Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is mulling another presidential run, says Republicans need a candidate who can takedown Donald Trump, who announced his 2024 presidential run last year.
Christie has since emerged as one of the few prominent Trump critics in his party and has used his position as an ABC political analyst to argue that Trump is far weaker today than he was in the past. On Monday, he accused Trump of leading Republicans down a “sinkhole of anger and retribution.”
“Donald Trump said a couple of weeks ago, ‘I am your retribution.’ Guess what everybody? No thanks. No dice,” Christie said Monday. “He doesn't want to be my retribution. That's baloney. The only person he cares about is him.” Saul Shriber, 67, of Chester, said he voted for Christie in 2016 even though he wasn't happy with the answer he got when he asked Christie, “When are you going to take down Trump?”“I thought, if there's anybody on the stage who could go after Trump, it would be him, the smash-mouth New Jersey guy,” Shriber said.
Reminded of their encounter Monday, Christie said he and the other candidates made a “strategic error" in thinking they'd get a chance to take on Trump one-on-one. Instead, their campaigns folded quickly.“If he chose to talk to me truthfully, I’m all in favor,” he said. “I’m willing to forgive.” New Hampshire was the linchpin of Christie’s 2016 campaign. The then-governor camped out in the state for months, holding dozens of town halls — a format he became famous for in New Jersey, as his colorful commentary and spirited clashes with critics frequently went viral.Copyright AP - Associated Press
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