New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie spoke at CPAC Chicago today. And, boy, did he bring down the house.
Twitter users live tweeted some of his remarks.
Christie to Illinois: "My condolences." @#CPACChicago
— Rebecca Kaplan (@RebeccaRKaplan) June 8, 2012
RT @jrossman12: Christie: Europe is doing us a favor by giving us a preview of what we can expect over her on this side of the ocean.
— Red Alert Politics (@RedAlert) June 8, 2012
Christie: "Trenton has been turned upside down. We're cuttin' taxes."
— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) June 8, 2012
https://twitter.com/CShields1992/status/211133732898340864
Chris Christie: People ask me if NJ is the most corrupt state in the Nation. I say No. Every day I thank God for IL and LA. #CPACChicago
— Chad Kent (@ChadKentSpeaks) June 8, 2012
Christie: "We're not raising taxes in New Jersey, not on my watch." #cpacchicago
— Michael Symons (@MichaelSymons_) June 8, 2012
https://twitter.com/Rachelle777/status/211130533449695232
#CPACChicago Chris Christie: We must make this the beginning of the second American century, not the beginning of our decline.
— Warner Todd Huston (@warnerthuston) June 8, 2012
Governor Christie also had a few choice things to say about President Obama’s woeful briefing on the economy this morning.
https://twitter.com/CShields1992/status/211131517752184833
Christie just went after Obama for presser line about state and local hiring not being high enough. "That’s the right direction," he says.
— Rebecca Kaplan (@RebeccaRKaplan) June 8, 2012
Christie: Obama has the "audacity" to blame mayors and governors "for not hiring more people for government work."
— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) June 8, 2012
Christie: "Barack Obama is driving this business, the United States of America, towards a fiscal cliff."
— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) June 8, 2012
Christie: "The job of a leader, the job of a governor, the job of a president, is to get the people in the room and bang enough heads…"
— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) June 8, 2012
Christie: "I heard the president say something today that is one of the core differences between who we are and what he represents."
— Molly Ball (@mollyesque) June 8, 2012
RT @jonward11: Christie says it's an "outrage" for Obama to blame governors and mayor for the economy.
— Cindy Cooper (@CindyCoops) June 8, 2012
Bada Zing!
Twitter users and attendees concurred and had nothing but praise for the governor.
#CPACChicago Chris Christie is big, fat and awesome
— Hwy2TheTriggerzone (@unsafespace) June 8, 2012
Oh yeah! RT @LOLGOP: Does Chris Christie come on stage Kool-Aid style at CPAC? If not, total wasted opportunity.
— Robert Cruickshank (@cruickshank) June 8, 2012
Cutting government employees is going in the "right direction," Christie admonished Obama to standing Os
— cst_pallasch (@cst_pallasch) June 8, 2012
https://twitter.com/benkiehl/status/211147185901944834
https://twitter.com/Cameron_Gray/status/211131573301547009
That'd be another standing ovation for Chris Christie here at #CPACChicago.
— Juana Summers (@jmsummers) June 8, 2012