Crowd harshly reacts as Chris Christie attacks Trump.

Chris Christie Faces Icy Reception for Criticizing Trump

Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie received a less-than-warm welcome on Friday as he took aim at former President Donald Trump.

The former New Jersey governor made his remarks at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.

As Christie criticized Trump, he faced intermittent boos from the crowd.

The former Trump adviser told those in attendance he is running for president in the 2024 election because Trump has failed the Republican Party.

“I’m running because he’s let us down,” Christie said boldly. “He’s let us down because he’s unwilling – he’s unwilling to take responsibility for any of the mistakes that were made. Any of the faults that he has. And any of the things that he’s done.”

Christie’s accusation of a “failure of leadership” from Trump was met with boos from some in the crowd.

“You can boo all you want,” Christie responded, undeterred.

“But here’s the thing: Our faith teaches us that people have to take responsibility for what they do. People have to stand up and take accountability for what they do.”

The remark garnered some applause before Christie delved into how Trump had resorted to name-calling.

“And I will tell you, if all you do – all you do is disagree with someone and in return you get that kind of treatment — I’ve joined a great list of Americans like Rex Tillerson and Jim Mattis and Mark Esper and Mick Mulvaney and John Kelly,” Christie listed, referring to former Trump aides who became critics of the 45th president.

A chant of “We love Trump” then erupted from the crowd.

“You can love him all you want,” Christie retorted.

He concluded, “But I will tell you, I will tell you, that doing those kinds of things makes our country smaller. It makes our country smaller and it makes us lesser.”

Once strong allies, Christie and Trump had a very public falling-out after the 2020 election.

Since then, the former governor has made appearances on ABC News and other networks to criticize Trump.

Christie’s presidential campaign has been polling in the low single digits since he announced his candidacy earlier this month.

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