Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a slash-and-burn Republican candidate for president, made an absolute mess Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation of arguments against the prevalence of “social issues” in current conservative discourse.

Never one to pass up a chance to smear a Republican rival, Christie took patently unfair shots at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on one “social” issue while completely misstating the facts on another. Christie should be ashamed, except that he has never been one to show appropriate shame for much of anything.