{"id":1974516,"date":"2023-07-16T14:42:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T18:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christie-says-trump-is-a-liar-and-coward-as-gop-candidates-prepare-for-presidential-debate\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T14:45:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T18:45:09","slug":"christie-says-trump-is-a-liar-and-coward-as-gop-candidates-prepare-for-presidential-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christie-says-trump-is-a-liar-and-coward-as-gop-candidates-prepare-for-presidential-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Christie slams Trump as a &#8216;lying coward&#8217; ahead of GOP debate."},"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\">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%2Fchristie-says-trump-is-a-liar-and-coward-as-gop-candidates-prepare-for-presidential-debate%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=1974516&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--><div class=\"entry-content\"> \u2062\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \u200d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L) Photo \u2062by JOSEPH \u200bPREZIOSO\/AFP via \u200bGetty \u200bImages \u2064\/\u2062 (R)\u2062 Photo \u200cby Robert Perry\/Getty Images \/ Canva \u2062edit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p> \u200d \u200d \u200c\u200d <\/p>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke\u2062 Mallory<\/a><br \/>11:28\u2064 AM \u2013 \u200bSunday, July\u2064 16, 2023\u2062 \u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>\u200d  \u200b  \u2062<\/p>\n<p>Republican \u200cpresidential contender Chris Christie stepped up his criticism\u2063 of \u200bformer\u200c President\u2064 Donald\u200b Trump on Sunday, labeling \u200dhim\u2063 a \u201cliar\u201d \u2062and a\u200d \u201ccoward.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\u200d id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" \u200bstyle=\"min-width:\u2062 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>\u2062  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1');\u2062 });  \t<\/script> \u200c <\/div>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>     \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>The former New\u2063 Jersey \u200dgovernor\u2063 was responding to\u2063 Trump\u2019s remarks \u200bat a conservative gathering in Florida\u200c on Saturday, in which he declared, \u201cI\u2019m being indicted for\u2062 you,\u201d as he sought\u2062 to\u200b defend himself against charges in the \u200dspecial counsel\u2019s \u2063investigative \u200dwitch hunt of\u200b his alleged mishandling\u2064 of classified \u2064materials after\u200d leaving office.<\/p>\n<p>\u2064  \u2064  <\/p>\n<p>However, Christie chimed \u2062in \u200bduring a guest\u200c appearance on\u2064 the left-wing \u200bnetwork\u2064 and criticized Trump\u2019s \u2064statements.<\/p>\n<p>   \u2063 <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u200b <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s indicted because \u200dof his\u2063 outrageous conduct,\u201d Christie told CNN\u2019s \u2064Jake\u200d Tapper\u2063 on \u2063the \u201cState\u200c of the \u200cUnion\u201d program.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> \u200d   \u2064<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no\u2062 other\u200d of the 200 million Americans \u200dhe spoke about who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christie-says-trump-is-a-liar-and-coward-as-gop-candidates-prepare-for-presidential-debate\/\" title=\"Christie slams Trump as a 'lying coward' ahead of GOP debate.\">illegally\u2064 retained classified national secrets<\/a> after \u200cbeing asked politely, quietly,\u2064 and professionally for\u2062 18 months to\u200c voluntarily turn them back over after \u200dhe\u200b left \u2064the White House,\u201d the \u2064former\u2063 governor claimed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>   \u2064 <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u2062 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe now has the opportunity\u200b to \u200bgo to \u2062court \u2062and make the government prove\u200b that case beyond \u200ca reasonable \u200cdoubt. But now he says he\u200d doesn\u2019t \u200dwant to have\u200c a trial until\u2062 after \u2063the\u200d election in 2024. I don\u2019t\u2064 think \u200che\u2019s doing\u200b that for\u2062 us, either. He should\u2063 resolve \u2062this thing before people vote, so\u2063 that we know exactly \u200cwho \u200bwe\u2019re\u200c voting \u2064for,\u201d he \u2063continued.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> \u200b  \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Christie also stated \u2062on \u200dSaturday that he has\u200c met the Republican National Committee\u2019s <a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/chris-christie-and-tim-scott-meet-donor-requirement-to-join-gop-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" \u200drel=\"noreferrer noopener\">donor threshold<\/a> in order to participate \u2062in the \u2063first presidential\u2063 primary \u200cdebate in\u200d Milwaukee \u200bnext month. \u200c<\/p>\n<p> \u200d   \u200b<\/p>\n<p>Christie stated that\u2062 his campaign has\u200b \u201calmost 45,000 individual donors\u201d and that \u200che \u201cwill\u2063 be there on\u200d August\u2063 23<sup>rd<\/sup>.\u201d\u200c According \u200cto his most \u2063recent Federal Election\u200b Commission statement, \u2062Christie\u2019s campaign purportedly raised around $1.7 million in the second quarter that ended on June \u200b30<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062   \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>However,\u2064 Christie\u2019s favorability ratings in\u2062 recent GOP\u200d presidential polls have\u200c some Republicans\u200b questioning\u2063 whether his statements are \u2062dramatized \u200cor dishonest.