinda like how Greenwald also takes swipes at MSNBC, eh Willy?

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/greenwald-snarks-at-msnbc-i-defend-snowden-like-you-defend-obama/
http://www.mediaite.com/online/glenn-greenwald-takes-one-more-swipe-at-msnbc-and-its-the-most-brutal/

Libertarians/Republicans DESPISE MSNBC!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

7. Oh take a pill already.

[Cali_Democrat]

17. Look at all the folks who attack MSNBC and their hosts...

what do they have in common?

[uponit7771]

30. +1

[HangOnKids]

24. Thank you! n/t

[WillyT]

8. I... Uh... What ???

[Cali_Democrat]

11. Oh ya....u know!

[arely staircase]

4. that tells me one thing

he is guilty as fuck

[bluestate10]

5. What did you expect from Christie? He and his team need to create a distraction.

The noose is tightening on Christie.

[immoderate]

6. "with the city already having been approved for nearly $70 million dollars..."

Did they get it yet?

It's over year...

--imm

[global1]

10. It Should Be Easy To Determine If Hoboken Really Got $70 Mil......nt

[immoderate]

14. He didn't say they got it. He said they were "approved."

--imm

[global1]

16. Is That Weasel Words Like I'll Cooperate With "Appropriate" Investigations?.....nt

[DURHAM D]

13. Apparently that is FEMA money and

not from the fund Christie the creepy liar is handling.

[spanone]

9. shouldn't they be disputing what mayor zimmer claimed?

[lpbk2713]

12. Accountability to rethugs is like daylight to Dracula.

I love it.

[oldandhappy]

15. MSNBC uses facts, faux used fog.

[Skittles]

18. has he called us the LIBERAL ELITE yet?

[neverforget]

19. Hmmm attacking the messenger....where have I seen that before?

Somewhere on this board I'm sure

[WillyT]

20. Look UpThread...

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. Forgive them,....they know not their state is blue.

[DallasNE]

23. So Where Is The Other $69 Million

If $70 million has been approved yet only a few hundred thousand has been received then it sound like the Governor's office is sitting on the rest of the money, making the story true. Don't see how this helps Christie.

[Gothmog]

25. Facts hurt

The fact that Christie is upset is amusing

[underpants]

33. Facts have a liberal bias

- Stephen Colbert

[Gothmog]

35. Reality has a well know liberal bias

[http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/53266-it-is-a-well-known-fact-that-reality-has-liberal

[mucifer]

26. When he goes to prison this will remind people who got the story first.

[workinclasszero]

27. A Partisan Network?

You ever heard of Fox "news" gov?

You know the "news" channel that has hardly reported on your Bridgegate scandal?

I'm waiting for Crispie to go off on those repig creeps...anyday now.....yeaah..

[sendero]

28. Guess what...

.. moron. Practically every Democrat in DC puts up with worse than this 24/7 from Fox News. When did you decry that?

At least what airs on MSNBC is mostly fact, unlike Fox who makes shit up on a regular basis.

[DinahMoeHum]

29. Wassa matta, crybaby Christie?

Bully-boy got punched in the mouth by the likes of Rachel Maddow???



Remember, it was a Democrat who once said ". . .if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. . ."

[greenman3610]

31. I gotta start watching Kornacki's show

I was in the habit of getting up for "UP" when Chris Hayes started it, but
dropped off - obviously Kornacki is hitting his stride.

[Historic NY]

32. Touchy governor....or is the truth willing out.

[Whisp]

34. awwww, poor baby Govie, being so mistreated...

what a jerk.

I have to catch up on O'Donnell's shows and watch him masterfully flay the asshole.