{"id":5153,"date":"2023-08-24T10:42:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T10:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=5153"},"modified":"2023-08-24T17:06:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T17:06:23","slug":"don-jr-says-christies-expected-attacks-on-trump-at-debate-will-do-him-little-good-in-republican-presidential-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=5153","title":{"rendered":"Don Jr. Says Christie\u2019s Expected Attacks on Trump at Debate Will Do Him Little Good in Republican Presidential Race"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin \u2014<\/strong> As expected, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie took some big swings at GOP presidential front-runner and former president Donald Trump Wednesday night at the first debate<\/a> of the 2024 primary season.<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, Trump\u2019s son swung back.<\/p>\n

Christie, whose campaign has been built in large part on his loathing of the former president, went after Trump on the four criminal indictments he faces \u2014 particularly those involving allegations that he interfered with and attempted to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere\u2019s the bottom line. Someone has got to stop moralizing this conduct. Whether you believe the criminal charges are right or wrong, the conduct is beneath the office of the president,\u201d Christie said to a mix of applause and boos. More jeers than cheers.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump Jr., working press row outside the spin room following the debate, shrugged off Christie\u2019s rhetorical assault on his father like a mosquito in Wednesday\u2019s 100-degree heat.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Christie is doing whatever he can to get a soundbite, He\u2019s running for the MSDNC conservative commentator role,\u201d Don Jr. said in response to The Star News Network\u2019s<\/em><\/strong> question. \u201cHe\u2019s running a one-state primary for president.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI get it. He\u2019ll get a little attention if he overperforms in New Hampshire. That\u2019s his only path,\u201d the president\u2019s son and one of his most vehement defender\u2019s added.<\/p>\n

Christie is banking on the Granite State. He\u2019s put much of his campaign time, energy and resources into New Hampshire, the first primary state in the 2024 nomination contest. He\u2019s altogether ignored Iowa, the first caucus state, where he performed poorly in his failed 2016 presidential run.<\/p>\n

A recent Emerson College Polling s<\/a>\u00a0showed Christie in second place in New Hampshire, overtaking Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Both were running at least 40 percentage points behind Trump, who was polling at 49 percent.<\/p>\n

While Christie talked up his tenure as New Jersey governor, he ended his second term in office with the lowest approval rating of any Garden State governor in history.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe talks about being a blue stat governor. What was his approval rating when he left, like 9 percent?\u201d Don Jr. said. It hit 15 percent to drop him to the lowest approval rating in state history. \u201cI think missed a lot of opportunities\u201d during the debate.<\/p>\n

Fox News, which produced the debate, blocked Don Jr. and other Trump surrogates from entering the spin room after Trump decided to skip the debate. He was not happy about that. So he spent even more time with the reporters outside the prohibited spin room.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt shouldn\u2019t surprise us, and it\u2019s also why Trump was 100 percent right not to go to this debate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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M.D. Kittle is the National Political Editor for The Star News Network.
<\/strong>Photo \u201cDonald Trump Jr.\u201d by Gage Skidmore<\/a>. CC BY-SA 2.0.<\/em><\/p>\n

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