Chris Christie’s political bullying goes all the way back to college

Embattled New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has a long history of political bullying, dating back at least to college, Talking Points Memo reports.

In the mid-1980s while attending the University of Delaware, Christie was accused of establishing a college political machine that rewarded those in his tight knit circle, while pushing others out of student government entirely, according to college newspaper archives. Students around the campus reacted to what they saw as quiet manipulation, one writing to the school paper about Christie’s “cronyism” and questioning the legitimacy of the future governor’s reign as president of the Delaware Undergraduate Student Congress.