Christie: Voters Don’t Care About the Trump-Jeb Food Fight
KELLY: “Here's a tough question for you. Some of the GOP candidates got hit the last time in the press after the debate because Donald Trump said some things that many found offensive and they said, why didn't the other GOP candidates stand-up and say, you know, what, that's not appropriate. Would you do that? Do you think that's fair to put the burden on the other candidates to call out a candidate on the stage for an answer that's inappropriate?”
CHRISTIE: “Life isn't fair. Okay. So, we have to worry about what's fair and what's not fair. Here is what it is, if I feel like there's something I want to say, you know me, I've never hesitated for a moment to say it.”
KELLY: “Uh-mm.”
CHRISTIE: “And if there's something I need to say on Wednesday night, I will say it. But we're also running for president of the United States and I think people want to hear about our ideas for the country's future. And not just getting the food fight, like I've watched this Jeb Bush, you know, Donald Trump food fight. Let me cool on something, nobody cares.”
KELLY: “About their food fight?”
CHRISTIE: “Yes.”
KELLY: “Why not? What do you mean?”
CHRISTIE: “Nobody cares about that. Do you think anybody around the country, who is middle class family sitting around the kitchen table tonight worrying about how they're going to pay for their kids' college? How are they going to –“
KELLY: “Well, but the exact one candidate or the other, they want to see how he's doing. I mean, what the conventional wisdom was Trump was hurting Jeb with that low energy thing and he needed to fight back. “
CHRISTIE: “They want to see what they're going to do for the country, not should Jeb be speaking Spanish and is he low energy and is Donald said nice things about Hillary Clinton or not at one point in his life in vice versa.”
KELLY: “Let me challenge you on that. If they want to hear all about that, then why would we put on, you know, something with Jeb Bush talking about the economy or Scott Walker talking about labor unions, why doesn't anybody watch that?”
CHRISTIE: “Well, it may be that they just don't agree with or like what they're hearing from those candidates.”
KELLY: “Right. We have to put on more Chris Christie talking about –“
CHRISTIE: “Well, that's exactly right. Your ratings will go through the roof. -- (Laughter) -- Skyrocketing. Skyrocketing. You want ratings? Christie's ratings. Ratings, Megyn –“
KELLY: “Governor, it's fun.”
CHRISTIE: “-- total ratings. Big, very big. How's that? Is that good.”
KELLY: “Thank you, sir.”
CHRISTIE: “Good to be here, Megyn. Thank you very much.”
