Chris Christie has made quite a habit of playing fast and loose with the truth. Whether it's claiming he wants to crack down on the exact brand of cronyism he supports or creating a budget that has as much to do with reality as a fried unicorn sandwich, for some reason, Chris Christie just can't stop lying.
When discussing senior campaign adviser John Inglesino, Christie's lies just seem to get more and more baldfaced. Inglesino has been taking some fire after reports revealed he is exactly the kind of chummy, no-show, patronage appointee Christie has vowed to crack down on. Trying to minimize the damage to his campaign, Christie reacted to this news with lies that would make your head spin, claiming Inglesino wasn't, in fact, a major campaign adviser.
You'll remember Christie already peddled this particular lie on NJ 101.5, saying Inglesino was nothing more than a volunteer phone banker for his campaign when asked about Inglesino's shady pension-padding job. But merely lying to the media isn't enough for Christie. As the following video and transcript show, he's also lying to voters about Inglesino out on the campaign trail:
Woman: "[...] on 101.5, about Mr. Inglesino, that he was just a volunteer. Didn't he raise $100,000 at Herb Stern's office?
Christie: "No he didn't. No he didn't."
Woman: "He didn't?"
Christie: "No he did not. Never raised any money."
But if John Inglesino never raised any money for Christie, then why does Inglesino's name appear on invitations to a fundraiser where donors are asked to give between $500 and $3400 per person? Chris, the invite doesn't lie!
Unless, maybe volunteer phone bankers often host major fundraisers for candidates?
It doesn't get much more black and white than this. Chris Christie is lying left, right, and center. It's time for the media to stop giving him the benefit of the doubt and start calling him out as a liar with no substantive plans to fix New Jersey's problems.
