New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie blasted Sen. Marco Rubio Sunday for joking about how Winter Storm Jonas would shut down Washington, D.C.
“That shows a real immaturity from Sen. Rubio, to be joking as families were freezing in the cold, losing power, and some of them, losing their loved ones,” Christie said during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
The presidential candidate noted 14 people along the east coast had died as a result of the heavy snowfall that blanketed the northeast from Friday to Sunday.
Christie touted his state’s response to the blizzard as evidence of his governing ability.
“When the chips are down, I deliver,” he said.
Christie argued senators have little experience with the kind of decision-making required of governors, joking that senators are tasked only with “sitting where they tell you to sit, coming when they tell you to come, leaving when they tell you to leave.”
He dismissed suggestions that his falling approval rating could spell trouble for his presidential campaign.
“When you start looking for another job, your current employer gets a little miffed, and that’s what’s happened here in New Jersey,” Christie said.
