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U.S. Rep defends fellow GOPer
New York City’s lone Republican congressman was quick to come to the defense of fellow GOPer Chris Christie after the embattled New Jersey governor held a press conference Thursday to answer tough questions about the so-called “Bridge-gate” scandal that is threatening to upend his presidential ambitions.
U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm (R-C-Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights-Staten Island) said Christie “demonstrated true leadership and accountability” in the Trenton press conference.
Christie, considered by many in the GOP to be a rising star in the party with a shot at earning the party’s nomination for president in 2016, is seeking to contain the damage from the “Bridge-gate” mess.
The New York Times reported on Jan. 8 that emails and texts revealed that Bridget Anne Kelly a top Christie staffer, ordered David Wildstein, a Christie appointee to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to cause a traffic jam in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Within days, two of the three lanes on the George Washington Bridge were closed, a move that caused traffic backups in Fort Lee, the borough closest to the bridge. The Port Authority operates the bridge.