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Christie On Heckler: ‘Just Because He Was A Navy SEAL Doesn’t Give Him The Right To Be A Jerk’

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The Newark Star-Ledger reports:

Not only does Gov. Chris Christie not regret calling a Navy SEAL and one-time Democratic candidate for office an “idiot” at a town hall last week in Roebling, today he took the criticism further, labeling him a jerk, too.

“Just because he was a Navy SEAL doesn’t give him the right to be a jerk,” he said at a press conference today in Bordentown. “It just doesn’t. I honor his service. I honor his service in Afghanistan. I honor his service in Iraq and to our military. But, it doesn’t give you the right when you come home from that service to be an idiot.”

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