Gov. Chris Christie is demanding the resignation of the executive director of New Jersey?s largest teachers union, after the official said of poor people, ?Life?s not always fair, and I?m sorry about that.?
Vincent Giordano, of the New Jersey Education Association, said in a TV appearance over the weekend, ?Life?s not always fair, and I?m sorry about that,? when he was asked why a less well-to-do family shouldn?t have the option to take their child out of a failing school and send them to a better one. (See Also: "Chris Christie's 10 best quotes.")
Continue ReadingIn a press conference in Westfield, N.J., Christie said Wednesday that he was ?disgusted? by Giordano?s comments and called for his immediate resignation.
?You know, as Vince drives out of the palace on State Street every day in his big luxury car with his $500,000 salary, I?m sure life?s really fair for him,? Christie said, according to a video posted by the New Jersey Star-Ledger. ?And if Vince?s kids were in a failing school district, he?d be able to afford to send them to any school in New Jersey that can help them to succeed. But his answer for the single mother in Camden is, ?Life isn?t fair.??
Arguing that teachers deserve better than the head of a teachers union that will ?sit on Sunday talk shows and pontificate to the poor,? the governor vowed to stand up for the less wealthy people of the Garden State.
?That level of arrogance, that level of puffed-up, rich man baloney, is unacceptable in this state. He should resign. He should resign today,? Christie said.
Following the governor?s remarks, Giordano immediately fired back, accusing Christie of having ?stooped to a new low ? even by his own standards.?
?In his personal attack on me ? he has demonstrated that there is no limit to his willingness to twist, distort and misrepresent the facts in a situation to satisfy his voracious appetite for political vengeance,? Giordano said in a statement to the press. ?I have no intention of resigning. If he thinks he?s going to bully me like he bullies everyone else, he doesn?t understand who I am, or how deeply I care about the work I do.?
The kicker: ?For his abysmal record on education and his hypocrisy in claiming to care about children in urban districts while pursuing policies that have hurt them deeply, I call on Gov. Christie to resign from office immediately.?
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