Chris Christie lays into Trump at 2024 campaign launch
Former New Jersey governor and 2024 presidential candidate Chris Christie appeared before Americans on Monday night in a town hall hosted by CNN.
During the event, Mr Christie tore into Donald Trump, accusing the former president of “vanity run amok.”
“The conduct in there is awful,” Mr Christie said of the former president’s recent indictment.
The former New Jersey governor also claimed that Mr Trump – who he compared to “Voldemort” – wanted to blame him for supposedly being the “Patient Zero” of a Covid-19 superspreader event, when the two men contracted the virus in 2020.
In reality, he says Mr Trump sought his assurance that he would not blame him for infecting those present at a debate preparation session — where Mr Trump had not told attendees that he had tested positive for the virus that morning.
Less than a week ago, Mr Christie officially entered the already-packed race for the Republican nomination joining Mr Trump, former vice president Mike Pence, former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley and more.
Thus far, the former New Jersey official is polling well behind the rest of the Republican frontrunners, barely cracking one per cent support.
