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let's go back to bridge gate involving Republican New Jersey Governor Chris
Christie
there have been a few different a strains have thought about what has
happened there one is let's
let's explore whether chris Christie was there was not involved in this specific
incident he is absolutely denied knowledge or involvement
if it ever turns out Lewis that he was involved
I think chris Christie is absolutely done no chance at all
being the 2016 Republican nominee if he even has a chance now
which of course is in question given his red relative lack of popularity among
the most extreme republicans within the party but let's take a step back
what if we simply ask the question does chris Christie
have a history love political retribution
as something that is part of his repertoire Think Progress asked that
question
and Lewis it turns out that the answer is yes chris Christie
had this long never-ending press conference he denied having any advanced
knowledge a bridge gate
whereof the lane closures et cetera however
their is a history have this for example
governor richard Codey who's a democrat accused the Christie administration of
sending a message
by denying him state trooper protection
after he publicly disagreed with chris Christie
the same day a cousin of Cody
was fired from his position at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
and a former co di aid was removed from the Office of Consumer Affairs
that's an example is that an example that okay
maybe this time Christie had nothing to do with it but he seems to be getting
into wind in political retribution in the past here's another example
then state senator Sean Keane told a reporter
that Christie made a mistake in not calling for a state of emergency
sooner during a 2010 blizzard and after that
Christie staff band John Keane
from attending chris Christie's next press conference in his
own home district Anna Christie aide told told the star-ledger that keen
quote
got what he deserved so Lewis
maybe chris Christie wasn't involved here maybe he didn't have knowledge
but it wouldn't even be out of character for Christie to be involved
in political retribution that spare
a spare but the scale a bridge gate is a little bit different from the
be the individual I anecdotes here
I'm no question but Lewis you have to admit that typically those who
behave in this way the bigger they get
the more power they have the further they are willing to go because they get
I don't know if you would call it the you know a big header delusions of
grandeur so
I think that these things tend to scale over time
that's true I mean what can he really do to this other mayor
I he can't really fire him I so I guess this might be the only option
you know locking up the bridge the way he did