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Christie to Ebola Quarantine Nurse: Go Ahead, Sue Me

| October 29, 2014 Comment

Christie to Ebola Quarantine Nurse: Go Ahead, Sue Me

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie practically dared a nurse to sue him for quarantining her even after she tested negative for Ebola.

“Whatever. Get in line,” the brash Republican said Tuesday during a campaign stop in Rhode Island. “I’ve been sued lots of times before. Get in line. I’m happy to take it on.”

Maine nurse Kaci Hickox spent a weekend in an isolation tent at a Newark hospital after she flew back from West Africa, where she was treating Ebola victims. After she threatened to sue, she was released on Monday and driven back to her home state.

Christie dismissed complaints about Hickox’s treatment as “malarkey” and said he had no concerns about the fact that she was kept in a tent.

“She was inside the hospital in a climate-controlled area with access to her cellphone, access to the Internet and takeout food from the best restaurants in Newark. She was doing just fine,” he said.

The new comments come a day after Christie said that he felt no pressure from the White House to allow Hickox to be transferred out of the New Jersey quarantine, calling reports of clashes between him and the Obama administration “absolutely false.”

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