• March 29, 2024

[VIDEO] Christie Just Threw His Weight Behind This Candidate, Surprised?

Yep, you knew it was gonna happen. Christie just endorsed Trump. Although, it looks like the establishment Republicans are setting themselves up for a save by possibly laying the groundwork for a Trump/Rubio ticket, at a brokered convention. What do you think? Or is it someone else?

As they point out, it’s a parlor game, and while Trump says Rubio has no chance at the VP slot, you never know what happens in a brokered convention… Maybe it’s Christie, himself… Either way, Establishment keeps a foot in the door.

TheHill.com New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie endorsed Donald Trump for president on Friday in a surprise announcement, telling the country that no one is better prepared to lead the country. 

The stunning news represents the biggest endorsement by far for Trump, the GOP front-runner who has shaken the Republican establishment to his core with his rise. 

“I’ve been on that stage, I’ve gotten to know all the people on that stage. And there is no one better prepared to provide America with the strong leadership that it needs both at home and around the world than Donald Trump,” Christie said at a joint press appearance in Texas alongside Trump. 

Christie’s decision comes amid a flurry of endorsements from lawmakers and other public officials for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who repeatedly ripped into Trump in Thursday night’s debate. 

Christie tangled memorably with Rubio during his own failed presidential campaign, and the New Jersey governor’s distaste of the Florida senator was clear in his remarks. 

He called Trump “the clear standout” on stage Thursday night, and “the person who will do exactly what needs to be done to make America a leader around the world again.” 

Christie lauded Trump as the best candidate to take on Democrat Hillary Clinton for the White House in the fall.

“I can guarantee you that the one person that Hillary and Bill Clinton don’t want to see on that stage come September is Donald Trump,” he said. 

“They know how to run the standard political playbook against junior senators and run them around the block. They do not know the playbook with Donald Trump because he is rewriting the playbook.” 

Christie and Trump responded to an onslaught of attacks from Rubio, who earlier Friday bashed Trump as a “con man” and joked that he wet himself on the debate stage. 

“The fact is that desperate people do desperate things, and I’ve seen it throughout politics and so can you,” Trump said. 

“The idea that Marco Rubio can get inside Donald Trump’s head is an interesting politician, but one that is really for the D.C. parlor game.”

 

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