Chris Christie: Donald Trump nom ‘unhealthy’ for the GOP, would assure Biden 2024 win
Ex-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie warned that nominating Donald Trump as president can be “unhealthy for the Republican Occasion” and assure President Joe Biden’s re-election.
“I’m very involved that what we’re heading in direction of is a Trump-Biden rematch,” Christie mentioned while appearing Sunday on WABC 770 AM’s “Cats Roundtable” with John Catsimatidis.
“A Trump-Biden rematch is unhealthy for the Republican Occasion.”
Christie mentioned Trump has been an albatross for the GOP since successful the White Home in 2016.
“Donald Trump has executed nothing however lose since he gained the election in 2016. “We misplaced the Home in 2018. The Senate and the White Home in 2020. We under-performed in 2022 and misplaced extra governorships and one other Senate seat,” Christie mentioned.
“Donald Trump can not win.”
Christie, who unsuccessfully ran for president himself in 2016 as Trump steamrolled to the nomination, is weighing whether to make one other bid for the White Home.
“He’s on an arrogance train to attempt to make himself really feel higher. That’s not going to make the nation any higher,” Christie mentioned of Trump.
“That’s why I’m contemplating it as a result of I’m involved that the folks which might be within the race up to now are unwilling to take him on immediately. The one solution to beat the entrance runner is to take the entrance runner on immediately,” he added.
Christie previously rapped Trump for suggesting he would possibly skip the first debates as a result of he’s the front-runner.
However Christie additionally slammed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has emerged as probably Trump’s hardest Republican challenger for the GOP nomination, for his attack on the Walt Disney Co. DeSantis, a Republican, is anticipated to announce a run for the White Home.
“His combat towards Disney was unwell suggested, poorly executed, and never conservative. I all the time believed that conservatives thought that it was incorrect to make use of the facility and the levers of presidency to attempt to change the best way folks assume, and to punish folks for taking a place on a public situation,” Christie mentioned.
“But that’s precisely what Gov. DeSantis did with Disney. It’s incorrect. After which he bought outmaneuvered by [Disney CEO] Bob Iger on prime of it … As an alternative of bowing out gracefully from that and saying he made a mistake, [DeSantis] is now doubling down
“I’m very involved he doesn’t have the temperament and the judgment to be President of the US,” he added.
The previous New Jersey governor supported Trump in each 2016 and 2020, and helped him with debate preparation, however mentioned he would not again the defeated candidate over his failure to simply accept his common election defeat.