Donald Trump is not pleased with
Chris Christie, who of course was
a Trump loyalist until he decided
to criticize Trump following
the January 6 riots in the Capitol.
So what Trump has done is release
a statement in response to
Christie's criticisms, and
what were those criticisms?
Well, let me give you Christie and
then we'll
get to Trump a little later.
Christie had said the following, we
can no longer talk about the past
and the past elections, no matter
where you stand on that issue.
No matter where you stand,
it is over.
Every minute that we spend talking
about 2020, while we're wasting
time doing that Joe Biden,
Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, and
Chuck Schumer are laying
ruin to this country.
We better focus on that and
take our eyes off the rear view
mirror and start looking through
the windshield again.
So that was the statement that
Christie had made.
And really he's not the only one.
Republicans are trying to shift the
focus away from the 2020 election.
And this lie that it was stolen
from Donald Trump.
Christie also emphasized that
without Trump in the spotlight,
Republican candidates are able to
connect with voters more easily.
He said this, people want us to be
direct with them because
Chris Christie is really known for
being direct with his supporters or
with Republican voters.
He also says, they want someone to
fight for them.
But they want them to fight in
a way that doesn't hurt their ears.
We have to speak to their dreams,
their hopes, their aspirations for
the future.
If we don't do that, then we don't
once again win back the votes that
we began to win back in Virginia
and New Jersey last Tuesday night.
Now in comes Donald Trump,
not very pleased with this.
Of course he calls Chris Christie
a rhino Republican in name only.
And he also adds this,
Chris Christie who just made
a speech at the Republican Jewish
coalition in las Vegas was just
absolutely massacred by
his statements that Republicans
have to move on from the past.
Meaning the 2020 election fraud.
Everybody remembers that Christie
left New Jersey like a less than 9%
approval rating,
a record low and they didn't want
to hear this from him.
And I mean let's just clear
the record I guess,
let's fact check Trump.
It's not like it looks really good
for Chris Christie anyway, but
his record low
was actually 14% according to RCP.
And it dropped after Christie was
seen chilling at the beach during
the lockdown.
So there's that.
Look, Christie is not a good guy,
Trump is not a good guy.
It is kind of enjoyable
to watch them go at it like this.
>> Yeah, so Chris Christie
is a funny guy because he's so
political and and brazenly so
and the mainstream media loves him.
He's like the kind of greasy old
school politician that they can't
get enough of.
So Christy makes these comments,
why now?
Because Youngkin,
the Republican who won in Virginia,
distanced himself from Trump and
didn't lose, he won anyway.
So Chris Christie thinks, there's
political space to critique Trump
a little bit so I can keep my media
job and get paid a lot of money.
And you start to tell the
Republican audience, you could vote
for someone other than Trump with
the same message, wink wink, right?
And there ain't no profiling
encouraged here.
The coward comes out when he thinks
it's a slightly safe space for
him to come out against Trump.
And then Trump of course bitch
slaps him down and goes, hey mister
9%, who do you think you are?
Now remember,
Christie was a sad schlep who
thought it was politically
advantageous to suck up to Trump
after he lost him in 2016 primary.
And he'd stand behind him like
a goon and
all the press conferences like.
And he gave him establishment
credibility by standing behind
him like that.
>> Yeah.
>> And he mistakenly thought that
he was going to
get picked as vice president.
And then Trump was like,
no you schmuck,
don't you know me at all,
all I ever do is pump and dump.
I tell you guys, so yeah,
I'm going to get.
So you're going to be in such great
shape, you're going to get
an important position, either vice
president or attorney general.
And then I dump your stupid ass,
you're a bunch of suckers and
losers.
And Chris Christie was like,
I didn't get any position.
He cried about that for
four straight years.
And then of course mainstream media
season ABC, they look at them and
they're like, you're a slimy
politician who tried to take
advantage of Trump but couldn't?
You're hired as long as you give
tiny little critiques of him.
This is how the game is played.
>> Listen, one of my
favorite things to see play out and
I've seen it many times is
when the chickens, they come home.
And Cenk,
what do they come home to do?
>> I think it's roosting.
I'm going with roosting.
>> Yes, the chickens do come home
to roost Chris Christie and
all of the other Trump loyalists
who made their beds and now find
themselves sleeping in it, right?
Two clichés in one comment,
I think I've gone overboard,
I apologize for that.
But no, I love to see it,
I love to see it.
And let me just make one other note
about Youngkin's win in Virginia.
So while it is true that Youngkin
didn't lean on Donald Trump to
win in the general election,
this is for the gubernatorial race.
During the primary, he happily took
Trump's endorsement and did not
distance himself from Donald Trump.
So I say that because in regard to
appealing to Republican voters,
Trump is still a favorite,
he just is.
In regard to appealing to some
independent voters, you might want
to distance yourself from Trump in
a general election, right?
So I just find it hilarious that
Chris Christie sees a tiny bit of
an opening and
this is how they are, right?
You think these lawmakers
are thicker than thieves?
Hell no, they'll turn on each other
at the drop of a hat, in a second.
And that's exactly what you
see with Chris Christie and
other Republican lawmakers.
I'd love to see it.
>> Yeah, I'd love to see it too.
And since this is a story about
politicians being self serving,
I'm going to be
a little bit self serving.
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an opportunity to do that.