Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Friday that former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenPelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Hillicon Valley: Subpoenas for Facebook, Google and Twitter on the cards | Wray rebuffs mail-in voting conspiracies | Reps. raise mass surveillance concerns Fox News poll: Biden ahead of Trump in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Ohio MORE is “still the most electable Democrat” in the race, despite widely being seen as having stumbled during the primary debate on Thursday.

“I’ve said all along that Biden is still the most electable Democrat,” Christie said Friday on “The View.”

ADVERTISEMENT

He added: “We all know 77,000 votes in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, and most of those votes were white, working-class men and women. That’s what [President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE] won by, and … the question is going to be who is going to be able to appeal to those folks?”

“Biden is still the most electable Democrat.”



As long as presidential candidate Joe Biden doesn’t have a repeat of night two’s #DemDebate, @GovChristie explains why he says “he can recover” for 2020. https://t.co/1091s9Fn2d pic.twitter.com/DyUQu4pW4a — The View (@TheView) June 28, 2019

“I’ve known Joe Biden for a long time,” Christie said. “And I think he’s a really good person and a good human being. But listen, what he learned last night was, ‘Game on, man. Game on,’ and he wasn’t ready.”

Biden was widely seen as having faltered during Thursday night’s debate, as he came under attack by the nine other Democrats sharing the stage with him at the debate in Miami.

Christie said Friday that Biden “can recover from last night,” adding that “the next debate’s going to be very important for him.”

“It’s really the next one that’s more important for Joe Biden, and there’s going to be a lot of pressure on him then.”

The next Democratic debates are set to take place in late July.