From Bradford Richardson writing at The Hill:

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) says he is the GOP presidential candidate best equipped to lead America into the impending war against radical Islam, dismissing Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for his efforts to curb U.S. intelligence-gathering capabilities.

“You can’t, in these dangerous times, take tools away from the government, and he’s made the country weaker,” Christie said in an interview with the Associated Press on Friday.

Cruz was instrumental in the passage of the USA Freedom Act, which banned bulk metadata collection by the National Security Agency.

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