Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey governor Chris Christie arrives to speak at the “Road to the Majority of Faith and Freedom” conference at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., June 23, 2023 bottom.
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Former New Jersey governor and Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie launched the latest blitzkrieg against Donald Trump on Fox News Sunday.
He said the former president lied about how many people attended the rally and failed to keep policy promises.
“People in the Republican Party, and broader populations across America, are political candidates who are like snake oil salesmen who don’t tell the truth to themselves and say whatever they want to hear right now. I’m sick of it,” Christie told Fox News.
Mr Christie thought the estimated size of the crowd at Mr Trump’s rally was “absurd”.
“Tens of thousands of people don’t show up anymore. This is another big lie,” he added. “All you have to do is look at the pictures.”
Christie is one of Trump’s most vocal critics, even as the former president, now embroiled in multiple criminal investigations, holds a large approval rating among the Republican Party’s tight pool of candidates. It’s becoming
Mr. Trump and Mr. Christie are also divided on social security reform.
President Trump has refused to cut the program at all. In an interview on Sunday, Christie took a firmer stance on Social Security’s means test. This would exclude high-income earners from receiving these benefits. He also supported his own proposal to raise his retirement age.
“Do the ultra-rich need to collect Social Security? Do we really need to have Warren Buffett, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk collect Social Security?” he said.
Christie, a former U.S. attorney, also called the five-year investigation into Hunter Biden’s tax crimes “either lies or incompetence.”
He said against President Joe Biden’s son, “It can’t take five years to file two misdemeanor tax filings and then dismiss firearms charges.”
Christie launched her long-term goal candidacy on June 6, trailing Trump’s numbers by about 2.5%, according to poll tallies, even though she has gained some momentum compared to other candidates. lagging behind. Real Clear Politics. The former governor has also promoted large donors in support of his campaign.
To secure a spot in the Republican primary debate starting in August, a Republican candidate must raise 40,000 donations and take three national polls, or two national polls and one state poll. You must get at least 1% of the vote in the poll.
