Irhuluneli uChristie unqwenela ukuba namanani afanayo okuvota njengeentsuku zokugula ezihlawulelweyo, utshilo u-Analilia Mejia, umlawuli olawulayo weNew Jersey Working Families, malunga nesiphithiphithi sabantu abakufutshane. Lo mbandela ukhupha irhuluneli kuwo onke amazwe aza kuwadinga kwibhidi kaMongameli. Abavoti kumacala onke ezopolitiko bayazi ukuba iintsuku zokugula ezifumanekayo zibalulekile kwiintsapho zaseMelika, kwaye akukho mntu kufuneka anyanzelwe ukuba akhethe phakathi komsebenzi wabo nokuzikhathalela yena okanye iintsapho zabo xa begula. UChristie kulindeleke ukuba afike apha ngale njikalanga, xa azakuthetha ngezopolitiko zikamongameli nabantu abanokuba ngabaxhasi kunye nabaxhasi ngaphakathi kulwakhiwo lwesitayile soBukhosi seLigi, esihlala iklabhu yabucala kwaye sisebenzela umngxunya wokunkcenkceshela abantu abaphezulu besixeko. Uza kwenza olu hambo ngesikhundla sokuba ngusihlalo we-Leadership Matters yaseMelika esandula ukusekwa, ikomiti yezopolitiko yobunkokeli ayisebenzisayo ukuqhubela phambili ngokubeka isiseko sephulo elinokubakho lokunyulwa kweRiphabhlikhi kwi-2016. Yindawo yokuqala yokumisa utyelelo lukaChristie kule veki kunye nePAC. Vula uLwesine , Baya kuthatha i-jaunt yokunyusa imali ngeHouston naseDallas, eTexas - kwikhaya lomviwa wokuqala we-GOP okhethwe ngumongameli ngo-2016, uSenator Ted Cruz. Ngelixa inkomfa yoonondaba, ebibanjelwe kufutshane neseti yezitepsi ezijikelezayo ezonyuka ngokumangalisayo ukusuka ngaphambili kwesakhiwo esixekweni sedolophu, ibiphantse yakhawuleza ngokukhawuleza, iqela kodwa likwazile ukuwukhupha umyalezo wabo. Izithethi ezithathe i-mic - kubandakanya abasebenzi, amagosa anyuliweyo, kunye nabameli abavela kwimibutho yaseNew Jersey kunye nePennsylvania's Working Families - batyhola uChristie ngokwala ukuxhasa ikhefu lokugula elihlawulelweyo labasebenzi kwilizwe liphela, njengebhunga lesixeko laseFiladelphia kutshanje wenze . Oomasipala abasithoba baseNew Jersey basandula ukupasisa imithetho yokugula yemihla ngemihla egubungela phantse i-150,000 yabasebenzi, kubandakanya iJersey City, iNewark, iPaterson, kunye nePassaic City, baxela, ngelixa umthetho osayilwayo welizwe lonke wokugula uvunyiwe ziikomiti ezimbini kwiNdibano, nge ivoti yomgangatho ilindile. NgoFebruwari, iPhiladelphia yadlulisa umthetho weentsuku zabo zokugula ezifumene umgama nge-14 ukuya kwi-1 margin. IPhiladelphia iqinisekisile ngeentsuku zokugula ezihlawulelwayo phantse kubo bonke abasebenzi bayo, kwaye abavoti apha abanamdla wokugqatswa oza kubabuyisela umva, utshilo uKati Sipp, umlawuli olawulayo wePennsylvania Working Families. Urhuluneli uChristie uza apha enkundleni abaxhasi abazizityebi, kodwa ukungachani kwakhe okungachanekanga kulo mgaqo-nkqubo wokuqonda kumbeka kwicala elingalunganga labavoti bakarhulumente kunye necala elingalunganga lembali. Amazwe amathathu kuphela - California , Unxibelelwano , Kwaye, kutsha nje, iMassachusetts- inemithetho ezincwadini efuna ixesha lokugula elihlawulelwayo kubo bonke abasebenzi. UChristie, kunye neenkokheli zeshishini kunye nabaphathiswa abaninzi beRiphabhlikhi eTrenton, uthe unezinto ezixhalabisayo malunga nomlinganiso, abathi abachasi baya kubulala ukukhula kwemisebenzi kwaye bathwale umthwalo ngokungekho mthethweni kurhulumente.
Uceba weBhunga lesiXeko i-Philly, u-Bill Greenlee, owayexhasa umthetho wokugula ohlawulelweyo otyikityiweyo wangumthetho ngo-Februwari, emva kwemizamo yakhe yangaphambili yokupasisa umthetho ofanayo ngo-2011 nango-2013. (Ifoto ngoncedo lwe-NJ Working Family)
