Christie faces off against heckler
(CNN) - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie got tough with a heckler Wednesday during a Los Angeles town hall meeting with California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman.
Whitman, a Republican and the former CEO of eBay, was finishing her remarks when a man sitting in the front row stood up and began shouting.
"What are you hiding?" he yelled. "You're looking like Arnold [Schwarzenegger] in a dress."
Christie rose from his seat behind Whitman and confronted the man.
"You want to yell-yell at me, but don't give her a hard time," Christie said as he came face-to-face with the man.
"It's people who raise their voices and yell and scream like you that are dividing this country, we're here to bring this country together-not to divide it," Christie added.
Christie was in California campaigning for Whitman, who is facing state attorney general and former Gov, Jerry Brown in a heated race to replace Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is term-limited. A Field Poll released Thursday indicates the two are deadlocked, each with 41 percent support among likely voters. Eighteen percent remain undecided.
"It's people who raise their voices and yell and scream like you that are dividing this country, we're here to bring this country together-not to divide it," Christie added.
–Ummm, isn't this exactly what the GOP/tea partiers were doing during the health care town hall meetings? Pot, meet kettle.