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Oh please please please let Christie be second to Trump. Christie hates Trump so much because Trump almost killed him. Literally. Trump gave him COVID knowing that he was positive and Christie ended up in the hospital on a ventilator. Trump never bothered to visit.
Christie is going to go for the throat and I will be making popcorn.
Chirstie is an asshole but I at least respect the amount of spite he has in his body, all the other candidates act as though they have a realistic shot at beating Trump, but Christie is clearly running just so he has a platform for revenge. Can’t stand the guy but I’m here for that
Nobody does spite like New Jersey. Remember Bridgegate?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lee_lane_closure_scandal
I hadn't heard of this. The article is longer than I care to read. Skimming, seems like this was done to hurt a dem mayor. I didn't look long, but I did fix a spelling error. Anything worth knowing that I missed?
It turned into a big thing in NY/NJ, led to a few resignations, and two underlings were eventually convicted of fraud, but the Supreme Court unanimously overturned their conviction, saying that they might have been petty and vindictive, but that particular fraud statute required some sort of monetary gain, and there was none.
IIRC Christie was being taken seriously as the 2016 nominee when it all came to a head and has expressed publically that it probably cost him the nomination. (I think he assumes too much, though).
I think it’s hilarious that the court was like “yeah it’s fucked up but it’s not technically fraud”
Christie wanted endorsements from Democratic mayor's to help his reelection campaign. Some refused. To teach one of them a lesson, he shut down several entryways to the George Washington Bridge - which is the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge, averaging well over a quarter million vehicles every day - and redirected the traffic through the mayor's town. It caused a massive traffic jam and a lady died.
Wait, is that really the busiest? I would expect that to be in China.
I did double-check with Google before I posted, and that's what all the results said. I tried to check again right now ("busiest bridge in China", "Chinese bridge with most traffic", etc), but those results are all things like China's longest or tallest bridges, with no notes on how much traffic they carry. So I'm going with the GWB, at least until I can find data they says otherwise.
Thanks for the follow-up!
Also Christie is terminally unelectable for high office, so him getting the nom would be great.
Trump Republicans hate him and if he is the party nominee they're unlikely to show up at all
And he has little chance of winning, even if he somehow beats Trump as the nominee, but the fight will be terrific.
Chris Christie vs Joe Biden is somehow probably the best semi realistic scenario we have to hope for now. Not gonna happen but at least that part will be entertaining
I HATE Christie because of his time as governor of NJ, but I absolutely loathe Trump and DeSantis. I don't expect to find any common ground among any of the GOP but I agree that at least Christie would put up the best fight.
...eh.
Christie is still pulling his punches when it comes to Trump.
He just did an interview where the was talking about how Georgia shouldn't have indicted Trump.
Christie knew who Trump was all along, and he helped Trump every step of the way.
The Covid thing is just a good story he can use, but the fact is that he doesn't care that Trump is evil. He never has.
Christie is pretending to be anti-Trump now because he sees an outside chance that it could get him to the presidency, if the entire establishment for one reason or another flips in Trump.