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Anti-Obesity Activist MeMe Roth breaks down whether the New Jersey Governor’s weight would hurt his chances as a Vice Presidential candidate.
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Find out to a very controversial subject governor Chris Christie and his weight most Bonnie view is say it is not an issue they say.
Leadership is based on his policies and his ideals not on how much you ways.
Anti obesity activist Mimi Roth is here maybe.
I know you're gonna say that this is an issue and that it should be an issue but before we go any further.
I have to say that the principal full of discrimination in America today.
Is hostility and prejudice against people who -- overweight about how old is enormous -- analysis -- Are right that it causes hurt but you've got a publicly yet.
How can -- be discrimination does not inmates.
Without the abuse of food there is -- obesity and not a very very few of us would be -- well I think this decision that you we live and not a great.
Well in general his generous sexual orientation that is why -- -- a minute there are plenty of studies to show that -- is faced with a thin person and a Google -- -- and always choose the -- -- I -- not -- trying to look.
I'm surprised Fox Business wouldn't go for the business side which is accustomed thousands of dollars more for an obese and -- they want the event I've got to take something they want a higher that's a lot of again cloudy they -- not I would -- I'm just taking up on the -- discrimination against I don't think it is limitation in Lafayette LA you're allowed to have a lifestyle choice but you're not entitled to -- jobs -- employer doesn't wanna hire hire you because that -- -- Christie's weight is an issue.
Why it's a big issue because.
He has.
Unfit to serve because at any given moment because of his condition he could drop dead.
That's what morbid obesity and it is not quite so it's not a looks it's not a an appearance.
Can't tell you about health took issue you -- I really I think we don't pilots know I know there's studies how you know you're Bob assignment of for how tall you are things like that -- studies to show who is of doing that.
Possible we're talking -- We're talking shopping in the fact that the second in line to the presidency if he worded run for as vice for the good dropped dead at any given moment that is what morbid obesity means if you had -- diagnosis of cancer we would take that seriously.
It is not any different than that and -- -- and you know look the Barney viewers may be the best in the country but they're wrong to not take this -- this I.
I'd I'd just raised the issue -- great reluctance I do not want to judge any politician any potential lead on the basis of how he or she looks.
-- lifestyle choice you're not yeah don't like brown hair and I -- -- used to sell out of these search you don't have to be you don't have to tiptoe around so much any reason everyone voted for John Kennedy and it wasn't could be a Smart.
You know come Marco Rubio up against Chris Christie and there's a lot of people who aren't gonna know.
Anything about either candidate other than.
One might feel a little better looking -- the other and that's how the decisions we'll get -- Romney is attractive that he hasn't had a easy to exit the building deeper and the probably -- We did all of a -- is is even Jim -- a great robber.
Drop dead actually had -- you you're actually wrong about that that's a sad story will be dead -- It is definitely.
He had a family history of all his the mail his male relatives that god had still then he actually lived about ten years longer than any of them so they feel that his exercise haven't actually -- -- -- rather likely -- little above our high bond Barack.
What plan does and is smoking it absolutely an issue and then if he continued I think you would continue to face a lot of push back about it like if you get into -- -- -- lung cancer he would not be -- Last question and you've got ten seconds I mean it tends -- What would you not specifically vote for a person who is overweight regardless of their policies he was specifically.
-- I don't care button up.
Chris -- hundreds of pounds overweight I would not put him in line he's unfit to serve just like some of the military recruits were too fat to serve no different.
Do you vote out time is up but maybe we thank you very much for joining thanks I mean -- --
