BREAKING NEWS – Trenton, New Jersey – New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy is catching heat for taking an eight-day Christmas vacation in Costa Rica despite the State Department warning travelers to “reconsider” visiting there due to COVID-19 and as the case count surges in his own state.
Murphy, vice chair of the National Governors Association, called in from Costa Rica to respond to the outcry.
“Anyone who thinks I should stick around while people are dropping like flies, is nuts!” Murphy explained. “There’s a certain thing call self-preservation. Besides, I do my best problem solving sipping on an alcoholic beverage watching the waves rolling in while relaxing on a private beach, because the sick people back in Jersey are an irritating distraction.”