President-elect Donald Trump’s<\/a> running mate, and also cost him the cabinet position of US attorney general.<\/p>\nHowever, reports surfaced this week that Trump did indeed offer Christie the roles of either\u00a0secretary of Homeland Security or Veterans Affairs, but the governor turned both down.<\/p>\n
Lesniak and Christie Face Off<\/b><\/h2>\n
One of the architects of online gambling in New Jersey and a former gubernatorial candidate, State Sen. Ray Lesniak (R-District 20) says it’s time for Christie to leave Trenton. During his monthly radio show, Lesniak said Christie, who is reportedly writing a book, needs to resign.<\/p>\n
Christie is thought to be working behind closed doors with certain legislative\u00a0members to change a state law that bans sitting governors from making money outside of their annual salary.<\/p>\n
“The Legislature should not change the law to benefit the governor who has been missing in action for years while he pursued his political ambitions leaving the state rudderless,” Lesniak opined.<\/p>\n
There will be no love lost between Christie and Lesniak. Last month, Christie called Lesniak a “crazy quack.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Governor Chris Christie (R) says New Jersey voters made the wrong decision last month regarding the casino expansion ballot question they overwhelmingly refuted on November 8. Cohosting the “Boomer and Carton” radio program this week on CBS New York, Christie said the results of the Garden State referendum was a “dumb move.” The former presidential […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":42869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13,18,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Chris Christie North Jersey Casino Referendum Smackdown "Dumb Move"<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n