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Bobby Jindal took shots at Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee during Tuesday’s “undercard” debate among Republican presidential candidates, criticizing their respective records as governor. “You don’t grow the economy by putting more people on food stamps, more people on Medicaid,” Jindal said of Christie’s record in New Jersey. “I complimented Bobby,” Christie said, shrugging off the attack. “Imagine how much time he’d want if I actually criticized him.” Jindal also beefed extensively with Huckabee on the former Arkansas governor’s record of state spending deficits. “During your time as governor, spending in Arkansas went up 65 percent, the number of state workers went up 20 percent. Taxes for the average citizen went up 47 percent... Wanting to cut is one thing, actually cutting is a different thing,” Jindal said. Following the debate, Jindal kept swinging at Christie, reportedly saying: “He can’t defend his record.”