Chris christie for governor

The presidential campaign of Chris Christie , the former governor of New Jersey , was formally launched on June 6, , at an event in Manchester, New Hampshire. He was seeking the Republican Party nomination in its presidential primaries. Christie served as U. On June 30, , he announced his campaign for the Republican nomination for president in the Republican primaries.

He dropped out of the race on February 10, , after a poor showing in the New Hampshire primary , [ 4 ] and endorsed eventual winner Donald Trump. Christie was an ally of Trump during most of his presidency , but he refused to support claims of voter fraud after the presidential election because Trump could not provide him with any evidence.

Chris christie political views

In a December interview with radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt , Christie said he wouldn't "rule out" a presidential run in the presidential election. When asked how he differed from other Republican candidates, Christie responded, "I governed in a blue state , and made things happen". On July 12, Christie announced that his campaign had met the donor requirement to participate in the August primary debate.

Christie has criticized the pledge, calling it a "useless idea," but nevertheless signed the pledge in order to debate. On August 4, , Christie made an unannounced trip to Ukraine, visiting the city of Bucha , the site of a massacre of civilians by Russian forces. According to Christie, he and Zelenskyy did not discuss the U. Christie was the second Republican presidential candidate, following Mike Pence , to visit Ukraine.

However, the Republican National Committee RNC contacted Baier and threatened to ban Christie and Ramaswamy from attending future primary debates if they were to debate on Baier's show. The National Review argued that Christie is not running to actually win the election, but rather to build name-recognition and that his opposition to Trump is halfhearted due to his endorsement of Trump in Following his announcement that he would campaign until at least the Michigan primary of February 27, New York outlined Christie as a "bitter end" candidate, comparing him to Ron Paul's campaign , stating that there was no chance the Republican establishment would ever flip to his side but he would continue his race out of a perceived moral obligation.