Pharmaceutical executive Vivek Ramaswamy was slammed by former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie at the Republican Party’s first primary debate on Wednesday night in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for what Christie suggested were lines borrowed directly from Barack Obama.

Christie ripped Ramaswamy’s claim that he will gut the entire “federal administrative state” and create a “revolution” — saying that the claims are reminiscent of a political novice.

Ramaswamy started the debate by saying: “Let me just address the question that is on everybody’s mind at home tonight: Who the heck is this skinny guy with a funny last name, and what the heck is he doing in the middle of this debate stage?”

“I’ve had enough already of a guy who sounds like ChatGPT,” Christie said to roars from the audience. “The last guy who stood on a stage and described himself as a skinny guy with a funny name was Barack Obama … I’m afraid we’re dealing with the same type of amateur.”

Obama famously described himself in 2004 during his national debut as “a skinny kid with a funny name.”

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At the Fox News Debate, Christie slams Vivek both for sounding like ChatGPT AND for plagiarizing Obama pic.twitter.com/ozFvPPTLHD

— John Hasson (@SonofHas) August 24, 2023

He’s young, slick, inexperienced, and devoid of core principles. He’s the Republican Barack…#ObamaSwamy pic.twitter.com/Q36DxWK1w3

— Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) August 24, 2023