{"id":1975147,"date":"2023-07-17T13:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T17:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-slams-tucker-goes-quiet-after-carlson-hits-him-with-a-simple-request\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T13:30:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T17:30:20","slug":"chris-christie-slams-tucker-goes-quiet-after-carlson-hits-him-with-a-simple-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-slams-tucker-goes-quiet-after-carlson-hits-him-with-a-simple-request\/","title":{"rendered":"Christie criticizes Tucker, stays silent after Carlson&#8217;s straightforward appeal."},"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\">18<\/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-tucker-goes-quiet-after-carlson-hits-him-with-a-simple-request%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=1975147&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>Chris Christie Slams Tucker, \u2064Goes Quiet After \u200dCarlson\u2063 Hits Him with \u200ca\u2064 Simple\u200c Request<\/h2>\n<p>There\u200b is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-slams-tucker-goes-quiet-after-carlson-hits-him-with-a-simple-request\/\" title=\"Christie criticizes Tucker, stays silent after Carlson's straightforward appeal.\">enduring grade\u2062 school\u2062 trope<\/a>\u2062 about schoolyard\u2064 bullies that \u2063if you are\u200b being harassed, the\u2063 easiest way to\u200d end that \u200dharassment is to\u2063 stand up\u2063 to the bully.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, \u2062the \u2063same \u2062tactics apply \u200din the adult political world.<\/p>\n<p>Look no \u2062further than the blustering longshot 2024 GOP presidential candidate and former New\u2062 Jersey\u2062 Gov. Chris Christie.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps due\u200b to \u2064the\u2064 utter lack of energy\u200d surrounding his campaign (the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2024\/president\/us\/2024_republican_presidential_nomination-7548.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RealClearPolitics<\/a>\u2062 polling\u200d average has him at a \u2063meager \u20622.5\u2064 percent, \u200bor less than half of\u2062 former Vice President Mike Pence\u2019s \u200csad 6 percent), Christie \u200bhas\u200b adopted the game \u200cplan of just being an \u2064antagonist to the\u200c frontrunner in \u2062the GOP primary \u2064race, former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>His \u2064tactics haven\u2019t exactly been \u200dsubtle (to be\u2063 fair, not \u200dmuch about \u200bthat man is), but they\u2063 haven\u2019t \u200cexactly been effective,\u2064 either.<\/p>\n<p>No, Christie very \u200bmuch\u200c feels like \u200ca \u200bman without \u2062a\u200d party flailing about, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chris-christie-tries-distinguish-republican-field-completely-blows-face\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u2063 rel=\"noopener\">flimsily \u2062hopping<\/a> from \u2064one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-ways-to-save-the-modern-awards-show\/\" title=\"10 Ways To Save The Modern Awards Show\">hot-button issue<\/a>\u2063 to another hoping to\u200c entice \u2063anyone\u200b delusional enough to\u200d view him as the next president\u2063 of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>As part of\u200d that flailing about, \u2063however,\u200b the former\u2063 governor \u2064made \u2064a tactical error that could all but\u200c torpedo\u200b his \u200calready\u2064 sinking \u2064primary prospects \u2014 he \u2062ticked off \u200dTucker Carlson.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, for some \u2064reason,\u200c Christie \u200csaw fit \u2064to\u2062 attack\u200c someone who\u2019s not running for president for \u2026\u2062 reasons?<\/p>\n<p>Carlson \u200ccaught a \u2062stray bullet during the\u200d candidate\u2019s Sunday \u2063appearance on ABC \u200cNews\u2019 \u201cThis Week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou weren\u2019t in Iowa,\u201d \u200cABC News \u2062host George \u2063Stephanopoulos began. \u201cYou weren\u2019t at\u200c that\u2064 Tucker Carlson forum,\u200d but\u2062 if\u200c you were being pressed\u2062 on\u2062 Ukraine like that,\u2064 how \u2064would you have responded?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stephanopoulos \u2063was\u200c referring\u200d to \u200cthe presidential forums held \u200din\u2062 Iowa \u200dlast\u200b Friday, which \u200bwere \u2064hosted by Carlson.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064forums were a\u2062 blistering pulpit, \u200bwith Carlson not letting flimsy answers go and <a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/drop-pence-fire-4-words-said-tucker-become-center-campaign\/\"\u2064 target=\"_blank\" \u2062rel=\"noopener\">pressing<\/a>\u200d some top GOP\u2063 politicians on divisive \u200dissues.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to George\u2062 Stephanopoulos days after \u2062the fact \u2062isn\u2019t exactly the same, already putting\u200b Christie\u2019s response at a disadvantage \u200b\u2014 it\u2019s\u200b easy to talk \u200cbig when you\u2062 won\u2019t \u200dbe pressed (really)\u2063 by the \u2063moderator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would\u2019ve said, \u2018You\u2019ve\u2062 always been wrong about\u2062 this, Tucker,\u2064 and you\u2019re \u200cstill wrong,&#8217;\u201d \u2062he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat,\u200d in \u200bfact,\u200c what\u2019s\u200c going on, \u2064George, \u200dis\u200c that this\u2062 is a \u2063proxy war \u2064with China,\u201d Christie\u200d said. \u201cThe \u2062Chinese are funding the Russian war by buying\u200d Russian\u2064 oil. They\u2019re\u2062 coordinating with the Iranians to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-fires-back-at-chris-christie-over-ukraine-remarks\/\" title=\"Tucker Carlson responds to Chris Christie's Ukraine comments.