7/30/2019 DGA Statement Regarding Chris Christie's Shameless Campaign Spending

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DGA Statement Regarding Chris Christie's Shameless Campaign Spending WASHINGTON, DCDemocratic Governors Association Executive Director ColmO'Comartun today issued the following statement regarding Chris Christie's newestnegative ad:"Chris Christie is just another shameless politician. His newest negative ad againstBarbara Buono makes his campaign strategy clear: spend his campaign money on falsenegative advertising and rely on Sandy recovery money for his positive advertising.While Christie may think it's clever to use federal taxpayer dollars to promote himself, it'san unseemly abuse of his office that he should stop immediately."BACKGROUND:Star-Ledger Editorial: Federal Sandy relief dollars inflate Christie's ego. [Editorial,Star-Ledger, 5/19/13]

Star-Ledger Editorial: Christie Was Starting In Tourism Ads With Federal Sandy

Relief Money Is Intended To Rebuild Our Ravaged Towns, And The Lives Of

People Left Homeless By The Storm. The federal Sandy relief money is intended torebuild our ravaged towns, and the lives of people left homeless by the storm. So whenthe Christie administration announced it would use $25 million of it for a tourismcampaign, we had one simple request: Given the drastic needs along our shore, could weat least have some assurance that these dollars wont be spent to promote Chris Christiein an election year? Wishful thinking, it turns out. Because guess whos now starring inthese publicly funded ads? Yep, as the cynics predicted, its Gov. Christie and hisfamily, too. [Editorial, Star-Ledger, 5/19/13]

Star-Ledger Headline: Gov. Christie Defends His Role In Publicly FundedTV Ads. [Star-Ledger, 5/17/13]

The Ad Consulting Group Shot Versions Of Each Ad That Did Not Include

Christie. The MWW public relations firm, which won the state tourism marketingcontract, and partner Brushfire Inc. plan on spending $10.5 million on production andmedia buys for the six commercials. Christie is all of them but each contains a versionwithout the Republican governor. [Asbury Park Press, Capital Quickies, 5/17/13]

Christies Ads Would Appear In New Jersey, New York And Pennsylvania. The adswill appear in New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia and other parts of Pennsylvania, aswell as Baltimore, Washington, upstate New York and eastern Canada, said MWWrepresentative Shannon Eis. [Star-Ledger, 5/16/13]

Courier-Post Editorial: Don't Make Public Pay For Christie Ads. [Editorial,Courier Post, 5/20/13]