{"id":1971531,"date":"2023-07-13T00:50:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T04:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaetz-mocks-christie-more-likely-to-take-chris-christies-exercise-plan-than-his-fundraising-strategy\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T00:51:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T04:51:39","slug":"gaetz-mocks-christie-more-likely-to-take-chris-christies-exercise-plan-than-his-fundraising-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaetz-mocks-christie-more-likely-to-take-chris-christies-exercise-plan-than-his-fundraising-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaetz ridicules Christie: &#8216;I&#8217;d rather follow Chris Christie&#8217;s workout routine than his fundraising tactics.&#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\">28<\/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%2Fgaetz-mocks-christie-more-likely-to-take-chris-christies-exercise-plan-than-his-fundraising-strategy%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=1971531&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>Rep. Matt Gaetz Ridicules Chris Christie&#8217;s Criticism of House Judiciary Committee Hearing<\/h2>\n<p>During a recent House Judiciary Committee hearing, FBI Director Christopher Wray faced intense scrutiny regarding the alleged weaponization of the FBI. However, Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie dismissed the proceedings as mere &#8220;theater&#8221; and a fundraising stunt. This did not sit well with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who wasted no time in mocking Christie&#8217;s remarks.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;He said that Christopher Wray had delivered extraordinary results. The problem is they\u2019re just extraordinarily awful,&#8221; Gaetz told Hannity, highlighting the stark contrast between Christie&#8217;s praise and the reality of the FBI&#8217;s performance. Gaetz further criticized Christie&#8217;s credibility, stating, &#8220;I\u2019m not going to take my notes on fundraising from a guy who was a lobbyist and was snout down in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaetz-mocks-christie-more-likely-to-take-chris-christies-exercise-plan-than-his-fundraising-strategy\/\" title=\"Gaetz ridicules Christie: 'I'd rather follow Chris Christie's workout routine than his fundraising tactics.'\">lobbyist financial money laundering situation<\/a> when he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nc-dem-senate-challenger-votes-against-bipartisan-school-reopening-bill\/\" title=\"NC Dem Senate Challenger Votes Against Bipartisan School Reopening Bill\">raising money<\/a> from them as governor of New Jersey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, I\u2019m more likely to take Chris Christie\u2019s exercise plan than his fundraising strategy,&#8221; Gaetz added, injecting a touch of humor into his scathing remarks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan Joins the Criticism<\/h3>\n<p>Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, also appeared on Hannity to express his dissatisfaction with Wray&#8217;s testimony. Jordan accused the FBI director of lying and emphasized the need to limit the use of American tax dollars.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s why we got to use the power of the purse and the appropriations process to limit how American tax dollars can be spent,&#8221; Jordan asserted. &#8220;That\u2019s why we can\u2019t reauthorize FISA in its current form. And that\u2019s why we should look at moving the headquarters, not give them a new building in the D.C. area, but moving the headquarters to Huntington, Alabama. That makes sense to us. So, we\u2019re looking at all that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jordan also criticized Wray&#8217;s evasive responses, stating, &#8220;That\u2019s why we should look at moving the headquarters, not give them a new building in the D.C. area, but moving the headquarters to Huntington, Alabama. That makes sense to us. So, we\u2019re looking at all that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Furthermore, Gaetz accused Wray of lying about various issues, including the repositioning of assets to investigate parents&#8217; comments at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-school-district-announces-policy-to-push-anti-racist-thinking-in-preschool-redefine-discrimination-and-racism\/\" title=\"Maryland School District Announces Policy to Push \u2018Anti-Racist Thinking\u2019 In Preschool, Redefine \u2018Discrimination\u2019 and \u2018Racism\u2019\">school board meetings<\/a> and the misuse of FISA. Gaetz referred to Wray&#8217;s testimony as &#8220;a cascade of lies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Wray&#8217;s appearance, the House Judiciary Committee had accused the FBI of violating Americans&#8217; First Amendment rights and potentially compromising national security by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-defends-wray-amid-gop-hearing-he-describes-as-theater\/\" title=\"Chris Christie supports Wray amidst GOP hearing he calls 'theater'.\">assisting censorship requests<\/a> from a Ukrainian intelligence agency on behalf of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-poll-watcher-it-expert-non-trump-supporter-affidavit-sudden-surge-of-20000-mail-in-votes-for-biden-in-early-hours-on-nov\/\" title=\"GA Poll Watcher, IT Expert, Non-Trump Supporter Affidavit: Sudden Surge of 20,000 Mail-In-Votes For Biden In Early Hours On Nov\">social media companies<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) mocked Chris Christie, a GOP presidential candidate, for dismissing the House Judiciary Committee&#8217;s questioning of FBI Director Christopher Wray as mere &#8220;theater&#8221; and a fundraising ploy. Wray had testified before the committee regarding allegations of FBI weaponization. Christie defended Wray, praising him as a capable individual who could rectify the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1971532,"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-1971531","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\/1971531","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=1971531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1971532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1971531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1971531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}