Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie threatened former President Donald Trump during a bizarre press conference.
On Thursday, Christie promised that he would have a face-to-face confrontation with fellow election rival Trump.
Chris Christie just threatened Trump, says he’s going to come “face to face” w him
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) October 19, 2023
“If I give him and the secret service a tip as to where I’m going to be, it’ll be a lot harder to get to him”
This slob needs to be investigated @FBI @SecretService pic.twitter.com/3BVuxgcH77
“Get ready. That’s all I’m going to tell you. Because if I give him and the Secret Service a tip as to where I’m going to be, it’ll be a lot harder for me to get to him,” the former New Jersey governor said.
“Remember, he’s the only guy walking around with Secret Service protection, okay? So that makes all of this a little more complicated,” he added.
Christie, who is running in the GOP presidential race with only 3 percent support, has mostly used his campaign to attack Trump, referring to the former president as one “of the most unskilled politicians [he’s] ever met” during a recent interview with The New York Times.
He added that he stands a chance against the former president because they both understand “the New York thing,” which is the mindset and personality that someone from an East Coast city projects. Christie claimed that this was the reason why former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio were unable to defeat Trump.
Christie previously ran for the Republican nomination in 2016, but after a lackluster performance in New Hampshire, he withdrew from the campaign very early. He was also one of the first ex-candidates to support Trump after withdrawing from the race.
Despite the New Jersey Republican’s smear campaign, Trump is still leading in several polls across the country. According to The Economist and YouGov’s recent survey, 51 percent are in favor of the 45th president, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis comes in second with 14 percent.
Around 1,500 U.S. adult citizens between August 26 and 29 were asked who they would vote for if “the Republican presidential primary in your state were held today.”
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy comes in a distant third with five percent. Haley comes in fourth with four percent, followed by former Vice President Mike Pence with three percent, Christie with two percent, and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott with two percent.
