Things started Sunday with former Gov. Chris Christie sharing an opinion piece on Twitter that criticized his successor, Gov. Phil Murphy. And then it spiraled from there.
By Monday, the Republican former governor and the Democratic current governor were mixing it up in a pretty feisty Twitter fight.
Christie shared an editorial from The Press of Atlantic City, written less than a week after Murphy unveiled his latest state budget proposal, that took the governor to task for wanting to raise taxes on people who earn more than $1 million a year and on cigarettes.
Murphy then swung back.
Were still digging out of the spectacular failure brought by your eight budgets, Murphy tweeted to his more than 66,100 followers.
Then it was Christies turn.
The great thing about @GovMurphy is truth doesnt matter as long as he can make the sale, Christie said to his nearly 900,000 Twitter followers, going on to list what he touted as his accomplishments.
Now Murphy:
Governor: you may still be fooling yourself, but youve long ago stopped fooling New Jersey, Murphy responded Monday afternoon, accusing Christie of revisionist history.
About ten minutes later, Christie attacked again.
As usual with @GovMurphy lots of empty campaign rhetoric but ZERO facts, he tweeted.
The two havent gotten along publicly, with Christie being the more likely of the men to hurl attacks.
In 2017, before Murphy won the election, Christie called him a joke, a fraud and man who bought his partys nomination.
And the attacks continued after Murphy succeeded him.
When Christie left office, the brash governor known for grabbing the spotlight and speaking his mind vowed he wouldnt offer a running commentary on Democrat Murphys performance.
But by Murphys first year-and-three-months in office, he had apparently had enough.
I gave him 15 months of my silence. Its over, Christie said at an event last year, saying Murphy was "well on the road to failure.
The back and forth comes shortly after Christie wished Murphy a speedy recovery on Twitter after the governor revealed a week ago Saturday that he has a tumor on his kidney that is 90 percent likely to be cancerous and he will soon undergo surgery.
Mary Pat and I wish .@GovMurphy and his entire family all the best as he undergoes treatment for cancer. All of NJ will be joining us in praying for your full recovery, Christie tweeted on Feb. 22.
Matt Arco may be reached at marco@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @MatthewArco or Facebook.
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