{"id":1868547,"date":"2023-03-05T16:28:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T21:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-knocks-trump-over-smaller-crowd-sizes-at-cpac-hes-not-what-he-used-to-be\/"},"modified":"2023-03-05T16:31:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T21:31:24","slug":"chris-christie-knocks-trump-over-smaller-crowd-sizes-at-cpac-hes-not-what-he-used-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-knocks-trump-over-smaller-crowd-sizes-at-cpac-hes-not-what-he-used-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Christie knocks Trump over smaller crowd sizes at CPAC: &#8216;He\u2019s not what he used to be&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchris-christie-knocks-trump-over-smaller-crowd-sizes-at-cpac-hes-not-what-he-used-to-be%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1868547&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_77699312\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"'Beginning of the end': Most likely 2024 GOP hopefuls snub CPAC's DC return\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Something will be missing from this year's Conservative Political Action Conference, and it is not its famed straw poll or the kaleidoscope of color provided by the thousands of activists and conservative media darlings who attend. Instead, most potential 2024 Republican presidential candidates are missing this year's annual conference, headlined by former President Donald Trump, amid the GOP's post-Trump administration reckoning and denied allegations against American Conservative Union president and CPAC organizer Matt Schlapp.\">               <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M48S\">               <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-01 19:33:52\">               <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/1252190_th_1677699306.jpg\">               <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1252190.mp4\">              <\/div>\n<p>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_77699312\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1252190\"} }); <\/script>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">F<\/span>New Jersey Governor <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chris-christie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Christie<\/a> (R.) He needled his friend, the former President <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>He drew the figures for the smaller group sizes. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cpac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conservative Political Action Conference<\/a> Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>Trump takes pride in drawing large and enthusiastic audiences while mocking those who don&#8217;t attract the same crowds. Christie maintained a run of 2024, but he claimed that Trump&#8217;s poor showing at CPAC indicated his declining influence. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/mike-pompeo-throws-shade-trump-debt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MIKE POMPEO CRITICIZES TRUMP ON NATIONAL DEBT CRISIS, SAYS &#8216;ANY CONSERVATIVE PRESIDENT WOULD DO BETTER&#8217;<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You saw the scenes at CPAC, that room was half-full,&#8221; Christie spoke on ABC&#8217;s <i>This Week with George Stephanopoulos<\/i> &#8220;The reason I don&#8217;t think the rallies are going on \u2026 I don&#8217;t think the rallies would be nearly as big as they were before.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>CPAC 2023 received from <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/cpac-2023-conservative-conference-suffers-from-low-attendance-and-lack-of-sponsors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lower attendance levels<\/a> This was a far greater turnout than in previous years of this prestigious conservative gathering. Trump attracted a much larger audience than his 2024 GOP colleagues who spoke, but reporters captured video of empty seats in the Potomac Ballroom as he gave his keynote speech. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: There might have been even less people at former President Trump\u2018s CPAC speech tonight than there were at his son&#8217;s speech where he attacked disabled people.<\/p>\n<p>Is there anyone else who can&#8217;t wait to see Trump post another doctored photo of the size of his crowd? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bgq1svswDh\">pic.twitter.com\/Bgq1svswDh<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6iWgWdCIcL\">https:\/\/t.co\/6iWgWdCIcL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krassenstein\/status\/1632173290780327936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2023<\/a>              <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>               <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Look, he is the front-runner, there&#8217;s no doubt. He&#8217;s essentially an incumbent president running for re<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Learn More <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/chris-christie-needles-trump-anemic-crowd-cpac\">Chris Christie knocks Trump over smaller crowd sizes at CPAC: &#8216;He&#8217;s not what he used to be&#8217;<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FNew Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R.) He needled his friend, the former President Donald TrumpHe drew the figures for the smaller group sizes. Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday. Trump takes pride in drawing large and enthusiastic audiences while mocking those who don&#8217;t attract the same crowds. Christie maintained a run of 2024, but he claimed &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1896524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[11280,4270,7905,19858,13458,5599,20646,20669,3634],"class_list":["post-1868547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-be","tag-chris","tag-christie","tag-cpac","tag-crowd","tag-hes","tag-knocks","tag-sizes","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1868547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1896524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1868547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1868547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1868547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}