Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) said he endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump because “given the other options on the stage,” Trump was the “strongest” and best suited to “beat Hillary Clinton.” Partial transcript as follows: STEPHANOPOULOS: Let’s talk about the policy in this campaign right now. During your campaign, you ran as a straight-talking truth-teller, specific answers to America’s challenges. And here’s what you tried — you told voters to question Mr. Trump. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) CHRISTIE: I tell everybody who goes to a Donald Trump event, if he gets asked a question, just ask him how. First, he says he’s going to build a wall across the entire border between the United States and Mexico. How? How is he going to make the Mexicans pay for the wall? How? They are a sovereign nation. (END VIDEO CLIP) STEPHANOPOULOS: You’re backing him now.What’s the answer? CHRISTIE: The answer is he will do it — STEPHANOPOULOS: How? CHRISTIE: — the fact — the fact is that he’s going to have to answer that question. And he will. You know, George, this is a February — this is February of a campaign. And let’s say this. You