Allies of former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey have formed a super PAC to support him in the nascent GOP primary, as he prepares for a likely campaign kickoff in the next two weeks, sources say. Christie comes closer to likely 2024 campaign launch:
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People who have been close to Christie for years are leading the outside group, Tell It Like It Is, which is laying the groundwork for an imminent announcement, one of the people briefed on the matter said. Brian Jones, an aide who advised Sen. John McCain’s presidential bid in 2008 and Mitt Romney’s in 2012, will run the effort.William P. Palatucci, a longtime adviser to Christie and a Republican National Committee member, will be the chair.
Christie has said recently that he would run if he believed he could win, but he had indicated that there were organizational issues he needed to figure out. The existence of the super PAC and the pending announcement suggest those issues have been resolved.A Christie candidacy is seen as a long shot in a Republican Party that has been remade in Trump’s image eight years after Christie first ran for president.
Since then, Christie has become a full-throated critic of Trump, talking as a former federal prosecutor about the former president’s legal travails and describing him as a loser who can no longer command the crowds he once did. Christie’s candidacy is being watched by donors who either like what he’s saying or see him as the best opportunity to damage Trump, particularly from a debate stage.
He will be coming into the 2024 race as the person with the most coherent case against Trump while arguing that the fight needs to be taken directly to the former president.
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