Ron Paul on Fox: Christie Will ‘Say Anything, Do Anything, Deceive the People’ to Get Elected
Neil Cavuto got a small laugh out of former Republican congressman Ron Paul Tuesday when he brought up Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) during an interview on Fox. Cavuto asked Paul what he thought of comments Christie made at last week’s RNC meeting. Quoting Christie, Cavuto read, “‘For our ideas to matter we have to win, because if we don’t win, we don’t govern, and if we don’t govern, all we do is shout into the wind.’ I think he was making a veiled swipe at your son, Rand Paul, if not you.”
At first Paul would only say that Christie was “very precise” in his assertion that you have to win before you can govern. But then the gloves came off. “In other words, say anything, do anything, get elected first, and deceive the people in order to get elected,” Paul said. He accused both parties of saying “whatever they think they have to say” to get elected, but predicted those days are “coming to an end.”
“The American people are waking up to the reality that something has to give,” Paul continued, “and it certainly isn’t by saying, ‘Well, say anything you can. Let’s get elected and then we as Republicans will clean the mess up.'”
Cavuto attempted to translate Paul’s comments for the audience, summing them up like this: “You seem to be saying that you would rather lose an election with a Chris Christie on the ticket than win on those compromised principles.”
Paul said that question was “irrelevant,” despite the fact that it could very well be Rand Paul running against Christie in the primary. “It’s sort of like asking me about who should be the Federal Reserve board chairman. My answer there is neither of the two candidates offer any changes.”
Watch video below, via Fox News:
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