Chris Christie is pushing again towards calls from fellow Republicans for the previous two-term New Jersey governor to drop out of the GOP presidential nomination race within the first main advert blitz of his 2024 bid.
“Some people say I should drop out of this race. Really? I’m the only one saying Donald Trump is a liar,” Christie mentioned whereas talking on to the digicam in a spot launching on TV and digital on Thursday.
Christie’s campaign mentioned the business is the primary spot in what they tout as a seven-figure advert purchase in New Hampshire, the state that holds the primary major and second general contest after Iowa’s caucuses within the GOP presidential nominating calendar.
As Christie runs a second time for nationwide workplace, he faces a steep uphill climb towards former President Donald Trump, who’s the commanding front-runner within the race as he makes his third straight White Home bid. Just like the 2016 cycle, Christie is as soon as once more concentrating his time and sources in New Hampshire, the place impartial voters and moderates have lengthy performed an important function within the state’s famed major.
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Christie’s been running a frugal campaign since declaring his candidacy in June – with ads in support of him coming from an aligned super PAC titled Tell It Like It Is – but he has switched into a higher gear in recent weeks, increasing the number of events he’s hosting with Granite State voters.
The former governor ran his first TV spot of his campaign earlier this month, which was backed by six-figures. Now, he’s upping the ante by shelling out at least $1 million for commercials.
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A Trump ally turned vocal GOP critic, Christie is now taking purpose on the former president in his new business.
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a marketing campaign rally on Dec. 16 in Durham, New Hampshire. (Reba Saldanha/AP)
Christie fees in his new advert that Trump “pits Americans against each other,” including that the former president’s Christmas message to anybody who disagrees with him was “rot in he**.”
When referring to the Jan. 6, 2021, lethal assault on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters that quickly disrupted congressional certification of President Biden’s victory over the then-president within the 2020 election, Christie mentioned: “he caused a riot on Capitol Hill. He’ll burn America to the ground to help himself. Every Republican leader says that in private. I’m the only one saying it in public.”
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“What kind of President do we want? A liar or someone who has the guts to tell the truth?” Christie requested within the advert. “New Hampshire. It’s up to you. I’m Chris Christie and you bet I approve this message.”
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie headlines a city corridor in Londonderry, New Hampshire, on Dec. 13. (Paul Steinhauser)
Christie’s in third place in most of the most up-to-date polls in New Hampshire, far behind Trump and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who later served as ambassador to the United Nations within the Trump administration.
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Haley, who has been rising within the polls the previous couple of months, loved a surge within the surveys in current weeks after she landed the endorsement of standard Republican Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire. That sparked calls from some Republican insiders and voters for Christie to finish his White Home bid to ensure that the anti-Trump vote to consolidate round Haley.
Christie has repeatedly pushed again towards the calls by saying he is the one Trump rival within the race who’s instantly taking up the previous president. He advised Fox Information Digital earlier this month that he is “not going anywhere, so let’s be really clear about that.”
