Gov. Chris Christie took swipes at both Donald Trump and Ted Cruz this morning

The Blaze ^ | August 30, 2017 | Sara Gonzales

[2ndDivisionVet]

Never one to shy away from speaking his mind, Republican Gov. Chris Christie (N.J.) came out swinging Wednesday, publicly criticizing two members of his own party: President Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.

During Christie’s rounds on cable news early Wednesday morning, MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski asked the governor whether he agreed with Trump’s decision last week to pardon former Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was convicted of federal criminal contempt after disobeying a court order to stop targeting Latinos in his illegal alien sweeps.

“My understanding has always been that one of the prerequisites you look for in giving a pardon is contrition for what you were convicted of,” Christie said. “I didn’t see that in Sheriff Arpaio.”

“This is not one that I would have done,” Christie added.

Christie, who appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” primarily to discuss the federal government’s handling of Hurricane Harvey, was even more brazen when addressing Cruz’s recent remarks defending his vote against the $50 billion Hurricane Sandy relief bill in 2013. Cruz told MSNBC’s Katy Tur on Monday that he voted against the relief package because two-thirds of the bill contained unrelated pork and expenses that had nothing to do with assistance for Sandy victims.

“The worst thing about it — and this is why politics has become so cynical in Washington — is statements like that. He should just stand up and say, ‘You know what, I was wrong,'” Christie said. “What was wrong was for Ted Cruz to exploit the disaster for political gain — that’s what he was doing.”

When asked by co-host Joe Scarborough to describe Cruz in one word, Christie simply said, “Crap.”(continued)

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Feed Krispie Kristie Kreme another two dozen donuts and we will call the accounts equal.

[AndyJackson]

Where did "contrition" enter into this. Hamilton's argument for pardons in Federalist Paper #74 is:

"without an easy access to exceptions in favor of unfortunate guilt, justice would wear a countenance too sanguinary and cruel."

The phrase here is "unfortunate guilt" not "contrition," and Arpaio's circumstance would seem to fit this more nearly than say a "contrite" cop-murdering drug dealer.

[Redmen4ever]

I am guessing Chris Christie isn’t on Donald Trump’s short list for Homeland Security.

[enumerated]

“My understanding has always been that one of the prerequisites you look for in giving a pardon is contrition for what you were convicted of,” Christie said. “I didn’t see that in Sheriff Arpaio.””

How can he show contrition when he’s innocent? The judge that convicted him should show contrition for abusing his position to go on a witch hunt.

And Christie should show contrition for being a moron and a wind bag.

I think the hurricane was bringing up bittersweet memories of Sandy and his tender embrace with Obama, and he was feeling a bit melancholy.

[Ohioan]

The New Jersey Governor needs to reread the Constitution, starting with the clear statement of the intent of the framers:

We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Why should the Sheriff be "contrite" for favoring that "Posterity," over those in America illegally? So, he used common sense to track down the illegals? Is that a reason to be contrite? Does he need to accept the Judge's apparent bias as the "rule of law," even when it is offered as somehow trumping what the Constitution obviously intends?