Chris Christie Fires Back at Trump Over Weight Criticism: ‘Like He’s Some Adonis?’ (Video)
thewrap.comasked Christie, who announced on June 6 that he is throwing his hat in the 2024 presidential election. “Oh, like he’s some Adonis?
I mean please,” Christie answered, earning a chuckle from Kurtz. Christie added that there are tens of millions of Americans who, like him, struggle with their weight and strive for improvement everyday, saying, “I continue to struggle and I continue to try to do better.”The former governor continued by arguing that his weight has not been a deterrent from serving his elected terms from 2010 to 2018 as he responded to Hurricane Sandy and worked upwards of 20 hours per day.“What’s that got to do with my competence for office?” Christie asked. “I ran the governorship in New Jersey for eight years I think in a very energetic, successful way.”“I don’t know what his point is,” Christie continued. “It’s like a child, a bully on the school yard who teases you and makes fun of you.
But here’s my message to him: I don’t care what he says about me and I don’t care what he thinks about me.”Christie also encouraged Trump to avoid throwing stones from his own glass house.
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