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Chris Christie

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Chris Christie is a prominent Republican politician from New Jersey, best known for serving as the 55th Governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018. During his tenure, he focused on fiscal reform, education, and infrastructure improvements, gaining national attention for his outspoken style and bipartisan efforts, particularly in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Christie has also served as the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, where he gained recognition for his work in combating public corruption and organized crime.

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Nov 29, 2015

We should not be taking any refugees from anywhere unless they can be vetted, that's it.

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Nov 29, 2015

So quite frankly, being lectured by Barack Obama on foreign policy and national security is laughable, laughable, from the community organizer.

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Nov 29, 2015

Do your job, Mr. President. Protect the national security of the American people first.

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Nov 29, 2015

I care more about protecting the American people than I care about scoring points with his Noble Peace Prize fan and friends and that's all he cares about.

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Nov 29, 2015

I will do what I think is best to win this race. I aim it to be the next president of the United States but the stakes are too high to have a vanity exercise.

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Nov 10, 2015

Wait this will you see what Hillary Clinton will do this to country and how she will drawn us in debt.

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Nov 9, 2015

And the fact is that if you listen to Hillary Clinton, that she has made it very clear. She believes that she can make decisions for you better than you can make them for yourself.

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Nov 9, 2015

If anybody believes the stuff they heard from the Democratic debate a few weeks ago there's nothing for free. What they forgot to tell you was that they are going to raise their tax rates to 70 or 80 percent in order to provide all of that…

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Nov 9, 2015

Do you remember why we're in the position we are in with China. Because in absolutely weak and feckless foreign policy that was engineered by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

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Nov 9, 2015

If you think that Mike Huckabee won't be the kind of president who will cut back spending or Chris Christie or John Kasich, wait until you see what Hillary Clinton will do to this country and how she will drown us in debt.

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Nov 8, 2015

I don't have a lot of sympathy. He should answer the questions forthrightly and directly.

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Oct 28, 2015

We have $19 trillion in debt. We have people out of work. We have ISIS and Al Qaeda attacking us and we're talking about fantasy football?

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Sep 17, 2015

I would correct them and say no, the president is a Christian and he was born in this country. I mean, those two things are self-evident.

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Sep 16, 2015

You're both successful people, congratulations. You know, who's not successful, the middle class in this country who's getting plowed over.

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Sep 16, 2015

I'm as entertained as anyone by this personal back and forth about the history of Donald and Carly's career. I got to tell you the truth, they could care less about your careers.

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Aug 6, 2015

If you think it's bad now, you should have seen it when I got there.

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Aug 5, 2015

Listen, Senator, you know, when you're sitting in a subcommittee just blowing hot air about this, you can say things like that. When you're responsible for protecting the lives of the American people, then what you need to do is to make…

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May 11, 2015

No. It wasn't. I think President Bush made the best decision he could at the time. Given that his intelligence community was telling him there was WMD and there were other threats right there in Iraq. But I don't think you can honestly say…

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May 11, 2015

The pandering that is going on by Secretary Clinton is really the kind of thing that disgusts people about American politics.

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Feb 1, 2015

When it comes to the measles vaccines there should be no question.

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Feb 1, 2015

Today, New Jersey's Governor Chris Christie had to clarify remarks he made on whether parents should have the option or refusing vaccinations for their kids.

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Oct 28, 2014

So listen, you want to have the conversation later, I'm happy to have it buddy. But until that time, sit down and shut up!

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Oct 27, 2014

I understand there is all kinds of protestations from the CDC, but we want stricter things than what they have been willing to imposed. And now they are incrementally, Matt, moving towards our position.

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Oct 26, 2014

I think this is a policy that will become National Policy sooner rather than later.

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