Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has dropped out of the presidential race with a parting shot at frontrunner Donald Trump.

"I am going to make sure that in no way do I enable Donald Trump to ever be president of the United States again," the Trump ally-turned-critic said.

The Republican had faced pressure to step aside and allow the party to unify around a viable challenger to Mr Trump.

He did not endorse anyone as he bowed out of the race.

 

But on a hot mic moments before he announced he was ending his bid, Mr Christie predicted that Nikki Haley, who is gaining on Mr Trump in some polls, was "going to get smoked, and you and I both know it".

"She's not up to this," he added. He also said another rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, was "petrified".

Mr Christie, 61, said he was suspending his campaign at a town hall event in the US state of New Hampshire on Wednesday afternoon.

He devoted much of his remarks to a plea to Republican voters to reject the former president, who he accused of "putting himself before the people of this country".

"Donald Trump wants you to be angry every day because he is angry," he added.

 

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He’s not my kinda candidate but he does have a backbone and principles my respects sir and I hope you succeed in your next endeavors you sir are on the correct side of history kudos!

https://news.yahoo.com/chris-christie-caught-hot-mic-012242241.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Leaving the race, Christie may hurt Trump.

New Hampshire holds a "semi-open" primary that allows unregistered voters (aka Independent voters) in addition to registered Republicans to vote in the Republican primary.

According to current registrations, Republicans represent about 30% and independent voters about 40%. 

The unregistered voters have the potential to put Halley in first place. 

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5 hours ago, Tug said:

He’s not my kinda candidate but he does have a backbone and principles my respects sir and I hope you succeed in your next endeavors you sir are on the correct side of history kudos!

Anyone familiar with Christie's reign in NJ might have doubts about his possession principles.

30 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

Leaving the race, Christie may hurt Trump.

New Hampshire holds a "semi-open" primary that allows unregistered voters (aka Independent voters) in addition to registered Republicans to vote in the Republican primary.

According to current registrations, Republicans represent about 30% and independent voters about 40%. 

The unregistered voters have the potential to put Halley in first place. 

I was just thinking the same thing. I so would care to hear the responses by the MAGA posters, as far as positioning. Believing that RINO's have a different slant.

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6 hours ago, CharlieH said:

"Donald Trump wants you to be angry every day because he is angry," he added.

I don't live in the US and I'm angry at the governments we have. Given our governments are not IMO as bad as the US government I think I'd be really angry if I lived in the US, and not because of Trump. Christie needs to look at the system he is part of before throwing comments at Trump.

Trump didn't get millions of votes because everyone was happy with Washington, he got them because the US government ( of both parties ) is apparently despised by millions. He just tapped into that anger IMO.

56 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Anyone familiar with Christie's reign in NJ might have doubts about his possession principles.

Come on blocking a bride including emergency personnel isn't principled?

25 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I don't live in the US and I'm angry at the governments we have. Given our governments are not IMO as bad as the US government I think I'd be really angry if I lived in the US, and not because of Trump. Christie needs to look at the system he is part of before throwing comments at Trump.

Trump didn't get millions of votes because everyone was happy with Washington, he got them because the US government ( of both parties ) is apparently despised by millions. He just tapped into that anger IMO.

He got the votes because he's an ignorant,stupid ahole  like most of the folks that voted for him .One could call them deplorable.

As a Brit I am not clear what was so bad about the Trump presidency. He certainly was friendly towards the UK, unlike Biden who hates us.

Sorry to see him exit.  He was the only one standing up to Trump. The remaining choices are all awful--which I suppose is good since I am a Democrat.

5 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

As a Brit I am not clear what was so bad about the Trump presidency. He certainly was friendly towards the UK, unlike Biden who hates us.

 

He just went to Ireland. I didn't see the hate there. Maybe he just hates the English?

8 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

 

He just went to Ireland. I didn't see the hate there. Maybe he just hates the English?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-66155089

Not sure why he was running. He had no chance. Trumps not campaigning and as of now he’s in the lead coming into the Iowa caucus.

