Obama, Christie Tour New Jersey Town

BFFs

Updated Apr. 21, 2017 10:38AM EDT / Published May 28, 2013 1:16PM EDT

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Is there a cooler bromance out there than that of President Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie? On Tuesday the pair toured Point Pleasant Beach, a town ravaged by Hurricane Sandy, to see the reconstruction efforts and stopped by the boardwalk to play a few arcade games. The president tried unsuccessfully to win a stuffed animal by throwing a football through a tire, but was given a teddy bear anyway. Christie got it on his first try. Obama high-fived the governor and said, “That’s because he’s running for office.”

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Obama, Christie Tour New Jersey Town

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