Whelp, it was only a matter of time.

Though New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie banned the press from covering his appearance Wednesday night at the Vermont Republican Party’s “Welcome Winter” gala, audio of his speech, inevitably, has emerged.

Come on, dude, it’s 2013.

The Vermont Press Bureau managed to sneak a tape recorder in, as reporter Peter Hirschfeld writes about here. And Seven Days has also gotten its dirty little mitts on a tape of Christie’s remarks — as well as those of Lt. Gov. Phil Scott. 

Surely you’re tired of us writing about this by now, so we’ll just leave you to the tapes. Here’s Scott warming the crowd up:

And here’s Christie delivering his keynote address:

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Paul Heintz was part of the Seven Days news team from 2012 to 2020. He served as political editor and wrote the "Fair Game" political column before becoming a staff writer.

4 replies on “[Audio] Christie’s and Scott’s Remarks at Vermont Republican Party Gala”

  1. Nice job- just don’t forget to use those covert ops to get the skinny on the paid fundraiser gala events from the guys on the other side of the aisle who also have a history of shutting out the press. Talk about a slow news week……

  2. Finally, a cure has been made available for my insomnia of late, a double dose even.
    Someone better make certain to wake me up from my rhetorically-induced coma, sometime tomorrow.

  4. Blah,blah blah. Cut taxes to the rich, blah blah blah. Teachers paid to much blah blah blah. Talking points, talkingpoints, blah blah blah. Must win in 2014, blah blah blah. I new what they were going to say and I didn’t need to be there. We all are aware of the teathuglicans views of how the workingclass is ruining the country, blah blah blah.

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