Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told ThisWeekABC that he believes Donald Trump will—despite suggesting otherwise —end up attending the first GOP primary debate, in Milwaukee next month.
Christie, a former ABC News contributor, told ABC "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos he thinks Trump's "ego" will "not permit him to have a big TV show that he's not on," as Stephanopoulos said Christie may be trying to "bait" Trump into changing his mind and attending the Aug. 23 debate.
"If you want to be the nominee, you need to defend your record," he said, criticizing Trump's handling in the White House of the Affordable Care Act, the growing national debt and bolstering the southern border wall. Trump has also dismissed Christie as a "failed governor" and told Baier that Christie has "got nothing going."
Former Governor Chris Christie, a candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination for President of the US, makes remarks at the 2023 Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., June 23, 2023."You have to make the case against Donald Trump and convince Republican primary voters two things: One, that he is not electable, and he will not beat Joe Biden, and probably, Joe Biden would bring a Democratic House and Senate with him," Christie said.
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