{"id":2023540,"date":"2023-09-06T15:11:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christie-slams-desantis-for-denying-biden-same-bear-hug-photo-op-treatment-he-gave-obama-in-2012\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T15:17:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:17:02","slug":"christie-slams-desantis-for-denying-biden-same-bear-hug-photo-op-treatment-he-gave-obama-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christie-slams-desantis-for-denying-biden-same-bear-hug-photo-op-treatment-he-gave-obama-in-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Christie criticizes DeSantis for denying Biden equal photo opportunity as Obama in 2012."},"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\">26<\/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-slams-desantis-for-denying-biden-same-bear-hug-photo-op-treatment-he-gave-obama-in-2012%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=2023540&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>Christie Slams DeSantis for Denying \u2063Biden Same &#8216;Bear Hug&#8217; Photo Op Treatment He Gave\u200d Obama in 2012<\/h2>\n<p>For those of you with memories that don\u2019t reach back 11 \u200byears \u2014 I\u2019m talking to you, President Biden \u2014 let\u2063 me remind you\u2063 of the heady days of 2012, when President Barack\u2062 Obama was running for a \u200bsecond term and\u200b New Jersey, then\u200c led by \u200bGOP Gov. Chris \u200cChristie, was \u200cdevastated by Hurricane Sandy.<\/p>\n<p>Obama\u2064 had \u200bwon a first \u200bterm\u200d in 2008 based on a theme of \u201chope and change.\u201d You remember\u200d that\u200c iconic poster, right? The mellifluous speeches? The way he\u2062 made \u200d\u201cfundamentally transforming the United States of \u2064America\u201d sound, you know, practically Kennedyean? (I\u2019m talking JFK and RFK, not the one with\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/powerful-people-tried-to-block-release-of-kennedy-film-chappaquiddick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trouble navigating bridges<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>That wasn\u2019t 2012. The Republicans ran Mitt Romney, a man so thoroughly mid\u2064 and needlessly sanguine he looked like he\u2019d\u200c just returned from a smiling convention. He couldn\u2019t have \u200bbeen more\u200d moderate if he began every speech with\u2064 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pete-buttigieg-suffers-version-jeb-bushs-infamous-please-clap-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">please clap<\/a>.\u201d His favorite\u200c meal was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/news\/mitts-favorite-sandwich-more-food-dish-romney-air-flna1b6066317\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">peanut butter-and-honey\u2063 sandwich<\/a>, for heaven\u2019s sake.<\/p>\n<p>Obama and his\u2064 surrogates \u2014 abandoning that \u201chope and change\u201d theme after voters realized they\u2019d been had \u2014 smeared Romney as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2185505\/Deception-revealed-Obama-attack-ad-blames-Mitt-Romney-womans-cancer-death.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cancer-patient-killing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/mitt-romneys-dog-on-the-car-roof-story-still-proves-to-be-his-critics-best-friend\/2012\/03\/14\/gIQAp2LxCS_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dog-torturing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2012\/10\/17\/opinion\/cardona-binders-women\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sexist pig<\/a>. But in the\u2063 middle of all that reprehensible smearing, Obama visited New Jersey \u2062to \u2062see the \u2062devastation from\u2064 Hurricane Sandy\u200b firsthand,\u2063 as if this were somehow necessary. And Chris Christie didn\u2019t just come\u2064 out to greet the man smearing his\u200d party\u2019s candidate as \u200dan ur-deplorable, he \u2064gave\u200c him some good ol\u2019 Jersey hugs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Obama: My \u2018Bro Hug\u2019 Creamed\u2062 Christie\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CCdnBYthHZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/CCdnBYthHZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B38EAGqxh1\">pic.twitter.com\/B38EAGqxh1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/697904218955522048?\">February 11, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Vivek \u200basking Christie\u200c to\u2064 hug him when \u2062Christie compared him to Obama might be the moment of the night. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MYIdIw57xa\">pic.twitter.com\/MYIdIw57xa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200bWill\u2064 Upton (@wupton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wupton\/status\/1694522422907617309?\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, he\u2019s chastising fellow Republican presidential contender Florida Gov. Ron\u2062 DeSantis for not being a bigger idiot than he was with a bigger jerk than Obama was.