Christie Slams Rubio: He Says He Opposes Spending But Didn’t Do Anything About It

‘He should have spoken, shown up on the floor and made his case’

HALPERIN: “You’ve highlighted differences between you and Marco Rubio in terms of leadership experience and you’ve criticized him for some of the way he’s conducted himself as a senator. What are two issue differences between you and Marco Rubio that you would like voters to know about?”

CHRISTIE: “Listen, you know, the issue differences is really all flows Mark, from the way you actually get things done. You know, let’s look at the spending bill that just got passed in the Congress. Senator Rubio said he was opposed to it. Yet, he did not show up to speak on the floor. He didn’t show up to cast his vote. When you’re governor of New Jersey, you [ever don’t like spending, you use the line-item veto and you line it utility] and you make the arguments of people. You show up and you get the job done —“ [crosstalk]

HALPERIN: “I’m sorry governor, with all due respect that’s — I understand there’s a difference there in terms of your posture and your experience. But I’m asking about position differences that you think are significant between you rather than process things.”

CHRISTIE: “Well no — but, Mark, this is an important position. You know it’s about you see you oppose spending but you do nothing about it. That should tell people something about what kind of effective leader someone might be. You have to figure out ways to do. He should have shown up on the floor and made his case to his colleagues against that bill that he was so opposed with. He didn’t. And that is a huge substantive difference between the two of us.”

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