{"id":2023180,"date":"2023-09-06T08:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T12:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christie-bashes-desantis-for-asking-for-aid-after-voting-against-hurricane-sandy-relief-funds\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T08:54:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T12:54:20","slug":"christie-bashes-desantis-for-asking-for-aid-after-voting-against-hurricane-sandy-relief-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christie-bashes-desantis-for-asking-for-aid-after-voting-against-hurricane-sandy-relief-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Christie criticizes DeSantis for seeking aid despite opposing Hurricane Sandy relief funds."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchristie-bashes-desantis-for-asking-for-aid-after-voting-against-hurricane-sandy-relief-funds%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2023180&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former\u2062 Republican New Jersey \u200cGov. Chris Christie Slams\u200d Gov. Ron DeSantis for Hypocrisy<\/h2>\n<p>Former Republican New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie, didn&#8217;t \u2063hold back in his criticism of Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) for his\u200d recent request for federal aid \u200cfollowing Hurricane\u200b Idalia. Christie pointed out the hypocrisy of DeSantis,\u200c who \u2062had previously voted\u2062 against a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/economists-push-for-another-round-of-stimulus-checks\/\" title=\"Economists Push for Another Round of Stimulus Checks\">relief package<\/a> for Hurricane \u200cSandy in 2013 while\u200c serving as a member of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>But\u2062 that&#8217;s not all.\u200c Christie\u2064 also took aim \u200cat DeSantis for failing\u2062 to \u200cmeet with President Joe\u2062 Biden during his visit to Florida in the aftermath of\u2062 the hurricane. This move didn&#8217;t sit well with Christie, who believes that politics should be set aside in times of crisis.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Playing Politics with Disaster Relief<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Look, we shouldn&#8217;t be playing politics with this stuff, but\u200c Gov. DeSantis has always played politics \u200dwith this,&#8221; Christie expressed during an interview\u2062 on CNN&#8217;s \u2063Anderson Cooper 360. &#8220;He voted against\u200c Sandy aid in 2012\u2064 as a member of the House, \u2063and now he wants aid. You know, this is the \u2062hypocrisy that everybody sees in politics \u200band why they&#8217;re looking for someone who will just tell\u200d them the truth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Christie also defended his own actions during the aftermath of Hurricane \u2062Sandy, including his willingness to work with \u200bthen-President Barack Obama, \u2062despite their political differences. He believes that in times of crisis,\u2063 it&#8217;s important to put aside partisan politics and focus \u200don helping those in need.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis, on \u200dthe other \u2062hand, justified his vote against a $9.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christie-bashes-desantis-for-asking-for-aid-after-voting-against-hurricane-sandy-relief-funds\/\" title=\"Christie criticizes DeSantis for seeking aid despite opposing Hurricane Sandy relief funds.\">7 billion flood \u2062insurance relief bill<\/a>\u2062 for Sandy victims by \u200cciting concerns about the bill&#8217;s fiscal \u200bresponsibility. In a 2013 interview with\u2062 the\u2063 Florida Times-Union, DeSantis expressed his desire for a relief plan that was financially responsible and didn&#8217;t include unnecessary \u200dexpenditures.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Meeting the President<\/h3>\n<p>While DeSantis chose not to meet with President\u200b Biden during his visit, it&#8217;s worth noting that the two leaders did work closely together before and after the storm to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-emergency-declared-in-texas-amidst-severe-winter-weather\/\" title=\"Federal Emergency Declared In Texas Amidst Severe Winter Weather\">coordinate relief efforts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the race for the Republican presidential primary heats up, Christie currently sits in sixth place in the national RealClearPolitics\u2063 polling average, with 2.8%\u200b support. \u200cMeanwhile, DeSantis holds the second spot, trailing behind former President Donald Trump, with 14.8% support.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NJ Gov. Chris Christie criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) for seeking federal aid after Hurricane Idalia, despite voting against Hurricane Sandy relief in 2013. 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