<\/p>\n<p>According to \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/4184716-biden-desantis-keep-their-distance-during-florida-trip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>, DeSantis decided to \u200bpull out of a planned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-chairwoman-blames-dems-for-peoples-lack-of-trust-in-covid-19-vaccine\/\" title=\"GOP chairwoman blames Dems for peoples\u2019 lack of trust in COVID-19 vaccine\">photo op<\/a> meeting when President Biden\u2063 visited the state\u200d in the wake of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/never-reads-room-biden-opens-remarks-hurricane-idalia-joke-mother\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane Idalia<\/a> on Saturday. According to the \u200coutlet, \u201cDeSantis\u2019 office on Friday said \u2062the governor didn\u2019t have plans to\u2062 meet with Biden, saying having the two meeting \u2063up could \u200cput \u200bstrain on the\u200b state\u2019s disaster response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about \u200dthe lack of a face-to-face meeting, Biden said he\u2019d \u201cbeen in touch\u201d with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/candidate-aggressively-attacked-desantis-trump-becomes-1st-drop-gop-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis<\/a> and was \u201cnot disappointed\u201d the two weren\u2019t meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe may have had\u200c other reasons,\u201d the\u2062 president said. \u200d\u201cBut he \u2063did help us plan this, he sat with FEMA and decided where we should go, where it \u200cwould be the least disruptive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other \u200bwords, there was no logistical reason for DeSantis to\u200d meet \u2064with a potential 2024 presidential rival, especially after the White House had \u200bspent much of the\u200c 2022 midterm process using the Florida governor as a \u2062punching bag. Nothing \u2062was lost, except for a moment for Biden to use DeSantis the way Obama used Christie.<\/p>\n<p>But, of course, this provided Christie another prime opportunity to self-destruct \u2014 and self-destruct he did, accusing DeSantis\u2062 of \u2062\u201cplaying politics\u201d and saying it wasn\u2019t what he would \u200chave \u200ddone. (Oh yes \u2014 we know.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s \u2063 [DeSantis\u2019s] choice,\u201d\u2062 Christie said in\u2063 an interview \u2064on Fox News Radio Tuesday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4188815-christie-slams-desantis-for-not-meeting-biden-after-idalia-he-was-playing-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m not the \u2064least bit surprised that is what he chose to\u2062 do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He called the decision not to meet with\u200d Biden \u2062a failure on the part\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/giant-oak-tree-falls-florida-governors-mansion-desantis-family-inside\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">of the Florida governor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re the governor\u200b of the state, the president\u2062 of the United States comes\u2062 and you\u2019re asking \u2026 the Congress for significant aid\u2026you should have been there with \u200cthe president to welcome him,\u201d \u2064Christie said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFortunately, [Florida Sen.] \u200d Rick\u2063 Scott \u2026 who knows what it means to be governor, showed up and made sure the president saw \u2064what he needed to see,\u201d Christie added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour job as governor is to\u200b be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/che-guevara-loving-smithsonian-enriched-by-stimulus-bill\/\" title=\"Che Guevara-Loving Smithsonian Enriched by Stimulus Bill\">tour guide<\/a> for \u2062the president,\u201d he continued. \u201cTo make sure the president sees your people, sees the damage, sees \u200cthe \u2064suffering that\u2019s going on and what\u2019s going to be needed to be done to rebuild it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No, it\u2019s \u200bnot! Where,\u200c in\u200d the constitution of any state of this great nation, \u200cdoes it specifically delegate the \u2063job of \u2062disaster tour\u200d guide to the governor? What in heaven\u2019s name would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-sends-warning-part-florida-reports-hurricane-looting-loot-shoot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis<\/a> \u2062 be there for? Because people around Biden can\u2019t read Google Maps\u200d and don\u2019t communicate effectively with FEMA?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tulsi-gabbard-blasts-biden-response-to-maui-wildfires-huge-deficit-in-trust\/\" title=\"Tulsi Gabbard criticizes Biden's handling of Maui wildfires, citing a lack of trust.\">photo\u200d op<\/a>, plain and simple. And it\u2019s a\u2062 photo op with a president\u2063 that\u2019s smeared DeSantis personally\u200c as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wh-wages-war-trump-voters-declares-5-maga-republicans-threats-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">being one of\u200d a\u2064 select core<\/a> of \u201cMAGA Republicans\u201d who are \u201cthreats against our democracy\u201d and carrying out \u200ban \u201cattack of our core values as a country.