COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – New Jersey Governor and Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie believes first lady Michelle Obama “has no business being involved” in what kids eat at school.

His comments came in response to a question posed by Omaha fifth-grader Jacob Royal: “What are you going to do about the lunches?”

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“They were fine when Mrs. Bush was the first lady, but now that Mrs. Obama is the first lady, they have gone down,” Royal told Christie at a town hall meeting Monday, according to The Des Moines Register.

“I don’t care what you’re eating for lunch every day. I really don’t,” Christie told Royal, who sported a navy pinstripe suit and a Republican lapel pin. “If I’m president, back to whatever you want to eat.”

It was an inspiring response to Royal and other students across the country who no longer eat lunch at school since the first lady ushered in restrictions on calories, fat, sugar, sodium and other nutritional elements in school food in 2012.

Since that time, more than 1.4 million students – and hundreds of entire schools – have dropped out of the National School Lunch Program. In many cases, school officials realized the only way to save their fledging school food programs was to forfeit federal subsidies and ditch the National School Lunch Program and serve students food they’ll actually buy and eat.

And beyond the financial problems, the Michelle Obama-inspired regulations have also increased annual school food waste by more than $1 billion by mandating that all students take a fruit or vegetable, whether they want it or not.

Royal said he misses pizza, crispitos, and tacos, and doesn’t care for “the gluten-free stuff” that replaced it, so he now packs his own lunch, the Register reports.

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“The first lady has no business being involved in this,” Christie said. “I think that this intervention into our school system is just another example of how the Obamas believe that they’ve got a better answer for everything than you do.”

Several folks commented about the exchange on the Register’s Facebook page, when several commenters actually attacking the student who pointed out his terrible government lunches.

“If he wants what the school doesn’t provide, too bad, bring your own or buy it and bring it in, don’t expect the rest of us to feed your face!” RD Wolff posted to Facebook. “Schools should never be in the restaurant business in the first place.”

“There’s no way this kid fondly remembers pre-Michelle Obama school lunches. He’s what, 12 years old?” Kody Goodson wrote. “This kid is clearly just regurgitating some crap that his parents probably said and they’re hoping that he becomes some sort of Republican child icon. Ridiculous.”

Some folks also took the opportunity to poke fun at the Republican presidential candidate’s weight.

“Well, Christie is certainly the right candidate to bring this up to,” Jackson Harris posted.

“Maybe we shouldn’t listen to Chris Christie’s dietary advice,” Wade Johanns added. “Just saying.”

Others seconded Royal’s comments.

“Don’t we all, kid,” Dave Stattler wrote.

“I want my crispitos back!” Lori Mcwilliams posted.

“Crispitos were my favorite lunch option,” Amelia Mohr said. “Totally and completely unhealthy, but damn delicious.”