Chris Christie came out of the gate and spoke of Trump in the kind of blunt terms other Republican presidential candidates feared.
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Christie said, “A lonely, self-consumed, selfish, mirror hog. Is not a leader… Well, let me be clear, in case I haven’t already been. The person I’m talking about, who is obsessed with the mirror, who never admits a mistake, who never admits a mistake, and who always blames someone else and something else for whatever goes wrong, but finds every reason to taking credit for everything that goes wrong on the right is Donald Trump. And if we don’t have that conversation with you, we don’t deserve to ask for your vote. We don’t deserve the mantle of leadership. We don’t deserve you to see us as people worthy of leadership.”
Chris Christie was right about one thing. Any Republican candidate who won’t attack Trump is definitely not worthy of the vote of the American people. Chris Christie’s approval ratings are underwater with Republicans. He has virtually no chance of winning the Republican nomination, so his job in this campaign is to do the dirty work and take the wrath of Donald Trump.
Whether or not Trump will pay as much attention to him, whether or not Christie will be able to meet the RNC criteria for entering the debates are unknown questions, but Chris Christie is in the race and he’s trying to eliminate Donald Trump.