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>But,\u2062 c\u2019mon: Hug the guy behind this and give him a tour. Is that how governorship is \u2063supposed to work?<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Christie is \u200dstill smarting from his spanking in the first GOP debate \u2062in which\u2062 the \u2062issue \u2062got jiu-jitsued \u2064on him by fellow \u2062candidate \u200dVivek \u2063Ramaswamy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had \u200denough already tonight\u2063 of a \u200bguy who sounds like \u2064ChatGPT standing up here,\u201d\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christie-accuses-ramaswamy-plagiarizing-obama-vivek-claps-back-bear-hug-comment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christie said<\/a> of Ramaswamy, launching\u2063 into one of his\u200d trademark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rubio-not-like-stacey-abrams-never-denied-election-hits-opponent-wanting-federalize-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">insult set-pieces<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last person in one\u2064 of these debates \u2026 who\u200b stood in the middle of the stage\u200b and said, \u2018What\u2019s a skinny guy with \u200dan odd last\u2064 name doing \u200cup\u2063 here?\u2019 was Barack Obama, and I\u2019m afraid we\u2019re\u2062 dealing with the same type of amateur standing\u200b onstage tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy \u200bproved he wasn\u2019t ChatGPT with a hilarious\u200d (and accurate) ad lib: \u201cCome over and give me a hug!\u201d \u2062Ramaswamy declared. \u201cGive me a hug just \u2062like you \u2062did to Obama. And\u2063 you\u2019ll help elect me just like you did\u200b to Obama,\u200d too. Give me that bear\u200b hug!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">CHRIS CHRISTIE GOES AFTER \u200cVIVEK: \u201cI\u2019ve had enough already \u200ctonight, of a guy who sounds like ChatGPT!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>VIVEK: \u2064\u201cCome over and gimme a hug!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DbYiXeBN5x\">pic.twitter.com\/DbYiXeBN5x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1694523390474809557?\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Now, did Christie throw the election to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-teases-interview-man-claims-sex-obama-1999\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obama<\/a> \u200dby coming out to hug a man \u2062in the midst of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christie-slams-desantis-for-denying-biden-same-bear-hug-photo-op-treatment-he-gave-obama-in-2012\/\" title=\"Christie criticizes DeSantis for denying Biden equal photo opportunity as Obama in 2012.\">nasty character \u200cassassination candidacy<\/a>?\u200d We\u2019ll never know, but it certainly helped burnish the\u200b bipartisan image of \u2064a rabid, amoral ideologue who would have\u200b kicked a\u200c lame child \u200bin the stomach \u200cif\u2062 it \u200chelped him with voters. And \u2064somehow, that guy\u2019s veep turned out\u2062 to be even <strong>worse<\/strong> as a campaigner, having \u200chis press secretary call DeSantis a \u201cthreat against \u2062our\u2062 democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s his job to show up and give Biden a big ol\u2019 bear hug? If this is Christie\u2019s idea \u200dof gubernatorial leadership, it\u2019s little wonder that a poll \u2063in his last year of office showed \u200chim with a 15 percent approval \u200drating\u2064 among \u200bGarden State residents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/new-jersey\/story\/2017\/06\/20\/christie-on-15-approval-rating-i-dont-care-112922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">His response<\/a>? \u200c\u201cI don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you didn\u2019t care then, stop caring now. Drop\u200b out, take responsibility \u2063for getting \u200cplayed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chris-christie-gets-harsh-reaction-crowd-goes-offensive-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obama<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/failed-democratic-candidate-claims-january-6-worse-than-9-11-its-not-even-close\/\" title=\"Failed Democratic Candidate Claims January 6 Worse Than 9\/11: \u2018It\u2019s Not Even Close\u2019\">crawl back<\/a> \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/07\/03\/nyregion\/chris-christie-beach-new-jersey-budget.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">into the beach chair<\/a> you emerged from, Mr. Christie.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christie-slams-desantis-denying-biden-bear-hug-photo-op-treatment-gave-obama-2012\/\">Christie Slams DeSantis\u2063 for Denying Biden Same &#8216;Bear Hug&#8217; Photo Op\u200d Treatment He Gave Obama in 2012<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To those unaware, including President Biden, let me recall the impactful 2012. 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