--- title: Republican Debate: Christie Criticizes Obama's Policies description: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said his party would kick President Obama out of the White House next year. canonical: https://time.com/4182070/republican-debate-christie-rear-end/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-15T05:34:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T14:09:43.149Z article:section: Politics og:title: Chris Christie's One-Liner on Obama Won Twitter og:description: "We are going to kick your rear end out of the White House." og:url: https://time.com/4182070/republican-debate-christie-rear-end/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc93ed57d2c03f43e/698879515f570f4c7fb1f361/republican-presidential-debate-gop-photos-009.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Republican presidential candidate New Jersey Governor Chris Christie participates in the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate at the North Charleston Coliseum and Performing Arts Center on January 14, 2016 in North Charleston, South Caroli og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chris Christie's One-Liner on Obama Won Twitter twitter:description: "We are going to kick your rear end out of the White House." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc93ed57d2c03f43e/698879515f570f4c7fb1f361/republican-presidential-debate-gop-photos-009.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Christie's One-Liner on Obama Won Twitter During the Republican Debate  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 15, 2016 5:34 AM UTC  Republican presidential candidate New Jersey Governor Chris Christie participates in the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate at the North Charleston Coliseum and Performing Arts Center on January 14, 2016 in North Charleston, South Carolina. Republican presidential candidate New Jersey Governor Chris Christie participates in the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate at the North Charleston Coliseum and Performing Arts Center on January 14, 2016 in North Charleston, South Carolina.Scott Olson—Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jan 15, 2016 5:34 AM UTC New Jersey Gov. [Chris Christie](http://time.com/4165593/chris-christie-iowa-governor/) delivered one of the most popular one-liners during the [Republican debate Thursday night ](http://time.com/4179941/republican-debate-charleston-fox/?xid=homepage)when he happily said his party would replace President Obama next year. “The American people have rejected your agenda, and now you’re trying to go around it. That’s not right. It’s not constitutional. And we are going to kick your rear end out of the White House come this fall,” Christie said, to loud applause. Christie’s swift dismissal of Obama came in response to a question that compared the gun measures he supported in New Jersey to the [President’s current proposals](http://time.com/4167749/obama-gun-control-remarks/). “This guy is a petulant child. That’s what he is,” Christie said. “… Mr. President, we’re not against you. We’re against your policies.” The moment was the most tweeted moment of the debate, according to data from Twitter. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4182070/republican-debate-christie-rear-end/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4182070/republican-debate-christie-rear-end/"},"headline":"Christie's One-Liner on Obama Won Twitter During the Republican Debate","datePublished":"2016-01-15T05:34:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:09:43.149Z","description":"'We are going to kick your rear end out of the White House come this fall.'","url":"https://time.com/4182070/republican-debate-christie-rear-end/","keywords":["Chris Christie","Barack Obama","twitter","Debates"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc93ed57d2c03f43e/698879515f570f4c7fb1f361/republican-presidential-debate-gop-photos-009.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc93ed57d2c03f43e/698879515f570f4c7fb1f361/republican-presidential-debate-gop-photos-009.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican presidential candidate New Jersey Governor Chris Christie participates in the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate at the North Charleston Coliseum and Performing Arts Center on January 14, 2016 in North Charleston, South Caroli","caption":"Republican presidential candidate New Jersey Governor Chris Christie participates in the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate at the North Charleston Coliseum and Performing Arts Center on January 14, 2016 in North Charleston, South Caroli","creditText":"Scott Olson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/chris-christie/","name":"Chris Christie"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4182070/republican-debate-christie-rear-end/","name":"Christie's One-Liner on Obama Won Twitter During the Republican Debate"}}]}] ```