(MSNBC) KEENE, New Hampshire – At a country club here in the southern part of this crucial, early voting state, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie broke from some of his potential 2016 Republican presidential rivals, saying he believes in climate change and that humans have something to do with it.
“I think global warming is real. I don’t think that’s deniable. And I do think human activity contributes to it,” said Christie, who plans on making a decision on whether or not to seek the nation’s highest office sometime in May or June. He added, however, that there needs to be more discussion about the degree to which humans play a role.
Christie, who is struggling in the polls – especially after federal prosecutors recently brought charges against three of his former allies over the scandal known as “Bridgegate” – made the remarks at the Cheshire County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner in front of a crowd of about 200 GOPers, activists and lawmakers. He was responding to a question from Carl Panza, a 73-year-old, retired marketing director.
