Francis Wilkinson, Columnist

Chris Christie Thinks Newt Gingrich Is the Worst Person Ever

Can Gingrich really be worse than the political crooks and creeps Christie has encountered in New Jersey?Â Why, certainly.

November 5, 2013 at 6:41 PM UTC

By Francis Wilkinson

Francis Wilkinson is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering US politics and policy. Previously, he was executive editor for the Week and a writer for Rolling Stone.

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Perusing the Wall Street Journal's reviewof "Double Down," an insider book about the 2012 presidential campaign, I learned that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie considered Newt Gingrich "the worst human being he had ever met in politics."

This is a serious charge, especially considering the source: Christie has met some very unsavory characters in his time. As a federal prosecutor, heobtained convictions against 130 corrupt public officials in New Jersey. That's a whole lot of bad people in politics. Christie currently works in Trenton, where the mayor, Tony Mack, is awaiting trial on federal corruption charges. (The New Jersey Legislature isn't exactly full of angels, either, though it's not the sewer it used to be.)