At a town hall in Nashua, New Hampshire last night, former Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) was asked if he supports term limits for politicians.
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00:00 I gotta go back to Adam right all right Adam what do you got um do you think
00:06 there should be an age limit for members of Congress for example maybe a 75 year
00:12 age limit you know when I was your age I thought 75 seemed pretty old where I am
00:20 now not so much no you know what Adam it's a really good question and here's
00:25 what I'd say to you we can impose the age limit ourselves I think we could
00:31 tell most of the time when someone's gotten too old right so like for some
00:35 people 75 they're as good as they were when they were 60 and for some people
00:40 when they're 75 age catches up to a much more quickly and they're not as
00:44 quick as they used to be or maybe as sharp as they used to be so here's what
00:49 I'd like to do I'd like to give you the responsibility as a voter okay that we
00:54 can look at somebody and know when maybe it's time for them to end their service
00:59 and go home you know in New Jersey we have a we have a law that says that
01:03 judges have to retire at 70 but you know I've met a lot of judges that have to
01:10 retire and they're still pretty young and vital at 70 you could still do the
01:13 job and we're missing out on a lot of people because we set an arbitrary date
01:17 so what I would say is let's let the voters decide and I trust you eight
01:22 years only eight years from now you know in the presidential races I'm retiring
01:27 from my second term you're gonna get to vote for the next president and and when
01:33 you take that responsibility I hope that you watch and you only vote for people
01:38 who you think are telling you the truth and people you think are up for the job
01:41 that doesn't matter whether 25 or 75 that's what you should ask of them so
01:46 that's the way I would deal with it Adam that's good question thank you
01:49 absolutely I'm here thank you buddy
01:55 let's go the gentleman in the back there yep you right there thanks for coming