At a New Hampshire campaign event, Chris Christie said that in a debate with Hillary Clinton, he would "beat her rear end on that stage."
The beating, Christie told listeners, would provide the Democratic front-runner with relief.
“You know what?
After I do she’ll be relieved because she’ll just be worried I was going to serve her with a subpoena," Christie said, according to ABC News.
The crowd at the event chuckled lightly.
It will be a relief just to lose the debate,” Christie continued.
Christie is not the first Republican candidate to publicly imagine a beating of Clinton.
Ted Cruz, winner of Monday’s Iowa GOP caucuses, said voters should give Clinton “a spanking” as he does to his 5-year-old daughter.