“The hypocrisy and false outrage underlying this bill is stunning – even by Trenton standards,” he said in a statement accompanying Monday’s veto, according to Reuters.
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Christie, who backed Trump in 2016 after suspending his own presidential campaign, called the legislation “politics at its worst.” The bill would have forced any candidate for president or vice president to release at least five years of returns in order to appear on the ballot in the state.
The New Jersey governor said the move is an unconstitutional “form of therapy” for Democrats unwilling to accept Trump’s election victory last year.
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