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Chris Christie has cross-country criticism for Jerry Brown

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gave a pep talk to California’s Republican delegation on Monday by taking a few swings at Gov. Jerry Brown.

Christie, who will be the convention’s keynote speaker on Tuesday, called the 74-year-old Democratic governor an ‘old retread.’ He campaigned for Brown’s Republican opponent, Meg Whitman, during the 2010 election.

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The full story on Christie’s jabs was reported by Seema Mehta.

“Let me tell you this – I cannot believe you people elected Jerry Brown over Meg Whitman,’ Christie said. ‘Jerry Brown? I mean, he won the New Jersey presidential primary over Jimmy Carter when I was 14 years old.”

A spokesman for Brown, Gil Duran, fired back. ‘It’s no wonder Gov. Christie wants to distract from his massive failure with a windstorm of rhetoric,” he said.

Christie last took pot shots at Brown during his State of the State speech in January.

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