Boehner pulls sandy relief, Christie slams him

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/christie-republicans-slam-boehner-for-delay-on-hurricane-sandy-relief-measure/2013/01/02/5d22454c-54f7-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc_story.html

“There is only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims,” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Wednesday. “The House majority and their speaker, John Boehner.”

“This is not a Republican or Democratic issue. Natural disasters happen in red states and blue states, in states with Democratic governors and Republican governors,” Christie said. “We respond to innocent victims of natural disasters not as Republicans or Democrats but as Americans. Or at least we did.”

Christie went out of his way to praise President Obama and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) as he slammed Boehner:

“All I can tell you is this was the speaker’s decision, his alone.” Christie said. “As to who I’ve spoken to today, the president called me earlier today to assure me of his continued support and that this was going to continue to be a priority for the administration. I spoke to Majority Leader Cantor earlier today. . . . I think Eric was working as hard as he could to get this done for us throughout the weekend and the early part of this week.”