Chris Christie just secured the vote of 11-year-olds

by Joan McCarter

Daily Kos Staff

Monday, Jan. 18, 2016 Monday, Jan. 18, 2016 at 1:05:41pm PST

DES MOINES, IA - AUGUST 22: Republican presidential candidate New Jersey Governor Chris Christie samples fried peanut butter and jelly during a visit to the Iowa State Fair on August 22, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa. Presidential candidates have a long tradi

If Chris Christie gets to be president, all schoolchildren can hope to grow up to be just like him, and when I say "just like him," that's literal.

In a move sure to appeal to 11-year-old voters across the country, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie promised to do away with First Lady Michelle Obama's healthy school lunch initiative to a boy who bemoaned that the pizza and crispitos once served at his school cafeteria have gone away under the Obama administration.
If he is elected president, Christie told 11-year-old Jacob Royal on Monday while campaigning here in Iowa, he can go back to eating "whatever you want to eat" at school.

"The first lady has no business being involved in this," Christie told Royal during a town hall at a Village Inn, a restaurant chain that Christie said is a favorite of his to frequent when he comes to Iowa.

Sure, that makes perfect sense. Give 11-year-olds the final say on what they eat. Just hazarding a guess here, but it’s safe to assume Christie hasn't been particularly hands-on in the child-raising part of his marriage.