Chris Christie: 'I wasn't ready to be president 4 years ago'

Chris Christie
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In an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper that aired Wednesday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said that he wasn't ready to run for president four years ago, but he has the support of his family for a potential 2016 campaign.

"I get lots of people who come to us and say, oh, you should have done it four years ago. And I tell you, one thing I know for sure, I wasn't ready to be president four years ago," Christie said. "And so the worst thing wasn't not running; it was if I had run and won already."

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.