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Oh please please please let Christie be second to Trump. Christie hates Trump so much because Trump almost killed him. Literally. Trump gave him COVID knowing that he was positive and Christie ended up in the hospital on a ventilator. Trump never bothered to visit.
Christie is going to go for the throat and I will be making popcorn.
Chirstie is an asshole but I at least respect the amount of spite he has in his body, all the other candidates act as though they have a realistic shot at beating Trump, but Christie is clearly running just so he has a platform for revenge. Can’t stand the guy but I’m here for that
Nobody does spite like New Jersey. Remember Bridgegate?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lee_lane_closure_scandal
I hadn't heard of this. The article is longer than I care to read. Skimming, seems like this was done to hurt a dem mayor. I didn't look long, but I did fix a spelling error. Anything worth knowing that I missed?
It turned into a big thing in NY/NJ, led to a few resignations, and two underlings were eventually convicted of fraud, but the Supreme Court unanimously overturned their conviction, saying that they might have been petty and vindictive, but that particular fraud statute required some sort of monetary gain, and there was none.
IIRC Christie was being taken seriously as the 2016 nominee when it all came to a head and has expressed publically that it probably cost him the nomination. (I think he assumes too much, though).
I think it’s hilarious that the court was like “yeah it’s fucked up but it’s not technically fraud”
Christie wanted endorsements from Democratic mayor's to help his reelection campaign. Some refused. To teach one of them a lesson, he shut down several entryways to the George Washington Bridge - which is the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge, averaging well over a quarter million vehicles every day - and redirected the traffic through the mayor's town. It caused a massive traffic jam and a lady died.
Wait, is that really the busiest? I would expect that to be in China.
I did double-check with Google before I posted, and that's what all the results said. I tried to check again right now ("busiest bridge in China", "Chinese bridge with most traffic", etc), but those results are all things like China's longest or tallest bridges, with no notes on how much traffic they carry. So I'm going with the GWB, at least until I can find data they says otherwise.
Thanks for the follow-up!
Also Christie is terminally unelectable for high office, so him getting the nom would be great.
Trump Republicans hate him and if he is the party nominee they're unlikely to show up at all
And he has little chance of winning, even if he somehow beats Trump as the nominee, but the fight will be terrific.
Chris Christie vs Joe Biden is somehow probably the best semi realistic scenario we have to hope for now. Not gonna happen but at least that part will be entertaining
I HATE Christie because of his time as governor of NJ, but I absolutely loathe Trump and DeSantis. I don't expect to find any common ground among any of the GOP but I agree that at least Christie would put up the best fight.
...eh.
Christie is still pulling his punches when it comes to Trump.
He just did an interview where the was talking about how Georgia shouldn't have indicted Trump.
Christie knew who Trump was all along, and he helped Trump every step of the way.
The Covid thing is just a good story he can use, but the fact is that he doesn't care that Trump is evil. He never has.
Christie is pretending to be anti-Trump now because he sees an outside chance that it could get him to the presidency, if the entire establishment for one reason or another flips in Trump.
DeSantis is really tanking if Christie is ahead of him.
Desantis has been spending all his time in Iowa out of desperation. Of course that also means neglecting every single other state and allowing this to happen. Dude is a complete bonehead and his staff must be just as dumb.
It would be even funnier if it were an actual footrace....
Fascist DeSantis is wearing a human suit. I am thinking he is one of the lizard aliens from the V series-the one that is terrible at acting human.
I would love to be in the room with DeSantis' donors at the moment their withered souls ripped in two *queue Ralph Wiggum meme.
I was worried his appeal would go up with Trump's legal problems, but thankfully it looks like that isn't the case
Whatever Christie is doing, it's aimed for after the election. I think he's simply raising his profile for either a talking head spot on a network or a leadership role in the party post-Trump. I think he seriously underestimates the degree to which the party has shifted hard right, though.
Whatever ends up happening, it is going to be wildly entertaining seeing Christie trash Trump at the debates. I think he'll ridicule Trump for not even having the guts to be present for the debates, and that may trigger Trump to start participating.
He knows the party has shifted right. He knows it’s not sustainable and trump is old. It will fracture and he’ll look sensible and moderate when picking up the pieces. Trump will be the nominee, but he’ll lose. The party wont do well down ticket. Trump,is less of a draw the more criminal he seems. People are sick of him. The cult will still follow, but less rabidly. Then the part will realise there is nothing there for them. Trump is too old for a shot at anything else. They made their bed and their bed is a dumpster fire.
I sure hope you're right and the country doesn't have to devolve further before we can get back on track to not being a shit hole country.
I would be shocked if Trump showed up to the debates. There is Trump blood in the water and there well be sharks on that stage.
Last I heard they demanded to sign a pledge to support the gop candidate,otherwise you're not allowed to participate.
Guess what trump had to say about that......
In related news, garbage has just surpassed trash as the proper source for a dumpster fire.
Dumpster fires, so hot right now.
Good for Christie. It shows that DeSantis is crumbling.
Native New Jerseyian and lifelong Democrat here.
Part 1: I loathe Chris Christie. He's manipulative, punitive, insufferably entitled, and ran the state like a mob boss.
Part 2: He's competent (Trump), he's not a fascist (DeSantis), and he's not a Christian nationalist (Pence).
Part 3: That won't stop him from making deals with his party base or the Freedom Caucus to get his policies implemented.
Christy kind of scares me because unlike trump and DeSantis who I believe have no chance in the general election Christy I believe could actually beat Biden
Christie is an asshole but in a Jersey way. I don't hate him at least.
Trump's base will stay home if Christie is the nominee.
Politics in America is just another for profit corporation boot licking career.
We have no rights until we take it from their bleeding corpses.
It's fun how after decades on the internet, edgelords still make me chuckle
Sure trump bootlicker.