The Republican presidential debate got off to a fiery start Saturday night when Gov. Chris Christie went after Sen. Marco Rubio, painting him as a Washington politician who memorizes speeches and can't give straight answers.

The exchange started when Christie was asked to comment about Rubio's preparedness to run for president, previously calling the first term senator "the boy in the bubble."

"First, let's remember something. Every morning when a United States senator wakes up, they think about what kind of speech can I give, or what kind of bill can I drop? Every morning, when I wake up, I think about, what kind of problem do I need to solve for the people who actually elected me?" Christie said.He went on to attack Rubio's attendance record in the Senate. In the question before, Rubio had touted his work sanctioning terrorist groups as one of his accomplishments while in office, and Christie used that against him.

"The fact is when you talk about Hezbollah sanctions act that you list as one of your accomplishments, and just did, you weren't even there to vote for it. That's not leadership. That's truancy," Christie said.

As for the vote in question, which was on the Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015, Rubio was not the only senator missing for the vote: they all were. The bill was passed by unanimous consent which does not require senators to be physically on the floor.

Rubio went on attack Christie's initial decision to not immediately return to New Jersey during last month's blizzard.
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