A 13-year-old student, introduced as someone who would grow up to be the first woman president, said she supported having Hillary Clinton reach that milestone instead. Watch video
HOLLIS, N.H. -- Mary Martin, 13, was one of the three students selected to begin the questioning og Gov. Chris Christie Monday when he visited the Hollis Pharmacy and General Store, quickly becoming a must-stop for Republican presidential candidates in the first-in-the-nation primary state.
Christie was glad the eighth grader at Hollis Brookline Middle School showed up.
It wasn't because of Mary's question -- what would Christie to do allow seniors in need of health care to stay in their homes. It was because of how she was introduced. Her principal, Bob Thompson, said she would grow up to be the first woman president. "She's excellent at everything she does," Thompson said later.
That was welcome news indeed for Christie, who is likely to face former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the general election if he wins his party's nomination.
"I'm relieved you're going to be the first woman president," Christie told her. "That is good news for America in more ways than one."
What Mary didn't tell Christie was she hoped she wouldn't be No. 1.
Asked who she would vote for if she was old enough, Mary picked Clinton.
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