{"id":1962724,"date":"2023-07-02T13:54:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T17:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-slams-latest-desantis-and-trump-battle-trying-to-divide-us-further\/"},"modified":"2023-07-02T13:55:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T17:55:10","slug":"chris-christie-slams-latest-desantis-and-trump-battle-trying-to-divide-us-further","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-slams-latest-desantis-and-trump-battle-trying-to-divide-us-further\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Christie criticizes Desantis and Trump feud: &#8216;Deepening our divisions&#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\">20<\/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-slams-latest-desantis-and-trump-battle-trying-to-divide-us-further%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=1962724&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--><h2>Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Takes a Stand for the LGBT Community<\/h2>\n<p>In response to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fake-news-group-behind-deceptive-tv-ad-funded-by-dem-megadonor-reid-hoffman\/\" title=\"Deceptive TV ad funded by Dem megadonor Reid Hoffman linked to fake news group.\">controversial campaign ad<\/a> from Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie made a bold move to reach out to the LGBT community.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The DeSantis War Room Twitter account released a campaign ad on Friday attacking former President Donald Trump&#8217;s stance on the LGBT community. The ad featured news clips criticizing DeSantis for his policies regarding them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Backlash and Discontent<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-slams-latest-desantis-and-trump-battle-trying-to-divide-us-further\/\" title=\"Chris Christie criticizes Desantis and Trump feud: 'Deepening our divisions'\">campaign ad faced severe backlash<\/a> from various individuals, including members of the Republican Party. Christie joined the chorus of discontent during an interview on CNN&#8217;s State of the Union, expressing his strong disapproval of the video and highlighting the divisive nature of DeSantis and Trump&#8217;s actions.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not comfortable with [the video], and I&#8217;m not comfortable with the way both Gov. DeSantis and Donald Trump are moving our debate in this country,&#8221; Christie stated. &#8220;They&#8217;re trying to divide us further. And it&#8217;s wrong. It&#8217;s absolutely wrong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Christie emphasized that the nation should prioritize pressing issues like inflation instead of engaging in a juvenile feud between Trump and DeSantis.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It is a teenage, you know, food fight, between Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump&#8230; and it certainly doesn&#8217;t make me feel inspired, as an American, on the Fourth of July weekend to have this type of back and forth going on,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Christie positions himself as a centrist alternative to Trump, he is not hesitant to call out DeSantis when necessary.<\/p>\n<h3>Uniting and Embracing Differences<\/h3>\n<p>Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd, another centrist Republican candidate for 2024, joined Christie in denouncing the campaign ad. Hurd expressed his desire for the focus to shift towards more important matters, urging them to direct their attacks towards individuals like Vladimir Putin rather than the LGBTQ community.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It is 2023. We should be talking about &#8216;how do we embrace our differences?'&#8221; Hurd emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the conversation continues, it is clear that these centrist Republicans are determined to promote unity and understanding, urging their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-attorney-general-eric-holder-says-citizens-need-to-take-to-the-streets-get-arrested-over-voter-id-battle\/\" title=\"Former Attorney General Eric Holder Says Citizens Need To Take To The Streets, Get Arrested Over Voter ID Battle\">fellow party members<\/a> to prioritize inclusivity and respect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here for more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NJ Gov. Chris Christie reached out to the LGBT community after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) released a campaign ad criticizing Trump&#8217;s support for them. The ad, shared by DeSantis War Room on Twitter, juxtaposed news clips to highlight Trump&#8217;s alleged friendliness towards the LGBT community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1962725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[],"class_list":["post-1962724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1962724","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=1962724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1962724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1962725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1962724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1962724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1962724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}