Aides to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are pointing out that the Obama administration approved of the New Jersey tourism ads starring Christie and his family that a Democratic congressman has encouraged federal investigators to probe.
Using federal relief money after Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the state of the New Jersey ran “Stronger than the Storm” ads promoting the state’s beaches.
“The Stronger Than The Storm campaign was just one part of the first action plan approved by the Obama Administration and developed with the goal of effectively communicating that the Jersey Shore was open for business during the first summer after Sandy,” Christie spokesman Colin Reed said Monday.
CNN reported Monday that New Jersey Democratic Rep. Frank Pallone asked the Department of Housing and Urban Development over the summer to probe whether it was appropriate for New Jersey to spend $25 million on hurricane relief funds on ads on TV ads promoting tourism. Christie and his family starred in the ads, prompting criticism from Democrats seeing how he was running for re-election at the time.
The timing of Pallone’s announcement of the probe is raising eyebrows because it comes days after Christie found himself in a national media scandal over his administration’s intentional closing of traffic lanes leading to a busy bridge in the state.
On Monday, Christie’s office welcomed the review of the Sandy relief funding expenditures and said they were confident it would indicate the TV ads were appropriate.
The rest is at the Daily Caller
I am not a Christie fan… that said, we have seen the Dem’s play this game before, on Herman Cain. The only difference is subject matter, the lies, deception and dishonesty on the part of the accusers still applies. It’s like arguing with a liberal, the weaker their argument, the quicker they swing to personal insults and name calling. Same game on a larger scale.
I hope they have it in writing. how ironic, the dems would end up investigating themselves.