The former governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, is officially running for president in 2024, according to paperwork filed with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday.
A formal campaign launch in New Hampshire is scheduled for Tuesday evening.
Christie, once a close ally of Donald Trump, turned into critic of the former president near the end of his term in the White House, particularly following the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Christie now aims to send voters a message that he is the only Republican challenger capable of handling Trump’s attacks on the campaign trail and fighting back.
“You’re not going to beat someone by closing your eyes, clicking your heels together three times,” Christie recently told voters in New Hampshire. “In American politics, if you want to beat somebody, you’ve got to go get them.”
In 2020, after getting diagnosed with COVID-19 following a well-publicized “super-spreader” event at the Trump White House, Christie checked himself into Morristown Medical Center.
Since he was at higher risk for coronavirus complications due to underlying health issues, including asthma, the hospital stay was meant as a precaution, though as Christie wrote in his 2021 book, Republican Rescue, it all felt “very serious.”
In his book, Christie also wrote about that week spent in a hospital bed. This week included, then-first lady Melania Trump checking in on him every day, while President Trump offered just one phone call to see if he would be publicly blamed for Christie’s sickness.
In a 2021 interview Christie opened up about his time with Trump in the White House and his frustration with Trump’s focus on election conspiracy theories (which most of us know there was definitely shadiness going on behind the scenes with the election votes).
“Someone needed to stand up and say, ‘Look, we need to get real and we need to start getting the job done because if we don’t, we won’t have a role in this country moving forward,'” Christie said. “I don’t think people want to hear that any longer. I think people want a new day. There is a pathway to it. Hopefully the combination of those election results and the book coming out will give people a lot of encouragement that there is a new path for the Republican Party.”
So far, Christie is being looked upon as a long-shot candidate for the Republican nomination in 2024. Critics are noting that he is to a very popular figure within the GOP and stated how Christie quickly dropped out of the 2016 presidential race due to his low performance in the early primaries.
So is Chris Christie really that much of a competitor? Most say are saying, “Probably not.”
Chris Christie is a national embarrassment! He was a terrible governor & he needs to get out of politics asap. What kind of RINO believes that Biden actually won the Presidency in 2020??? Chris Christie didn’t do anything to save our country when Trump’s landslide victory was viciously stolen by those bloodsucking Democrats!
Christie is a loser & he should withdraw his candidacy immediately. Only Trump can save our country now! Christie should be rallying behind President Trump, not attacking him. Disgraceful!
I’d never vote for Chris Christie. He’s an Obama-lover and a RINO. He should spend less time attacking President Trump & more time reflecting on the poor life choices. Chis Christie is a tool!