Chris Christie stood by his attack on first lady Jill Biden the morning after the second GOP debate, saying that his remarks were “the truth.”

On Wednesday night, the former New Jersey governor slammed President Joe Biden for “sleeping with a member of the teachers union” — referring to the first lady, who has a doctoral degree in education and has been a teacher for over 30 years — and said because of their marriage, the union has “an advocate inside the White House every day for the worst of their teachers, not for their students to be the best they can be.”

In an interview with CNN Thursday morning, host Poppy Harlow noted how women widely viewed his comments as offensive. When asked if he stood by the remarks, Christie doubled down.