‘It’s not going to end well’ for Trump: Chris Christie uses his first visit to New Hampshire to protest the former president – and says he will decide whether or not to launch a White House bid for Trump here june
- Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie returned to New Hampshire on Tuesday as he mulls a 2024 presidential bid
- Unlike other potential GOP hopefuls, Christie’s pitch was that he could eventually eliminate Trump, as he did with Sen. Marco Rubio during the debate in 2016.
- He argued that “you have to think about who has the skills to do it and who has the guts to do it because it’s not going to end well”
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie returned to New Hampshire on Tuesday as he mulls a 2024 presidential bid centered on eliminating former President Donald Trump.
Christie, a Republican presidential hopeful in 2016, spoke for nearly two hours at a town hall-style event in Manchester at St. Anselm College’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics.
He recalled how, in 2016, he effectively eliminated Florida Senator Marco Rubio from the presidential campaign by embarrassing him during a debate in Granite State.
“You better have somebody on that stage who can do to him what I did to Marco because that’s the only thing that’s going to defeat Donald Trump,” Christie explained. “So you have to think about who has the skills to do it and who has the guts to do it because it’s not going to end well.”
“Either way, his end will not be a calm and quiet conclusion,” the former Garden State governor added.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie returned to New Hampshire on Tuesday as he mulls a 2024 presidential bid centered on eliminating former President Donald Trump.
Christie, a Republican presidential hopeful in 2016, spoke for nearly two hours at a town hall-style event in Manchester at St. Anselm College’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics.
Christie slapped Trump a bit when the two were rivals during the 2016 campaign, but he ultimately endorsed the now former president, after the New Jersey governor was skimmed by Trump and others in New Jersey’s first primary. Hampshire.
Christie was then hired to lead Trump’s transition, should he win, but once Trump did, the governor was replaced by Vice President Mike Pence.
Still, Christie advised Trump during his four years in office.
But he was also among the throngs of Republicans to break with Trump over his 2020 denial and role in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
Unlike a number of those Republicans, Christie never crawled back.
If he mounts a presidential candidacy, it will be dedicated to being anti-Trump.
A decision will be made within the next 60 to 90 days, he said on Tuesday.
“June is probably the last day you can leave and then you have to come in. But I was also saying there was no compelling reason to get it earlier,” he said.
