Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said that he expected to get booed for attacking Donald Trump at a conservative conference, but that his message was more important.
While noting that his comments to the Faith
& Freedom Coalition also got "some good reaction," Christie told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl: "Of course I expected the boos. That is predominantly a Trump crowd. But they need to hear the truth, too, that, you know, character is the single most important element of a president of the United States."
"You can't know every issue that's going to come across the president's desk. It's not a litmus test with check boxes in them. What you need to know is, what is the character of that person?" he said. Christie, a former ABC News contributor and Trump ally who ran for the White House in 2016, also warned that Republicans "do not need our party to go to a fourth loss" at the hands of Trump, if he is the party's nominee again."That's the stakes here. It's not about whether you think Donald Trump had been treated fairly or not by the media or by elements of the Justice Department," Christie said.
Trump, for his part, repeatedly dismisses Christie's attacks, calling him a "failed governor" and presidential candidate.
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