Remember when Chris Christie helped Trump with debate prep and got COVID from it and wound up in the hospital? Well, no good deed goes unpunished:
Former President Trump hammered former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Monday after Christie called on Republicans to move past Trump’s baseless claim that the 2020 election had been stolen from him.
Christie, a former Trump ally, made the remarks at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s conference in Las Vegas, during which he urged the GOP to present “plan for tomorrow, not a grievance about yesterday.”
“Winning campaigns are always the campaigns that look forward, not backwards,” he said, warning that Republicans would pay a political price if they continue to dwell on the 2020 presidential election.
Christie’s comments drew the ire of Trump, who more than a year after losing his reelection bid has continued to claim that widespread voter fraud and malfeasance cost him a second term in the Oval Office.
“Chris Christie, who just made a speech at the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) in Las Vegas, was just absolutely massacred by his statements that Republicans have to move on from the past, meaning the 2020 Election Fraud,” Trump said in a statement.
“Everybody remembers that Chris left New Jersey with a less than 9% approval rating – a record low, and they didn’t want to hear this from him!”
I suspect that Christie thinks he is the guy who has the requisite asshole qualities to succeed Trump with the MAGA cult. But I think he misunderstands Trump’s unique appeal. It’s not just hat he’s an obnoxious jerk. It’s that he’s rich and famous, married to a model, has a glamorous (in their eyes) family and hates the Republicans as much as he hates the Democrats. Christie has no glitz and that’s a huge part of what they love about Trump.
Once Trump is off the scene, whenever that is, I’d expect the entire in-your-face jackass contingent to make a play but so far I don’t see anyone with Trump’s special sauce. So it may end up being someone completely different