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Christie slams Rand Paul on spy bill: ‘Misguided’ ideologue with no ‘real world experience’

By Barbara Boland
Published May 24, 2015 12:42pm ET
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Christie slams Rand Paul on spy bill: ‘Misguided’ ideologue with no ‘real world experience’
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wrote: "The Senate's failure to extend the Patriot Act is a failure of the US gov't to perform its most important function - protecting its citizens." (AP Photo) | David Goldman

Presidential hopeful Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., may have mortally wounded the Patriot Act 1:30 a.m. Saturday — but another possible Republican contender, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, is looking to wound Paul by slamming his opposition to the bill.

In a series of tweets, Christie wrote:

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