Christie Heckled at Iowa Freedom Summit

CHRISTIE: "I want to thank my friend, Steve King. And I want to tell you something about him. He made me sound like the hero in front of that congressional committee in 2009. Let me tell you that, on that committee that day, there was just one Republican who sat there the entire time during that hearing while they were beating me up, and beat them up right back. That was Steve King. (Applause) When I left that hearing room that day, he waited for me in the hallway. I said to him, 'Congressman' -- I never met him in my life -- I said, 'Congressman, with what you just did in there, the way you stood up for me, anything you ever need from me again in my career, if anything comes in my career, you just pick up the phone and call.' He’s a good man and a great friend. I’m happy to be here with all of you today. (Applause) I have read a lot of stuff before I came out here to the summit. I have heard the conventional wisdom --"
AUDIENCE MEMBER: "[indecipherable]"
CHRISTIE: "Don't they know I am from New Jersey? And it's not bother me one bit. (Cheering and Applause) And he is wonderful transition for me because I have heard and read the conventional wisdom that somehow a guy from New Jersey would not be welcomed or understood at the Iowa Freedom Summit. That somehow I’m too loud, [that I’m too blunt and too direct]."