'Combat-Ready' Chris Christie Contrasts Himself With Jeb Bush

The Republican touts his blue-state credentials.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie walks off stage after addressing the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland, outside Washington, DC on February 26, 2015.
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By Ali Elkin

June 14, 2015 at 4:26 PM UTC

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Likely Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said Sunday that the differences between himself and primary rival Jeb Bush come down to who is more ready to fight.

“I have great respect for Jeb,” said Christie, the New Jersey governor, on ABC's This Week. “He was a very good governor. But if you're asking one of the things that makes me different is I think I'm combat-ready for Washington, D.C., and you need to be in order to know how to work with people, how to bring people together. I've done that in New Jersey in a way that lets me get 61 percent of the vote for reelection.”