New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), a top Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE adviser, on Sunday defended the Republican presidential nominee's suggestion that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJoe Biden looks to expand election battleground into Trump country Biden leads Trump by 12 points among Catholic voters: poll The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden goes on offense MORE's bodyguards should drop their weapons and "see what happens to her."

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"He was trying to make a point about Hillary Clinton wanting to have one set of rules for herself and another set for the American people," Christie said on "Fox News Sunday."

During a rally in Miami on Friday, Trump railed against Clinton's gun control policies.

“I think that her bodyguards should drop all weapons,” he said. “They should disarm. Right? I think they should disarm immediately.

“Take their guns away. She doesn’t want guns. … Let’s see what happens to her. Take their guns away, OK? It’d be very dangerous.”

Clinton's running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine Timothy (Tim) Michael KaineTrump meets with potential Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett at White House Names to watch as Trump picks Ginsburg replacement on Supreme Court Barrett seen as a front-runner for Trump Supreme Court pick MORE (D-Va.), called the comments an incitement to violence on Sunday.

"When you look at a series of these comments that he's making, I do believe it's an incitement, or, at a minimum, a level of indifference to violence that could occur," Kaine said on "Fox News Sunday."

But Christie called Kaine's assertion "desperate" and "beneath him."

"He should be ashamed of himself," Christie said.

"When a race gets tight, even a guy like Tim Kaine gets desperate. ... It shows how desperate and scared the Clinton campaign is right now."