Chris Christie Mocks New York Times Editorial Calling on Him to Quit Presidential Race
A recent editorial called for the New Jersey governor to drop out of 2016 race.
Council Bluffs, Iowa -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie slammed an editorial from the New York Times calling for him to drop out of the presidential race, saying "now I know I am definitely going to be...President."
"You can imagine how great it is, how pleasant it is to have the New York Times covering you as a conservative Republican everyday and today they picked the day to tell me that I need to drop out of race for president," Christie said. "So here's the thing, I now know I am definitely going to be the next President of the United States. They only asked me to drop out because they're worried sick that I could beat their candidate Hillary Clinton."
The Times editorial, published yesterday, said: “New Jersey is in trouble, and the governor is off pursuing a presidential run that’s turned out to be nothing more than a vanity project. Mr. Christie’s numbers are in the basement, and he’s nearly out of campaign cash. This is his moment, all right: to go home and use the rest of his term to clean out the barn, as Speaker John Boehner would say.”
Christie said he "cancelled my New York Times subscription a few years ago. I did it myself by the way, it was very liberating.”
During the town hall at Glory Days Sport Bar, Christie wasn’t running from his role as Governor of New Jersey and spent nearly two hours referring to his current work in The Garden State. He also discussed Wednesday's debate and his thoughts on whether the federal government should be involved in regulating Fantasy Football.
"If you’re up there debating for the Presidency of the United States and they’re going to ask you about Fantasy Football, I’m going to say it’s a stupid thing to be asking people who are running for President of the United States,” said Christie.
Christie told the 200 voters in Council Bluffs that “I’m glad I gave you an excuse to get the bar by 1:30 on a Friday,” and he also referred to the name of the bar, “Glory Days” as having the same name as a famous Bruce Springsteen song. Christie is a big fan of 'The Boss.'
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