{"id":1973371,"date":"2023-07-14T17:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T21:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/long-shot-2024-candidate-qualifies-for-gop-debates-rebukes-dumb-loyalty-pledge-required\/"},"modified":"2023-07-14T17:07:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T21:07:48","slug":"long-shot-2024-candidate-qualifies-for-gop-debates-rebukes-dumb-loyalty-pledge-required","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/long-shot-2024-candidate-qualifies-for-gop-debates-rebukes-dumb-loyalty-pledge-required\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 GOP Debates: Unexpected Candidate Qualifies, Criticizes &#8216;Dumb&#8217; Loyalty Pledge"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Flong-shot-2024-candidate-qualifies-for-gop-debates-rebukes-dumb-loyalty-pledge-required%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=1973371&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>Long Shot 2024 Candidate Qualifies for GOP Debates, Rebukes &#8216;Dumb&#8217; Loyalty Pledge Required<\/h2>\n<p>Long-shot Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie announced on Wednesday night that he has met the minimum requirements to reach the stage in next month&#8217;s first 2024 primary debate. In an interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN, Christie revealed that he has one percent support in more than one national poll and has received over 40,000 unique donors in just 35 days, surpassing his campaign&#8217;s progress in the 2016 primary.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;After being in this race for only a month, we&#8217;ve received over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/long-shot-2024-candidate-qualifies-for-gop-debates-rebukes-dumb-loyalty-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-circuit-breaker-on-election-night\/\" title=\"The question looms: just how does it come to be that three quarters of Republican and nearly one third of Democrat voters all believe that the election was stolen from Trump?\">pledge<\/a>-required\/&#8221; title=&#8221;2024 GOP Debates: Unexpected Candidate Qualifies, Criticizes &#8216;Dumb&#8217; Loyalty Pledge&#8221;>40k individual donations<\/a> to our campaign and met all RNC requirements to reach the debate stage. Americans are ready for someone to stand up to Donald Trump, and that&#8217;s exactly what I&#8217;m doing. Get your popcorn!&#8221; &#8211; Chris Christie<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovChristie\/status\/1679288514179919872?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Christie expressed his excitement about the broad support his campaign has received, with donors from every state in America and over 200 donors in 36 states. He confidently stated, &#8220;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-trump-up-7-points-in-final-selzer-iowa-poll-latest-states-poll-has-trump-up-322-to-216-for-biden-in-national-electoral-college\/\" title=\"IT'S HAPPENING: Trump Up 7 Points in Final Selzer Iowa Poll -- Latest States Poll Has Trump Up 322 to 216 for Biden in National Electoral College\">good news<\/a> I think for the Republican Party is that means I&#8217;m going to be on the debate stage on August 23.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Should Chris Christie drop out of the 2024 election race?<\/h3>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should Chris Christie drop out of the 2024 election race?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><label><input type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"yes\"> Yes<\/label><\/li>\n<li><label><input type=\"radio\" name=\"answer\" value=\"no\"> No<\/label><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n\t\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t<button onclick=\"ff_poll_submit(event)\">Submit<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n\t\t\tYes: 100% (5 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Christie&#8217;s previous run in the 2016 primary ended in February after finishing sixth in New Hampshire with only seven percent of the state&#8217;s voters supporting him. During his interview with Cooper, Christie criticized the debate stage requirement of pledging support to the eventual Republican nominee, calling it a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ian-sams-former-kamala-aide-and-grillary-clinton-apron-model-lands-new-gig-as-bidens-covid-spox\/\" title=\"Ian Sams, Former Kamala Aide and \u2018Grillary Clinton\u2019 Apron Model, Lands New Gig as Biden\u2019s COVID Spox\">dumb idea<\/a>.&#8221; He had previously stated that he would not take the pledge seriously and expressed his dissatisfaction with it to the Republican National Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Currently polling at 2.6 percent in the Real Clear Politics average, Christie has a favorable rating of 22 percent among Americans of every background, according to an Economist\/YouGov poll. However, 56 percent view him unfavorably, while the rest have no opinion on him.<\/p>\n<p>The first Republican primary debate will take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 23.<\/p>\n<p><em>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/long-shot-2024-candidate-qualifies-gop-debates-rebukes-dumb-loyalty-pledge-required\/\">Long Shot 2024 Candidate Qualifies for GOP Debates, Rebukes &#8216;Dumb&#8217; Loyalty Pledge Required<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long-shot GOP candidate Chris Christie confirmed meeting the minimum requirements for the upcoming 2024 primary debate. Speaking with CNN&#8217;s Anderson Cooper, the former New Jersey governor revealed he had made the cut. 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