Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Tuesday he’s running for the Republican presidential nomination, targeting frontrunner and former President Donald Trump as a “lonely, self-consuming, self-serving mirror hog” who falsely believes he owns the Republican base.
Mr. Christie, 60, kicked off his candidacy at a town hall event in New Hampshire, which is expected to hold the GOP’s first-in-the-nation primary early next year and will be most amenable to his moderate GOP politics. Mr. Christie touted his two terms as governor of deep blue New Jersey, where he said he navigated the divided government by learning to negotiate and compromise.
Even though Mr. Christie endorsed Mr. Trump and backed him at times throughout his presidency, he said he knew that Mr. Trump was telling voters “baloney” in 2016 and that his term fell short by not building the wall on the southern border that he had promised Mexico would pay for. Polling shows him with 1% of support in the Granite state, compared to 41% for Mr. Trump and 23% for Mr. DeSantis, who is considered Mr. Trump’s biggest threat in the race for the Republican nomination.
Although Mr. Christie has already delivered attacks against Mr. Trump this year, Mr. Trump’s poll numbers have remained strong.
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