Chris Christie on Chuck Todd: ‘The most pretentious know-it-all on network news’

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Thursday called NBC and MSNBC host Chuck Todd “the most pretentious know-it-all on network news” and “a complete ass.”

Christie, who serves as an ABC contributor, shared his perspective on Todd during an appearance on a rare live edition of CBS’s “Late Show” with host Stephen Colbert.

The program aired live just after Thursday night’s Democratic debate from Miami. 

{mosads}”Please God, can we say goodbye to Chuck Todd?” Christie asked. 

“Wow,” Colbert replied. 

“I mean, the most, the most pretentious know-it-all on network news,” Christie continued. “The guy is just a complete ass.”  

Christie also noted that post-debate spin room analysis that usually chalks up winners and losers on debate nights was almost just as important as performances during the debate itself. 

“So for instance, like tonight? Say goodbye, right, to Joe Concha Marianne Williamson. Say goodbye to [entrepreneur] Andrew Yang. Goodbye Andrew.”

“Say goodbye to [Rep.] Eric Swalwell,” he said of the California congressman. “I mean, ‘we’re going to break up with Russia and we’re going to make up with NATO?’ His mother is embarrassed by his performance tonight.”

Christie did reserve some praise for Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who almost all pundits agreed emerged as a winner on Thursday night after confronting front-runner former Vice President Joe Biden on his past work with segregationist senators. 

“You know, first debates are about proving who belongs and who doesn’t. Especially in a field that big. It was the same way at our debates,” Christie noted before later adding, “Harris tonight proved what I’ve known all along, prosecutors know how to do that.”  

According to Twitter data provided to The Hill, the Harris-Biden exchange would emerge as the most tweeted #DemDebate moment of Thursday night.