Speech by Christie, saying someone told Jersey people not to evacuate. Who?

[Honeycombe8]

I missed the first few words of the video where Christie identifies who did that. Who told some Jersey people to stay put. Christic referred to him as "elected officials who would interfere with the orders of a governor."

[PDJane]

1. The Mayor of Atlantic City.

And if he is correct, the man's an idiot.

[Honeycombe8]

5. Wow. Can't believe he did that. He's in trouble. nt

[LisaL]

11. Only he didn't. The mayor didn't tell them not to evacuate.

[Terra Alta]

26. so Christie lied.

Wow, a lying Repuke, who woulda thunk it.

[valerief]

33. He said it after it was dangerous to evacuate, not before. nt

[WI_DEM]

2. He singled out the Mayor of Atlantic City

[dsc]

3. he said the mayor of Atlantic City

told people not to evacuate.

[Barack_America]

6. He also said something about him not being a Republican.

Way to make it political, asswipe.

[DonViejo]

7. No, the Mayor opened shelters...

not every one had a way to evacuate or a safe place to go to.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. ^^^ THIS ^^^

AC has a large working class/service class and poor population and the question is whether there were even places outside of the city for them to evacuate to?

[LisaL]

13. And could they evacuate if they had no transportation?

[BumRushDaShow]

16. PLUS most of the highways out were eventually closed

including the ACX, the Black & White Horse Pikes, and the Garden State Parkway.

[LisaL]

12. But that is not true.

The mayor had shelters for those who couldn't evacuate. He didn't tell people not to evacuate.

[riderinthestorm]

18. A blatant lie from Rethug Christie, about a Dem mayor he hates. Disgusting swipe during a crisis.nt

[NMDemDist2]

4. mayors was my impression n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

8. My issue with the gasbag is

whether realistically, has the state assisted Atlantic county and Atlantic City in setting up large enough evacuation shelters outside of the city itself? AC has a population of 40,000 and figuring even if half of them can flee to friends/family outside the city perimeter, what about the rest?

[mzmolly]

9. Christie appears to be passing the buck.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/83029.html

See what the mayor said above.

[Honeycombe8]

17. Thanks. Well, that's VERY different! He's CYA'ing in case people get hurt/die, sounds like. Jerk.nt

[cheriemedium59]

14. I don't blame Christie for being upset.Very reckless of the mayor.

[LisaL]

23. Mayor didn't tell people not to evacuate.

[Cha]

30. It seems Christie Lied and I Blame him.

[arthritisR_US]

34. My first reaction to what a republican says is not

to accept it as gospel but to fact check it. Once again this axiom has served me well. The windbag is a liar, no surprises.

[riderinthestorm]

15. Langford, a Dem, whose clashed with Christie in the past, urged everyone to evacuate on Sunday

And then, in recognition of his area's poor and working class who had no $$ or place to go, opened shelters today.

That's not telling people to stay put, that's recognizing the reality that some folks can't or won't evacuate and making sure there are safe zones.

A far cry from how Christie is characterizing this.

What a cheap shot from Christie during the midst of a crisis!

Ass.

[LisaL]

20. Exactly.

It's pretty much the opposite of what Christie is claiming.
Big surprise.

[BumRushDaShow]

21. Exactly.

Christie is a piece of shit jackass.

There are alot of elderly and poor working class folks in Atlantic City, many of whom have been there for a couple generations supporting the resort and its hotels.

In a way, it's like a mini-New Orleans in terms of that portion of the population who has no where to go during times like this and this direct hit is unprecedented.

[flamingdem]

24. Christie smells blood and called Langford a rogue mayor

Christie can make him look very bad now, let's hope the flooding is minimal

[flamingdem]

22. Yes, Christie is taking advantage of an opportunity to attack Langford

who has attacked him as well.

More on their war:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021663921

[Terra Alta]

28. Christie is trying to politicize a potential tragedy?

I hope this comes to bite Christie in the ass. Especially if he decides to run for President in 2016.

[flamingdem]

19. Here is a post about the war between Christie and Langford, Christie called him a "rogue mayor"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021663921

[AnnaLee]

25. OK, here is an article about Langford telling people to evacuate 2 days ago.

And some people's responses that they would not leave.

[link:http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/10/atlantic_city_takes_a_gamble_o.html|Atlantic City takes a gamble on Hurricane Sandy
]

Does anyone have anything other than Christie's attack that Langford changed his mind and told or begged people to stay in Atlantic City?

[AnnaLee]

29. Link is fixed now. Will take you to the article about what Langford really said.

[flamingdem]

32. Good, I want to hear his side, Christie is getting a platform to attack him

And he's not getting anyone giving his side of the story

[gopiscrap]

27. Romney also told people not to evacuate

[Strelnikov_]

31. Mayor said "if you are not out now, stay in" per CNN a few minutes ago.

CNN reporter was talking to the mayor about people trying to leave with roads awash.

Mayor made above statement.

This was after reporter saw a family have to be rescued after trying to leave.

Typical Reich propaganda.