\">provide lethal weapons<\/a> to\u200d the Russian army.\u2062 And we could decide when to have\u2063 this\u200b conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now the Ukrainians\u2062 are \u2062willing to fight this fight\u2064 for themselves if \u2063they have our support to \u200cbe able\u2064 to win\u200c it. If the Chinese\u200c watch \u2064us \u2064back away\u2062 from Ukraine, as\u2064 Tucker Carlson and\u2064 others would advocate,\u2064 believe\u200b me, the\u200b next\u200d move \u200cwill\u2062 be Taiwan.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"><br \u2062\/><br \/>\n<br \u2064\/><\/div>\n<p>If \u2063Stephanopoulos had \u200ca shred of dignity,\u2063 he would have asked\u200d for \u2063some follow-up from \u2062the former governor.\u200c Because\u2064 to some,\u2062 Christie\u2019s \u200drhetoric\u200b sounds \u2064an awful\u2062 lot like\u2064 he \u2064thinks World War \u200dIII should be on his \u2064list of campaign promises.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, how\u200d hard\u2063 would it have been to \u2063even\u2064 ask the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>So \u2063how does this proxy \u200cwar end? Is it endless?<\/li>\n<li>You claim that \u200bChina \u200cis \u200cworking \u2064with Iran\u200c to provide lethal weapons. What\u2064 evidence do you \u2062have of \u200bthat?<\/li>\n<li>Should\u200b the U.S. engage in war with\u200d China over \u200cTaiwan? (Though, to be fair,\u200d it\u2019s pretty \u200dclear \u200bwhat Christie\u2019s answer to this one would \u200cbe.)<\/li>\n<li>If \u2064the \u200bUkrainians are only willing \u200bto fight \u2063with our support,\u2062 doesn\u2019t that mean they\u2019re \u200b<em>not \u200c<\/em>actually\u200d willing to\u2062 \u201cfight this fight\u200d for\u2064 themselves\u201d?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Instead, the \u201cThis Week\u201d \u2062host completely ignored Christie\u2019s wartime prognostications and \u2064commented about \u2026 Carlson\u2019s\u200d popularity?<\/p>\n<p>Ah,\u2062 so the \u200bsegment wasn\u2019t\u00a0<em>really\u00a0<\/em>about\u2064 Christie\u2019s thoughts on the Ukraine-Russia \u200dwar, \u200dit was about his thoughts\u200c on\u2063 the former \u2064Fox \u2064News host.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking \u200bof Carlson, \u2063he caught wind \u200cof \u2062Christie\u2019s\u200d remarks and issued a simple and\u2064 humble challenge:\u00a0Let\u2019s chat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSounds like this could use a longer conversation,\u201d Carlson\u2063 said Sunday on Twitter. \u2062\u201cWe just \u200basked @GovChristie\u2063 to sit \u2062down \u200dand\u2062 explain his views on \u200dUkraine. He\u200c refused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2063 hate\u200d to think \u200bthat\u200b Chris Christie is a blustery coward who\u2062 plays the\u200d tough guy with\u2063 sycophants \u200cat ABC but\u2063 won\u2019t answer real questions,\u2063 but who \u200cknows?\u200c We \u2063hope\u2063 he reconsiders.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote \u2064class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p\u200c dir=\"ltr\" \u200dlang=\"en\">Sounds like this could use a longer\u2063 conversation. We just \u2064asked <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovChristie?\">@GovChristie<\/a> \u200cto \u200bsit\u2062 down and explain\u2062 his views on \u200bUkraine. He refused. You hate to think\u2062 that Chris Christie\u2062 is\u2064 a \u200bblustery coward\u2064 who \u2062plays\u2063 the tough guy with \u200bsycophants \u200dat\u2062 ABC but won\u2019t \u2063answer real questions, \u200cbut\u2026 \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6khc5xi3Co\">pic.twitter.com\/6khc5xi3Co<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tucker \u200cCarlson (@TuckerCarlson) \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson\/status\/1680677536223854592?\">July \u206416,\u200c 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As\u2063 of noon Monday\u200d ET, every tweet\u2062 that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovChristie\/with_replies\" \u200btarget=\"_blank\" \u200brel=\"noopener\">Christie had \u2064posted<\/a> since being\u200d challenged by\u2062 Carlson was about Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Time\u200d will\u2064 tell\u2062 if \u200bthe bully\u2062 will continue to \u2062avoid\u200b the person who stood up to him.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a\u2063 rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chris-christie-slams-tucker-goes-quiet-carlson-hits-simple-request\/\">Chris Christie \u2064Slams\u2063 Tucker,\u2063 Goes\u200b Quiet \u2063After Carlson Hits\u200d Him with\u200c a Simple Request<\/a> appeared first\u2062 on <a \u200crel=\"nofollow\" \u200chref=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western\u200d Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a familiar grade school belief that standing up to bullies is the best way to stop their harassment. Surprisingly, this tactic also holds true in the adult political realm. Just observe the brash underdog 2024 GOP presidential contender and ex-New Jersey&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2015,"featured_media":1975148,"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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/1975147","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\/2015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}