52 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

 

He just went to Ireland. I didn't see the hate there. Maybe he just hates the English?

It appears so.

1 hour ago, Thingamabob said:

As a Brit I am not clear what was so bad about the Trump presidency. He certainly was friendly towards the UK, unlike Biden who hates us.

If by friendly towards the UK you mean that he supported Brexit, maybe. But I suspect his motives weren't so much about being friendly towards brexit as they were about being hostile towards the EU. I'm sure that hostility pleased his good buddy, Vladimir Putin.

1 hour ago, Thingamabob said:

As a Brit I am not clear what was so bad about the Trump presidency. He certainly was friendly towards the UK, unlike Biden who hates us.

How about that insurrection thing?

 

Or Trump wanting to get out of NATO?

 

Or endorsing Boris Johnson for PM?

 

 

2 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

As a Brit I am not clear what was so bad about the Trump presidency. He certainly was friendly towards the UK, unlike Biden who hates us.

Ahem.. Biden hates UK...

Is that why he enrolled UK in his strategic defense alliances worldwide? Or increased cooperation in military equipment (such as submarines for Australia - which won't delivered soon, but that's another story).

The main reason Trump liked a brexited UK was that he liked anything who would weaken the EU.

5 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I don't live in the US and I'm angry at the governments we have. Given our governments are not IMO as bad as the US government I think I'd be really angry if I lived in the US, and not because of Trump. Christie needs to look at the system he is part of before throwing comments at Trump.

Trump didn't get millions of votes because everyone was happy with Washington, he got them because the US government ( of both parties ) is apparently despised by millions. He just tapped into that anger IMO.

trump tapped into the Loser Demographic, which are people who cannot make it in a modern, competitive world or who feel entitled to things because of their ethnicity. He tapped into those who are incapable of accepting personal responsibility for their own failings and who need someone else to blame. He also tapped into losers who jump on to every conspiracy theory whackjobs make up. He tells them what they want to hear to salve their fragile loser egos.

 

Look at his cult: the racist tikitorch slimeballs from Charlottesville, who chanted "Jews will not replace us". trump owns the QAnon Cult. He has the entire Incel movement. He has the vast majority of non-college educated, below average wage, below average intellect demo. He has the Talibangicals, who even hold the silly belief that some deity sent a serial philandering, pathological liar, corrupt, self-centered, misogynistic Narcissist to 'save 'Merica'. He has the gun nuts, who think the US has no First Amendment, but just the Second. Oh, and his cult hates the Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits anyone to run for elected office if they have engaged in insurrection against the government, which trump most surely did (fake elector scheme, pressuring election officials to change votes, calling his goobers to DC on 6 Jan 2021 and then encouraging them to go disrupt a pro forma election certification).

 

Analysis of his demo groups paint a picture of losers, the forlorn, the unsuccessful. Consider: trump won 85% of all US Counties, but collectively they represent only 38% of US GDP, while Biden (and HRC in 2016) won only 15% of US Counties, but they represent 62% of total US GDP. Doing the math, that means Biden areas are 9.25 times more productive than trump areas. trump owns the Red States, but they lead the US in being parasitic (taking more from the Federal Govt than their citizens pay in taxes), lead the US in % of citizens on Social Security Disability Insurance and SNAP Cards, also opioid addiction rates.

 

It's no wonder they have little connection to reality. They think trump was a success, when the reality includes: trump was the first President since Herbert Hoover in 1932 to leave office with fewer Americans employed than when he entered, and his economic growth (as measured by GDP change) was the worst since Hoover...and that was even before Covid hit. Oh, and trump's tenure was 80% finished when Covid hit the US, so "Covid" is hardly an excuse for his failure.

 

In any society there are always going to be losers. There is also likely to be self-serving clowns whose one skill is telling the losers what they want to hear. trump sings that siren song. The thing is, losers will still be losers.

