New Jersey Gov.-elect Phil Murphy is getting some pushback for posing for photos next to a cardboard cutout of Gov. Chris Christie lounging on a beach last summer. Murphy told NJ Advance Media on Friday that he was standing near the cutout at an event on Thursday night in Glen Ridge and "couldn't resist." Some called Murphy's action something you might expect on the campaign trail months ago, not weeks before the Democrat succeeds the Republican governor on Jan. 16. Murphy referred to the photos on the campaign trail, saying at multiple campaign stops, "We will not go to the beach ourselves."

Source: Los Angeles Times December 17, 2017 02:37 UTC