Chris Christie defends Trump supporters from attacks.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie: My Criticisms of Trump are Personal, Not Against His Base

In a recent interview with Piers Morgan, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reiterated his criticisms of former President Donald Trump. However, he made it clear that his attacks were directed solely at Trump himself, not his supporters.

“My comments are not about them. They’re directly about him,” Christie emphasized when asked about persuading Trump’s supporters. “And the fact is, I’m telling the truth, and things that I’ve said; not even Donald Trump denies that they’re true.”

Christie then provided examples to support his claims, highlighting the lack of senior staff and Cabinet members willing to work for Trump again.

“I mean, let’s just look at this as an example,” he continued. “What member of Donald Trump’s senior staff or senior Cabinet members would work for him again? Not one of his secretaries of state, not one of his secretaries of defense, neither of his attorneys general, not any of his chiefs of staff, not any of his White House Counsel. What does that tell you about what it’s like to work for this man?”

Furthermore, Christie expressed his personal disappointment in Trump, stating that he lost his support on election night of 2020 and felt “abandoned” by the former president.

“And by the way, he abandoned me, and others like me, who supported him,” Christie revealed. “I was the first one on board in 2016. I chaired his opioid commission, I chaired his transition, I prepped him for the debates in ’16 and ’20. I did everything I could to support Donald Trump and make him the best president he could be. But he disappointed me, and he let me down.”

Christie then delved into more detailed criticisms of Trump’s presidency, including his failure to repeal and replace Obamacare, the substantial increase in the national debt, and the limited progress made on building the promised wall.

“He didn’t repeal and replace Obamacare with a Republican Congress when he said he would,” Christie pointed out. “He added $6 trillion to the national debt. He didn’t build the wall in Mexico. He built 47 miles of wall, and guess what? We paid for every nickel of it … and so when you look at the ways that he failed us, not even talking about his personal conduct as a president, how he failed us, he abandoned me.”

Despite his criticisms, Christie made it clear that his intention is not to attack Trump’s base, but rather to express his personal disappointment in the former president.

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