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d  <\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s\u2062 first hearing in the\u200b investigation is scheduled \u200bfor \u200bTuesday, when attorneys from\u2062 both sides will\u2064 debate \u2064how\u2063 the case\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mainstream-media-and-big-techs-seismic-shift-to-the-left\/\" title=\"Mainstream Media and Big Tech\u2019s Seismic Shift to the Left\">classified materials<\/a> should be \u2062handled.<\/p>\n<p>   \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>The\u200d need \u200cfor\u200c extra \u2062time \u2064to examine the materials \u200dwas\u200d cited by Trump and \u200chis co-defendant,\u200d Walt Nauta, as \u200dthe rationale \u200cfor\u200c delaying the\u200c trial date. His attorneys have \u2064also\u2063 indicated that\u2063 a fair jury \u2063could\u200c not be seated before the 2024\u200d election, with Trump \u200bleading in polls and \u2064vying for the \u2063Republican \u200bnomination. The special attorney in charge \u200dof the investigation \u200bhad reportedly \u2063rejected their proposed justifications for postponing\u2062 the trial.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2062 \u200c <\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s previous remarks regarding \u2062the\u2063 GOP \u200cdebate have also made it unclear, for\u2064 those who are planning\u200c on\u200b tuning\u200d in, whether he will be participating in the upcoming \u200cMilwaukee event.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d  <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p> \u200d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t \u2063really\u200d made\u200d up my\u200b mind,\u201d Trump said.\u200c \u201cWhen \u2064you have a big lead, you don\u2019t \u200bdo it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> \u200b  \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>Christie continued his\u2063 attacks on \u2063the former president by \u200bposting his thoughts on Twitter on\u2064 Saturday. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\u200d is-type-rich\u200c is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div \u2064class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <blockquote\u200b data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" \u200bdata-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\"\u2063 data-dnt=\"true\"><p\u2063 lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Donald, I\u2063 know\u200d it \u200bhurts \u2062to hear the \u200ctruth. <\/p>\n<p>But\u200b you only built 47\u200d miles \u2062of new wall, &#038; Mexico didn\u2019t pay for any of it.\u2062 Not one damn peso.<\/p>\n<p>At this \u200brate, \u2063it would take\u2062 you nearly 110 years \u200bto completely \u2062finish the wall. <\/p>\n<p>You fail,\u2064 you lie.\u2062 Rinse\u2062 &#038; repeat. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EA6sJHXmMm\">pic.twitter.com\/EA6sJHXmMm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Christie\u2062 (@GovChristie) <a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovChristie\/status\/1680390068807106561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July \u206316, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script \u2062type=\"text\/plain\"\u2062 data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u2063 charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> \u200b<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay \u200dinformed! \u200bReceive \u200bbreaking\u200b news blasts\u2063 directly to your inbox\u200b for free. Subscribe \u200bhere.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Amala Ekpunobi, PragerU Personality<\/strong>, discusses the controversial \u200dmessage \u2063and complicated financials\u200b of\u200b \u201cBlack \u200cLives Matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2064 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\u2063 \u200d \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Capelouto, President of DrugInducedHomicide.org<\/strong>, \u2064discusses how his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/credit-suisse-inquiry-will-keep-files-secret-for-50-years\/\" title=\"Credit Suisse inquiry to keep files confidential for 50 years.\">personal\u200b tragedy led<\/a> to his quest to fight\u2064 for a safer\u200c future for\u2064 young \u2064Americans.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div\u200c class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Matt \u200bCapelouto, President of DrugInducedHomicide.org<\/strong>,\u200c discusses how \u200dhis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hellywood-on-hold\/\" title=\"Hollywood's Pause!\">personal tragedy led<\/a> to \u200chis quest to fight for a safer future for\u200d young Americans.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div \u200cclass=\"entry-content\"> \u200b \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alex Newman, CEO of Liberty Sentinel Media<\/strong>,\u2064 discusses\u200c the importance of\u200d knowing\u200b who is in\u2062 our country\u200c and securing the \u200dborder.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\"> \u200b \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>BEIJING (Reuters)<\/strong> \u2063- Chinese\u2064 President\u200c Xi Jinping said China must build a \u200c\u201csolid\u201d \u2064security barrier around its\u200b internet\u200c under \u200cthe \u2062supervision of\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">  \u2064\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>By \u200bAnna \u200cTong \u200b(Reuters)<\/strong> -Roblox Chief Business\u2064 Officer Craig Donato\u200c is \u200dleaving gaming and \u2063metaverse company Roblox, the \u200dcompany \u200btold Reuters\u200b on\u2026\u2063 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\u200b  \u200d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>KUALA LUMPUR\u2062 (Reuters)<\/strong> &#8211; 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