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Chris Christie Does Not Think He Is Too Fat to Be President

By Dan Amira

“That’s ridiculous,” Chris Christie responded when Barbara Walters asked him whether he was too fat to be president. “I mean, that’s ridiculous.” Hey, 332-pound president William Howard Taft did it, and he ~~never~~ pretty much never had a problem.

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Chris Christie: Not Too Fat to Be President

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