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1 hour ago, candide said:

Ahem.. Biden hates UK...

Is that why he enrolled UK in his strategic defense alliances worldwide? Or increased cooperation in military equipment (such as submarines for Australia - which won't delivered soon, but that's another story).

The main reason Trump liked a brexited UK was that he liked anything who would weaken the EU.

 

And he could then make a free trade pact with the UK and sideline the EU, thereby weakening it in a way that he could not while the UK remained in the EU. Nobody should be under any delusion that Trump did anything other than carry water for Putin ever since he was elected.

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12 hours ago, Tug said:

He’s not my kinda candidate but he does have a backbone and principles my respects sir and I hope you succeed in your next endeavors you sir are on the correct side of history kudos!

 

He struck me as the best of the pack and seems to have some moral limits. Just don't forget why he's no longer Governor of NJ.

7 minutes ago, BusyB said:

 

He struck me as the best of the pack and seems to have some moral limits. Just don't forget why he's no longer Governor of NJ.

I haven’t,I remember when he engineered that traffic jam to discredit his Democratic rival that was underhanded it was especially galling to one who was stuck in traffic many many times after working 12 hour shifts.he still called out trump for what he is,he has backbone and principles he is on the correct side of history I do wish him well and I respect him for putting principles before career and yup he plays dirty…..

2 hours ago, ozimoron said:

 

And he could then make a free trade pact with the UK and sideline the EU, thereby weakening it in a way that he could not while the UK remained in the EU. Nobody should be under any delusion that Trump did anything other than carry water for Putin ever since he was elected.

Oh, I remember that. Brexiteers were all excited about the perspective of such a deal, which never came up! 

33 minutes ago, candide said:

Oh, I remember that. Brexiteers were all excited about the perspective of such a deal, which never came up! 

 

I think because Maggie light came along.

5 hours ago, Tug said:

I haven’t,I remember when he engineered that traffic jam to discredit his Democratic rival that was underhanded it was especially galling to one who was stuck in traffic many many times after working 12 hour shifts.he still called out trump for what he is,he has backbone and principles he is on the correct side of history I do wish him well and I respect him for putting principles before career and yup he plays dirty…..

 

Me too ... like I said he was the best of the pack. He's the kind of Rep I can basically deal with - while keeping' a close eye on 'em 555

Notice that he said he's suspending his candidacy.  If the orange guy is removed from the ballot it's open season on the GOP candidacy.

 

On 1/11/2024 at 9:21 PM, charleskerins said:

He got the votes because he's an ignorant,stupid ahole  like most of the folks that voted for him .One could call them deplorable.

It's insulting posts like that which means I don't take you seriously.

On 1/12/2024 at 2:35 AM, Walker88 said:

trump was the first President since Herbert Hoover in 1932 to leave office with fewer Americans employed than when he entered,

You obviously know covid existed as you mentioned it but omit to mention that in connection with low employment which is somewhat dishonest IMO.

 

You are pretty full on with the "all Trump supporters are loser slimeballs etc." IMO rather arrogant, considering the opposition to Trump voted for the bumbler in chief, Biden, LOL.

 

Although I don't really want Trump to win as your side will just do a repeat of the first time, on the other hand I want him to win just to spite people that disrespect millions of US citizens for their democratic choices. If the Dems don't want Trump to win again, they could come up with a decent candidate instead of warmongering Joe, and his IMO useless sidekick Harris.

On 1/12/2024 at 12:25 AM, Danderman123 said:

How about that insurrection thing?

 

Or Trump wanting to get out of NATO?

 

Or endorsing Boris Johnson for PM?

 

 

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Seems that to you Trump is just so dumb that he would actually call for the overthrow of the US government! Had he done so he's be in jail now, so obviously he didn't.

 

Trump wanted out of NATO, do tell? I recall he wanted other countries to pay their fair share, but you never pass up a chance to say silly things, do you?

 

What was wrong with voting for Boris? A lot of Brits voted for him.