New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie blasted Donald Trump on Tuesday, saying that the businessman's recent comments mocking a reporter with a disability is "not worthy of someone running for president of the United States."
"I think part of the folly of all this is that we're answering for him, he said what he said. Now the people who vote will judge him," Christie told CNN in an interview. "You shouldn't be making fun of people’s disabilities."
Christie was referring to an incident last week, when Trump made a gesture that seemingly mocked a New York Times reporter who has a disability that limits the movement of his arms.
The interview came after Christie received an endorsement from the New Hampshire Union Leader, an influential conservative newspaper in the Granite State that could help build some much-needed momentum for Christie's presidential bid.
But CNN's Jamie Gangel pushed back on Christie's Trump bashing, questioning whether Christie's signature brash style was comparable. She brought up Christie's "sit down and shut up" comment to a man who interrupted Christie in the fall of 2014.
"Sit down and shut up is a guy yelling and screaming at me in the middle of a speech," Christie said. "If Donald starts yelling and screaming at me in the middle of a speech, you can be sure that I'll say sit down and shut up."