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Mitt Romney to join Chris Christie at fundraiser
By ELIZABETH TITUS | 2/22/14 2:07 PM EST

Mitt Romney will join Chris Christie at a Republican Governors Association fundraiser in Boston on Thursday, officials confirmed.

The 2012 presidential nominee is a high-profile headliner for Christie, who has been plowing ahead with an RGA fundraising and travel schedule despite a traffic scandal that has dogged his administration in New Jersey since early January.

The event suggests a show of solidarity by Romney, whose team vetted Christie as a vice presidential nominee. Christie was criticized by some Republicans for embracing President Barack Obama in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy just days before the 2012 election.

Christie, a prospective 2016 presidential candidate, was in Washington Saturday for RGA meetings and the annual winter gathering of the National Governors Association. He ignored several reporters’ questions about the traffic scandal.