Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was astonished that most of his 2024 GOP rivals would back Former President Donald Trump if convicted.
on Sunday said the “most amazing” part of last week’s Republican primary debate was that most of his 2024 rivals said they would back Donald Trump as the nominee even if the former president is convicted.not to raise their hands“The most amazing part of the debate to me, was the idea that the majority of my competitors believe that you can have a convicted felon as our nominee for president and that they support that and that he could win,” Christie told ABC News’ “This Week.
Since launching his campaign back in June, Christie has fashioned himself as an unabashed Trump attack dog.In lieu of Trump, who skipped the first debate, many speculated that Christie may latch onto Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is the next highest polling contestant. Instead, Christie dogpiled on entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.
Trump is facing 91-counts spanning across four indictments for alleged “hush money” payments, hoarding of classified documents, 2020 election subversion and Georgia election tampering.MIKE DESISTI/POOL/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockHe has denied wrongdoing across the board, pleaded not guilty to the first three cases pending against him, and his poised to be arraigned in the Georgia case next month.
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