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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChris Christie Had To Edit Opioid Report to 1/3 Size so Trump Would Read It
by Casey Hopkins | 10:42 am, October 26th, 2017
In a highly-recommended interview out of GQ today, New Jersey governor and former Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie spoke about his efforts to combat the opioid crisis in his home state of New Jersey, and now nationally.
As the head of President Donald Trumps Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioids Crisis, Christie has been spearheading the effort to tackle the deadly addiction crisis in America. As the piece points out, this is a personal issue for the governor, who lost a close friend from his law-school years to a crippling Percocet addiction. Since his friends death in 2014, Christie has fought more passionately than ever in NJ to address the crisis.
A standout detail in the piece comes when it touches on Christies work with Trump. Apparently, in an effort to cater to the presidents learning patterns, Christie personally edited a draft of the commissions opioid report to a third of its original length. Explaining his reasoning through an anecdote:
I remember when I was doing debate prep with [Trump in the general election] and people would come in with binders that were like five or six inches thick, and Id look at them and say, Thats going to be the most exquisite coaster at Mar-a-Lago, because hes not going to read all that stuff, Christie told me. Thats not the way he takes in information. Hes much more of a, give him a short bit of writing and then verbally talk to him. And thats what we did on the report
. I wrote the report for him. Its not like a white paper that is 80 pages that he wouldnt look at. I knew who my audience was.
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https://www.mediaite.com/online/chris-christie-had-to-edit-opioid-report-to-13-size-so-trump-would-read-it/
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Chris Christie Had To Edit Opioid Report to 1/3 Size so Trump Would Read It (Original Post)
DonViejo
Oct 2017
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MrsCoffee
(5,801 posts)1. From three sentences to one?
I'm sorry is my disgust showing?
getting old in mke
(813 posts)2. The three sentences are in the future... (NT)
Buns_of_Fire
(17,148 posts)3. I would have recommended putting in in comic book form.
This issue: TrumpMan Battles the Opioids!