During a CNN town hall, 2024 presidential candidate Chris Christie skewered his Republican opponents for blindly defending Donald Trump
, then continued to list the many opportunities Trump had to return the documents. “He took documents he wasn’t supposed to take. He kept them when he asked [for] them back. They got a grand jury subpoena. He refused to comply. They raided his home finally because he refused to comply.”
Christie went on to criticize his fellow Republican candidates who were avoiding directly taking on Trump“I don’t understand the other candidates who won’t even mention his name,” Christie said, it’s “like he was Voldemort from“How do you beat someone if you won’t talk about them? How do you beat them if you won’t distinguish yourself from them? I think…some of them are afraid. They’re afraid of him,” Christie added.
The former governor explained that he felt other candidates were holding off hope that they could siphon off portions of Trump’s base by being nice to him. “They’re playing political games with you,” Christie told the audience, “because they think ‘If you kind of like Trump a little bit, and I don’t say anything bad about Trump, and then Trump kind of implodes and goes away, then you’re more likely to vote for me.
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