Chris Christie Reveals When He’ll Decide Possible 2024 Presidential Candidacy

Chris Christie, former governor of New Jersey said this week that in the next few days he would make a decision on whether to run as a Republican presidential nominee. “45 to 60 days.”

“I think running for president of the United States is an intensely personal decision,” Christie told the Washington Examiner. “And that’s one that anybody who’s considering it should have the right to make on their own regardless of anybody else’s thoughts on it.”

Christie said that he was considering launching his presidential candidacy and added that he believed former President Donald Trump’s politics were fading.

“You have a number of people both in the race and considering the race against what is, in essence, an incumbent president. I think that tells you, just by definition, that he’s weaker than he was in the lead-up to 2020,” Christie said.

“With Donald Trump at the top of the ticket, you can be sure of the fact that we’ll have another four years of Joe Biden, and that to me is not acceptable for this country,” He concluded.

Christie, who supported Trump in the 2016 GOP presidential nomination race after dropping out, also cast doubts on Trump’s candidacy for a second term. He predicted that Trump would lose and started an online spat.

Trump responded by blasting Christie on Truth Social for being a liar. “failed” ABC News interviewed the governor following the death of the 60-year old. “This Week” He said that Trump would be unable to defeat the 80 year-old Democrat incumbent President Joe Biden.

“‘Sloppy’ Chris Christie, the failed former Governor of New Jersey, spent almost his entire last year in office campaigning in New Hampshire for the Republican Nomination for President,” Trump wrote. “Much like his term in office, where he left with an Approval Rating of just 9 percent, his Presidential campaign was a complete disaster. He endorsed me the following day, later recommended Chris Wray for the FBI (how did that work out?), went down in flames.”

Stunden later, Christie retorted on Twitter at Trump, claiming that Trump was “the only man to lose to Biden outside Delaware.”

“I’m the target of Donald Trump’s new tantrum. None of his lies about me today bothered him when he asked me to prep him for every general election debate or offered me 3 different cabinet posts,” Christie said.

Republicans Struggling to Run

Trump officially announced his candidacy for president on Nov. 15, 2022 at his Mar-a-Lago resort, Palm Beach, Florida.

So far, two more candidates have entered the contest—former U.N. Vivek Rajaswamy (a businessman) and Ambassador Nikki Haley (a former U.N. ambassador), both entered into the race for 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

Florida Gov. are two other prominent Republicans who have suggested a White House run, but not yet announced their candidacy. Ron DeSantis (ex-Vice President Mike Pence) and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C.

In the meantime, several Republicans have voiced support for Trump’s return.

“I’m for Donald Trump because I know what I’m going to get,” After declaring his support for Trump’s 2024 campaign, Senator Lindsey Graham (R.S.C. “We need somebody that on day one can get this country back on track. That can secure our border and bring order out of chaos. Somebody that the Russians and the Chinese fear. Somebody that can take the fight to the terrorists.”

Dorothy Li contributed to this article.

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