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Chris Christie

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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
The Cons & Cons of Trump with Gov. Chris Christie

And the title is kept for them by the people back at home, not by the people in Washington. So the challenge for Republicans and for Trump is going to be, can he muscle this through and have them basically say, you're going to have to sacrifice your career for what I want to get done here? And I got to tell you something. I haven't seen that type of political courage out of any of them.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
The Cons & Cons of Trump with Gov. Chris Christie

And the title is kept for them by the people back at home, not by the people in Washington. So the challenge for Republicans and for Trump is going to be, can he muscle this through and have them basically say, you're going to have to sacrifice your career for what I want to get done here? And I got to tell you something. I haven't seen that type of political courage out of any of them.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
The Cons & Cons of Trump with Gov. Chris Christie

Because they're unwilling to stand up and do those things. So Democrats, though, if they're counting just on that to get them over the finish line to getting a handle of power in either the House or the Senate, I think they're going to be sorely disappointed. They have to do both. They have to hope that the Republicans make strategic mistakes in that regard.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
The Cons & Cons of Trump with Gov. Chris Christie

Because they're unwilling to stand up and do those things. So Democrats, though, if they're counting just on that to get them over the finish line to getting a handle of power in either the House or the Senate, I think they're going to be sorely disappointed. They have to do both. They have to hope that the Republicans make strategic mistakes in that regard.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
The Cons & Cons of Trump with Gov. Chris Christie

But they got to come up with a plan that is authentic and genuine. That... That people in the center of this country, and I mean the philosophical center of this country, can say, oh, I agree with that. Yeah, no, that doesn't offend me. And they don't have that right now. And you're right about Chuck Schumer.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
The Cons & Cons of Trump with Gov. Chris Christie

But they got to come up with a plan that is authentic and genuine. That... That people in the center of this country, and I mean the philosophical center of this country, can say, oh, I agree with that. Yeah, no, that doesn't offend me. And they don't have that right now. And you're right about Chuck Schumer.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
The Cons & Cons of Trump with Gov. Chris Christie

I mean, if you could have a worse salesman to put up next to Trump, I don't know that it's possible, right? Now, I think Hakeem Jeffries is a little more politically skilled than Schumer. Of course, that's a low bar. But nonetheless, I think he's a little more skilled than him. And getting Pelosi out of there would be a real help because โ€“

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
The Cons & Cons of Trump with Gov. Chris Christie

I mean, if you could have a worse salesman to put up next to Trump, I don't know that it's possible, right? Now, I think Hakeem Jeffries is a little more politically skilled than Schumer. Of course, that's a low bar. But nonetheless, I think he's a little more skilled than him. And getting Pelosi out of there would be a real help because โ€“

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
The Cons & Cons of Trump with Gov. Chris Christie

rightly or wrongly and you know people have a certain perception of her in the middle of the the philosophical middle of the country that's not positive so the fact is that democrats have to change the cast if we're going to go back to the tv show analogy they got to change the cast and they got to get some better writers um for the script because they don't have that now

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
The Cons & Cons of Trump with Gov. Chris Christie

rightly or wrongly and you know people have a certain perception of her in the middle of the the philosophical middle of the country that's not positive so the fact is that democrats have to change the cast if we're going to go back to the tv show analogy they got to change the cast and they got to get some better writers um for the script because they don't have that now

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
The Cons & Cons of Trump with Gov. Chris Christie

And here's what's frustrating for a guy like- Perhaps if they opened up the hiring to- See how we tied it all around? I'm telling you, this is really one of those things that people say, wow, those two guys really get it. To me, John, the frustrating thing for somebody like me is- Like as governor, I tried to be this way. I tried to be practical and consistent.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
The Cons & Cons of Trump with Gov. Chris Christie

And here's what's frustrating for a guy like- Perhaps if they opened up the hiring to- See how we tied it all around? I'm telling you, this is really one of those things that people say, wow, those two guys really get it. To me, John, the frustrating thing for somebody like me is- Like as governor, I tried to be this way. I tried to be practical and consistent.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
The Cons & Cons of Trump with Gov. Chris Christie

And sometimes you're going to like it and sometimes you aren't. But my job is to run this thing and to get it to work as best as I possibly can get it to work. And I don't think anybody's thinking about it that way right now. They're all thinking about it from a political advantage, a chess or checkers, depending upon the level of intellect that's going on in this stuff.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
The Cons & Cons of Trump with Gov. Chris Christie

And sometimes you're going to like it and sometimes you aren't. But my job is to run this thing and to get it to work as best as I possibly can get it to work. And I don't think anybody's thinking about it that way right now. They're all thinking about it from a political advantage, a chess or checkers, depending upon the level of intellect that's going on in this stuff.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
The Cons & Cons of Trump with Gov. Chris Christie

No, John, my pleasure. Always happy to come back. And I'd say as things go along here, because it's going to change. It's going to change. No, I know. And I would say there are not many people out there who know Trump as well as I've gotten to know him over time and been someone who he said was the greatest governor in America and And now is the worst SOB. And he's not hyperbolic. At all.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
The Cons & Cons of Trump with Gov. Chris Christie

No, John, my pleasure. Always happy to come back. And I'd say as things go along here, because it's going to change. It's going to change. No, I know. And I would say there are not many people out there who know Trump as well as I've gotten to know him over time and been someone who he said was the greatest governor in America and And now is the worst SOB. And he's not hyperbolic. At all.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
The Cons & Cons of Trump with Gov. Chris Christie

And now I'm the worst SOB in the world. And every cruel beam he could send out, he does. And I never believed it when he said I was the greatest. And I don't believe it now. I'm calling balls and strikes here because I know him well. And I will say one thing, if I can, about the governors. Please.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
The Cons & Cons of Trump with Gov. Chris Christie

And now I'm the worst SOB in the world. And every cruel beam he could send out, he does. And I never believed it when he said I was the greatest. And I don't believe it now. I'm calling balls and strikes here because I know him well. And I will say one thing, if I can, about the governors. Please.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
The Cons & Cons of Trump with Gov. Chris Christie

I say to my kids all the time when they accuse me of being biased on something, I say, okay, I'm biased, but it doesn't mean I'm wrong. And I'm biased about governors because they're the ones who have to give practical results, not the people in Congress. They have to actually plow the snow. They have to do things that run the schools, do all the things that need to be done.

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
The Cons & Cons of Trump with Gov. Chris Christie

I say to my kids all the time when they accuse me of being biased on something, I say, okay, I'm biased, but it doesn't mean I'm wrong. And I'm biased about governors because they're the ones who have to give practical results, not the people in Congress. They have to actually plow the snow. They have to do things that run the schools, do all the things that need to be done.