HARVEY CEDARS, N.J., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Wednesday rejected suggestions his praise of President Barack Obama's hurricane reaction helped Obama defeat Mitt Romney.
Christie last week praised Obama for his post-Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts. Republican leaders have criticized the move, saying Christie's treatment of Obama stopped the Republican's momentum going into the election.
"I'm a guy who tells the truth, all the time. And if the president of the United States did something good, I was going to say he did something good and give him credit for it," Christie told reporters in Harvey Cedars. "But it doesn't take away for a minute the fact that I was the first governor in America to endorse Mitt Romney, that I traveled literally tens of thousands of miles for him, raised tens of millions of dollars for him and worked harder, I think, than any other surrogate in America other than Paul Ryan."
When asked what went wrong for Romney last night, Christie deadpanned: "He didn't get enough votes," adding, "I'm not a pundit. I'm an office holder."
