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A liberal group is going after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) for vacationing in Disney World during a blizzard that paralyzed his state with snow. 

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) e-mailed its 19,000 New Jersey members Thursday urging them to start a viral Internet campaign against the nationally popular GOP governor.

"Partying with Mickey Mouse while serious incidents are happening back home isn't leadership. This is just the latest time that Christie has left the state at a critical moment â€" putting his own interests above New Jersey's," the PCCC co-founder Adam Green wrote. 

Christie's opponents are looking to keep the heat up on him even after his office pushed back against criticism over the timing of his family vacation.

Spokesman Michael Drewniak issued a lengthy response Tuesday, saying that the Christie is coordinating with the state's acting governor to assure emergency services are running smoothly, and called the controversy "overblown."

"Yes, this was a big snow, but we are a northeastern state, and we get plenty of snow, including heavy hits like this," he wrote in an e-mail to The Hill. "But the sky really is not falling, and we'll get through this just as we always hav! e, notwithstanding complaints from opportunistic partisans like [state Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D), who also ripped Christie]."

The PCCC asked supporters who use Twitter to post a message on their account that reads "Where in the world is @GovChristie? Anywhere but in NJ solving problems: bit.ly/i1XQyy He's no @CoryBooker! RT!"

Booker, the Democratic mayor of Newark, N.J., has earned praise for his snow removal efforts, which have included using Twitter to find unplowed roads and digging some vehicles out of the snow himself.

The PCCC also created a website titled "Where's Christie" and asked members to share the link on Facebook. Green has tied Christie's absence to other issues that ! have dogged the new GOP governor.

"Together, we'l! l show t hat when New Jersey was losing billions in federal education funding and suffering a massive transportation shut-down, Christie was hopping around the country campaigning for Republican candidates instead of putting his state first," Green said.