{"id":1974346,"date":"2023-07-16T10:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T14:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-blasts-trump-for-claiming-his-indictment-is-a-badge-of-honor\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T10:14:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T14:14:14","slug":"chris-christie-blasts-trump-for-claiming-his-indictment-is-a-badge-of-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-blasts-trump-for-claiming-his-indictment-is-a-badge-of-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Christie criticizes Trump&#8217;s view of indictment as an &#8216;honorable badge&#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\">22<\/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-blasts-trump-for-claiming-his-indictment-is-a-badge-of-honor%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=1974346&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 \u200bJersey \u200bGov. Chris \u2064Christie\ud834\udd7a Reacts \u200cto Trump&#8217;s \u2064Indictment\u2062 Claims<\/h2>\n<p>During an\u2063 appearance on CNN&#8217;s State of the Union, \ud834\udd7aformer\ud834\udd7a New Jersey\u200b Gov.\u200d Chris Christie \u200cresponded\u2063 to\u2064 Donald Trump&#8217;s\u200c recent \u2064characterization of his \u2064indictments\u2062 as badges \u2063of\u200d &#8220;honor\u200c and \u2064courage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Christie was shown \u2062a \u200bclip of Trump speaking \u200cat\ud834\udd7a the \ud834\udd7aTurning Point\u2062 USA \ud834\udd7aconference, where \ud834\udd7aTrump claimed\ud834\udd7a that being\ud834\udd7a indicted by\u200c the &#8220;radical Left Democrats, Marxists, communists, and\u2062 fascists&#8221;\u2062 was \u200da\ud834\udd7a great\u200c honor and a courageous\u2063 act. As a \u2064contender \u200cfor the\u200c 2024 GOP presidential nomination, Christie dismissed \u2063Trump&#8217;s statement with\u2063 a\u200c scoff.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;He\u2019s \u200da \u2062liar and\u200c a \u200bcoward. He\u2019s \u200dnot\u200c getting indicted for anyone\u200c other than \u2064because of his \u2064own \u2062conduct,&#8221;\ud834\udd7a Christie said. &#8220;When he says he\u2019s\u2064 doing \u200dit for \ud834\udd7aus, that\u2019s \u200ba lie. And when \u200che was\ud834\udd7a doing\u200b all the\u200d things\u200b that he was doing\u200c with \u2062those documents, it\u200c shows\u2064 exactly what a coward he is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A super PAC supporting \u200cChristie \u2064released a\u2063 political ad criticizing Trump for\u2062 not participating in a Republican <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\">primary debate<\/a>. The ad \u200csuggested \ud834\udd7athat \u200dif\u2063 Trump were \u200cto \u2064attend a debate,\u2062 he would \u200dhave to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-tom-carper-announces-bill-to-give-d-c-statehood\/\" title=\"Sen. Tom Carper announces bill to give D.C. statehood\">face questions<\/a> \u200dabout\u2063 his indictments,\u200d his loss\u2064 to President Joe Biden, and\u2063 his impeachments. Christie urged Trump to appear at\u2063 the \u2063debate \ud834\udd7aand &#8220;defend\u2064 his record,&#8221; although he referred to that\u2064 record\u2063 as &#8220;not great&#8221; in \u200can ABC \u200binterview.<\/p>\n<p>Anchor Jake\u200d Tapper pointed \u200cout\ud834\udd7a that\u200d Christie believes 2024 opponent Will \u200dHurd will\u2064 follow Trump&#8217;s precedent \u200bfrom 2016 by not \u200dcommitting to support \u2062the GOP\ud834\udd7a nominee, regardless\u200d of who\u200c that person may be. \u2063Hurd&#8217;s decision\ud834\udd7a not to pledge\u200b his support\u200c would \u200ddisqualify \u2063him from\u200d participating \u200cin the primary debate. In contrast, eight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-governor-breaks-his-own-covid-rules-to-eat-fancy-french-food\/\" title=\"Ca. Governor Breaks His Own COVID Rules To Eat Fancy French Food\">years ago<\/a>, when there were\u200b ten candidates on\u200b the debate \u2064stage, all \u2062except Trump\u2062 agreed to \u2062support the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-bloomberg-presidential-campaign-staffers-hit-with-tax-bills-on-income-higher-than-their-salaries\/\" title=\"Former Bloomberg Presidential Campaign Staffers Hit With Tax Bills On Income Higher Than Their Salaries\">eventual nominee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I \u200cwill sign the debate\u2063 pledge, and I will\u2064 take it every bit as seriously as\ud834\udd7a [Trump]\u2062 did in 2016,&#8221; \u2062Christie \u200caffirmed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Furthermore,\ud834\udd7a Christie has met the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-blasts-trump-for-claiming-his-indictment-is-a-badge-of-honor\/\" title=\"Chris Christie criticizes Trump's view of indictment as an 'honorable badge'.\">fundraising \ud834\udd7athreshold required<\/a> to qualify for the primary debate.<\/p>\n<p>Christie, Trump, and\ud834\udd7a Hurd are \u2062competing \u200bagainst several\u200c other \u2062candidates, including former South Carolina Gov. \u200bNikki \u200bHaley, former Arkansas Gov.\u2064 Asa Hutchinson, former Vice\u200d President\u2062 Mike \u2062Pence, Sen.\u200c Tim Scott (R-SC),\u2062 Gov. Doug Burgum \u200c(R-ND), Gov. Ron DeSantis\ud834\udd7a (R-FL), Miami \u2062Mayor \u200dFrancis\u200d Suarez, political\u2062 commentator\u200d Larry\u200b Elder,\u2063 and \u200bbusinessmen\u200c Vivek Ramaswamy\u200c and Perry Johnson, in\ud834\udd7a the race for \ud834\udd7athe GOP presidential\u2064 nomination.<\/p>\n<h3>Click <a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">here<\/a> to read\ud834\udd7a more from\u2063 The\u200c Washington Examiner.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NJ Gov. Chris Christie responded to Trump&#8217;s view of his indictments as &#8220;badges of honor and courage.&#8221; During an interview on CNN&#8217;s State of the Union, Christie was played a clip of Trump&#8217;s speech at the Turning Point USA conference, where Trump stated that the radical Left&#8217;s actions only strengthen his resolve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1974347,"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-1974346","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\/1974346","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=1974346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1974347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}