“Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey said this week that he is tired of hearing about the minimum wage. He explained his view on the nation’s lowest wages to a mostly friendly business group in Washington. Even that crowd had the decency not to applaud.

Here’s the stunning video of a likely presidential candidate whose nomination would help make his fellow Republicans look heartless and uncaring:

“I’m tired of hearing about the minimum wage. I really am. I don’t think there’s a mother or father sitting around the kitchen table tonight in America saying, ‘You know, honey, if our son or daughter could just make a higher minimum wage, my God all of our dreams would be realized.’ Is that what parents aspire to?””* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more here from Eleanor Randolph / NY Times:
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/23/pity-chris-christie-he-is-so-tired/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0