VIDEO: Christie Comes To Bethesda To Stump For Hogan

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told a Bethesda audience on Wednesday that Democrat Anthony Brown would mean essentially a third term of term-limited Gov. Martin O’Malley.

Christie, the chairman of the Republican Governors Association, stumped for Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Hogan at a luncheon fundraiser at Redwood on Bethesda Lane. The Hogan campaign posted video of the closed-to-the-press event on YouTube later in the week.

“There’s no reason why you want a third O’Malley term and that’s exactly what the lieutenant governor would be,” Christie said. “He’d be a third O’Malley term. You don’t want that. You don’t need that and everything that he’s said that he’s been responsible for in this state has been a disaster as far as I can tell.”

The Hogan campaign said the event brought in more than $400,000 from 62 attendees. Hogan’s campaign said Christie’s appearance on behalf of Hogan is also significant in that it shows Republicans on a national stage have taken interest in the Maryland gubernatorial race.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks to an audience of Larry Hogan supporters on Wednesday at Redwood in BethesdaHogan told attendees his campaign’s polling has him dead even with Brown. Election day is Nov. 4.

“Let me be really clear abut why I am here: I am here because there are dozens of pundits and supposedly smart people in this state who are going to tell you over the next 48 days that Larry can’t win,” Christie said. “And I am here to tell you that if that were true then we wouldn’t have a two term Republican governor in New Jersey, and we can have one here in Maryland too.”

The Democratic Governors Association has invested a reported $750,000 in support of Brown, including for ads attacking Hogan that the Anne Arundel County businessman has decried as false and misleading.

Christie was in town for about 20 minutes before hitting the road.

Video, photo via Larry Hogan Campaign

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