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Gov. Chris Christie is apologizing to a New Jersey official for comments he made while responding to critics over the way he handled the weekend winter storm.

At a Town Hall event Monday, the Republican presidential candidate was asked why he was campaigning in New Hampshire instead of staying in New Jersey.

“Because it’s already done,” he responded.

When the questioner said she had friends and family all over the state complaining about flooding, Christie said the flooding was not as bad as it could have been and that Cape May was the only county where flooding happened.

“I don’t know exactly what you expect me to do,” Christie said. “You want me to go down there with a mop?”

During the event, Christie also made a comment about North Wildwood Mayor Patrick Rosenello, saying he had heard “one crazy mayor down in south Jersey say this is worse flooding than Sandy.”

Christie then said that North Wildwood did not get hit by the October 2012 storm, which caused catastrophic damage along the coast and in other areas of the state.

Rosenello said Tuesday that Christie called him to apologize.

Speaking on the Coast 98.7 FM, a Cape May-based radio station, Rosenello said that Christie also asked him to apologize to first responders and North Wildwood residents and business owners.

“I think he recognizes that he misspoke. And he did,” Rosenello said. “I think he knows he misspoke. We know that he misspoke.”

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