Christie: Trump’s Schlonged Attack on Hillary ‘of Absolutely No Interest to Me’

TAPPER: "You have said that Republicans need to focus on drawing a strong contrast with Hillary Clinton. Last night, Donald Trump did something like that. He said that what Clinton did during a debate bathroom break was — quote — 'too disgusting to talk about.' And then he said she got — quote — 'schlonged' by President Barack Obama in 2008.  Thoughts?"
CHRISTIE: "None. None. I’m not going to respond to everything that comes out of Donald’s mouth. 
TAPPER: "Is it appropriate for a presidential candidate to use the word schlonged in that way?" 
CHRISTIE: "I am not going to respond to everything that comes out of Donald Trump’s mouth. It may fascinate all of you. It is of absolutely no interest to me. I’m running for president of the United States, Jake."
TAPPER: "OK. I will say, when you say you have no thoughts on that, I don’t believe you. But I will move on."
CHRISTIE: "No, I said — no, Jake, I didn’t I had no thoughts. I said I had no interest. That’s different. Plenty of thoughts. No interest in discussing it."
TAPPER: "All right, fair enough. This weekend, you said you have been going after Senators Cruz and Rubio the most because those two — quote — 'have made the biggest mistakes at the moment.' But that’s hard to square with comments made by Trump. Jeb Bush says he’s the only one tough enough to stand up to Donald Trump." 
CHRISTIE: "I have heard Jeb say that. It’s fascinating to me. I don’t think the complaint about me has ever been that I’m not tough enough. So, you know, if Jeb somehow thinks he tougher than I am, that is certainly — he’s absolutely entitled to his opinion, but I think over the course of time — there are two things people have never said about me, that I’m not tough enough and that I’m misunderstood. And so I will continue to be who I am, and we will let the voters decide."
TAPPER: "Governor Chris Christie, thank you so much. Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family. Thanks for joining us today."
CHRISTIE: "Jake, thanks. Happy holidays to your and your family and a great new year. I look forward to talking to you again real soon."