Verbatim: Chris Christie On ‘Hope and Change’

By Allen McDuffee
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Between the Voters First Forum on Monday and the first GOP presidential debate on Thursday, New Jersey Governor and 2016 hopeful Chris Christie spoke to supporters at Convention Hall in Asbury Park Tuesday night. His comment may have been a shot at President Obama’s abandoned 2008 campaign slogan, but Christie may not have thought about the actual meaning of the words.

“We’re gonna kick hope and change out in November 2016.”

— 2016 GOP Candidate Chris Christie

h/t The Record’s Dustin Racioppi, who also noted that Convention Hall’s capacity is 3600, 1000 RSVP’d and probably only 500 showed up.

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