Whit Ayres’ comments in the Wall Street Journal regarding Chris Christie:
Republican pollster Whit Ayres said Friday that Mr. Wildstein’s claims weren’t sufficient to conclude that Mr. Christie knew about the lane closures, or that he would suffer additional political damage.
“If what the governor said in his press conference turns out to be completely true, he’s fine,” Mr. Ayres said. “If there’s hard, verifiable evidence that what he said is not true, he’s in big trouble. What I’ve seen today hardly lives up to that standard.”
“Anybody can say anything in politics, but that doesn’t make it true,” Mr. Ayres said. “This hasn’t changed anything until you get hard, incontrovertible evidence, particularly from someone who may have a motive to say certain things. That’s just courtroom 101.”
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