EXCLUSIVE: Inside the scheme to get Chris Christie on the debate stage with Donald Trump.
event last month. Trump, he said, was “like he was Voldemort from Harry Potter. Nobody wanted to mention his name.”
Primary candidates such as Vivek Ramaswamy, Ron DeSantis, Tim Scott, Mike Pence, and Nikki Haley have painted themselves into an uncomfortably small corner while trying to contrast themselves with Trump without alienating his diehard MAGA voters and have been hesitant to exploit Trump’s various scandals and failings.Gov. Ron DeSantis responded
to a question about the insurrection by saying he “wasn’t anywhere near Washington” at the time and that he “has nothing to do with what happened that day,” the former New Jersey governor ripped him for dodging the question. “He wasn’t anywhere near Washington. Did he have a TV? Was he alive that day? Did he see what was going on?” an incredulous Christie told CNN in a recent interview. “That’s one of the most ridiculous answers I’ve heard in this race so far.”
Christie has a track record of torpedoing other candidates on the debate stage. In 2016, he famously bullied Marco Rubio during a debate in New Hampshire, accusing him of having only memorized lines while Rubio attempted to counter with
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