Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ)
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie may have complained about being misunderstood on the minimum wage, but workers at the diner where he was speaking say he's the one who doesn't understand. Pushed to explain his comments that he was "tired of hearing about the minimum wage," Christie just repeated himself on the substance, while adding some partisan attacks on President Obama as a "class warrior" and that complaint about being misunderstood: "My comments are never almost universally interpreted the way I mean them." Gosh, why don't people just believe in the goodness of his bullying little heart, no matter what he actually says or does?
“Maybe he should take one of our jobs for a week, like a training program, and try to itemize your bills,” said waitress Stacey Ellis, 32, after Christie insisted his words were misconstrued.
“He’ll know it’s not enough,” she continued. “I like him. He’s very likable. I just wish he would work on raising the minimum wage.”
Work on raising the minimum wage? We're talking about a governor who vetoed a minimum wage increase passed by the legislature, only to have his state's voters raise it through a ballot vote. New Jersey's minimum wage is still only $8.25 an hour, though, so Stacey Ellis is absolutely correct that it should be raised further.
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Secretary of Labor Tom Perez had a harsher take on Christie's minimum wage stance: "Chris Christie’s got his head in the sand if he’s getting tired about the minimum wage."