--- title: Republican Convention: Chris Christie Speech Transcript description: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie tore into Hillary Clinton in his speech at the Republican National Convention. Read the full transcript here canonical: https://time.com/4419974/chris-christie-republican-convention-speech/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-22T20:51:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:29:16.239Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Chris Christie's Convention Speech Attacking Hillary Clinton og:description: He called on the audience to "hold her accountable for her dismal record" og:url: https://time.com/4419974/chris-christie-republican-convention-speech/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92b12c2b5cd4ddcb/69889ef7f887dc50a0e96c2a/chris-christie-convention-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Republican National Convention: Day Two og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Chris Christie's Convention Speech Attacking Hillary Clinton twitter:description: He called on the audience to "hold her accountable for her dismal record" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92b12c2b5cd4ddcb/69889ef7f887dc50a0e96c2a/chris-christie-convention-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Chris Christie's Convention Speech Attacking Hillary Clinton  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jul 22, 2016 8:51 PM UTC  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie delivers a speech on the second day of the Republican National Convention on July 19, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie delivers a speech on the second day of the Republican National Convention on July 19, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.Alex Wong/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jul 22, 2016 8:51 PM UTC New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie [tore into Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4414136/republican-convention-chris-christie-donald-trump/) in his [speech](http://time.com/4413109/republican-convention-chris-christie-speech/?iid=sr-link3) at the [Republican National Convention](http://time.com/4416922/republican-convention-television-tone/?iid=sr-link4) on Tuesday, criticizing her work as secretary of state and calling on the audience, “a jury of her peers,” to “hold Hillary Rodham Clinton accountable for her performance and her character.”‘ “We can not reward incompetence and deceit,” he said. “We need to demand more than what Hillary Clinton offers for America.” Here’s what he said in his speech at Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4419974/chris-christie-republican-convention-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4419974/chris-christie-republican-convention-speech/"},"headline":"Read Chris Christie's Convention Speech Attacking Hillary Clinton","datePublished":"2016-07-22T20:51:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:29:16.239Z","description":"He called on the audience to \"hold her accountable for her dismal record\"","url":"https://time.com/4419974/chris-christie-republican-convention-speech/","keywords":["Republican National Convention","Chris Christie","New Jersey","transcripts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92b12c2b5cd4ddcb/69889ef7f887dc50a0e96c2a/chris-christie-convention-speech.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/blt92b12c2b5cd4ddcb/69889ef7f887dc50a0e96c2a/chris-christie-convention-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican National Convention: Day Two","caption":"Republican National Convention: Day Two","creditText":"Alex Wong/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/republican-national-convention/","name":"Republican National Convention"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4419974/chris-christie-republican-convention-speech/","name":"Read Chris Christie's Convention Speech Attacking Hillary Clinton"}}]}] ```