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On September 3, 2013, Christie accused Buono of taking a jab at his weight in one of her speeches at a campaign event. Buono had been addressing the issue of tourism and mentioned TV commercials featured the Christie family on the beach. It was reported that $2 million in federal Hurricane Sandy recovery funds was spent on the ads. Buono remarked, "I don't know about you, but seeing Chris Christie frolicking on the beach is not going to drive me to go to the shore." While the Buono campaign maintained it only wanted to draw attention to how the federal money was being used and to question its effectiveness, Christie criticized Buono for stooping to the level of his former opponent, Governor Jon Corzine in 2009, who once used a line about Christie "throwing his weight around" in a campaign commercial. Buono said that Christie needed to "toughen up and face the facts," and remarked that it seemed he was using his weight to prevent others from criticizing him for failing strategies.
