{"id":1975302,"date":"2023-07-17T15:39:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T19:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-challenges-chris-christie-over-ukraine-war\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T15:41:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T19:41:13","slug":"tucker-carlson-challenges-chris-christie-over-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-challenges-chris-christie-over-ukraine-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Tucker Carlson questions Chris Christie on Ukraine conflict."},"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\">16<\/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%2Ftucker-carlson-challenges-chris-christie-over-ukraine-war%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=1975302&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=\"post_content\">\n\t<div\u200d class=\"aplayer_app\"\u2063 data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0717\/b2ea4ae6-94a3-4dc8-9f0a-c188179ffff7\/audio.mp3?length=3760461&#038;duration=313\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>After\u200c questioning multiple \u200cRepublican \u200b2024 presidential\u200c candidates\u2063 over the\u2062 weekend, former\u200b Fox \u2063News host \u200cTucker\u200d Carlson is\u2062 calling out candidate Chris\u2064 Christie \u2064for \u2064avoiding \u200da\u200d debate\u2062 on\u2062 Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>During\u2064 an \u200cinterview \u200dwith\u2062 ABC News&#8217; George Stephanopoulos, \u2062Christie \u2064criticized Carlson&#8217;s\u2064 stance\u200b on\u2064 the Russia-Ukraine conflict, \u2063stating that \u200bCarlson has\u2063 always\u2062 been\u200c wrong. \u2062Christie \u200dexpressed \u200dhis willingness to \u200bpush\u200c back \u200dif given the opportunity \u2064to\u2063 debate\u200c Carlson.\u2062 While Carlson interviewed six Republican presidential \u200bcandidates, \u200cChristie, \u2062former\u2064 President\u2064 Donald \u200bTrump,\u2063 and North \u200dDakota \u2064Gov.\u200b Doug \u200bBurgum \u200bdid not\u200c attend.<\/p>\n<p>Christie \u2063told \u200bStephanopoulos, &#8220;You&#8217;ve\u2063 always\u2062 been \u200bwrong\u2064 about \u200cthis, \u200bTucker, and \u200cyou&#8217;re\u2062 still wrong.&#8221; He \u2064emphasized that the Ukrainians\u200c are \u200dcapable of fighting \u2062for their\u2064 own \u2064freedom with support\u2062 from the\u200b United States.\u200c Christie \u200calso mentioned\u200b that\u2063 polling\u2063 and\u200b conversations \u200dwith voters \u2064indicate that \u2063a majority \u2064of \u200cRepublicans\u200b support assisting Ukraine \u2062in\u2062 its \u2063fight against Russia.<\/p>\n<h2>Carlson Challenges \u200cChristie<\/h2>\n<p>In \u200cresponse, Carlson\u200b shared\u2063 a screenshot \u200dof Christie&#8217;s comments\u2063 and\u2064 challenged\u2064 him \u2063to a \u200cdiscussion \u2063on the\u2063 topic.<\/p>\n<p>On Twitter, \u2063Carlson wrote, &#8220;Sounds like this could\u200c use a longer \u200dconversation.\u200d We \u200djust \u2063asked [Mr. Christie] \u2063to sit down \u2063and explain his \u2063views\u200c on\u200b Ukraine. \u200bHe refused.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure\u2063 id=\"attachment_5317201\"\u2063 style=\"width: 640px\" \u2063class=\"wp-caption \u2062alignnone\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/07\/id5317201-Chris-Christie-GettyImages-1496498086-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/07\/id5317201-Chris-Christie-GettyImages-1496498086-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Chris\u200d Christie\" \u200dstyle=\"width: 640px\"><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>Expressing his disappointment,\u200d Carlson\u200b added,\u2063 &#8220;You hate \u200dto\u200b think\u200d that \u200dChris Christie \u2063is \u2063a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fire-fauci-new-study-finds-closing-schools-in-response-to-covid-19-delayed-herd-immunity-and-will-increase-overall-deaths\/\" title=\"FIRE FAUCI: New Study Finds Closing Schools In Response to COVID-19 Delayed Herd Immunity and Will Increase Overall Deaths\">tucker<\/a>-carlson-fires-back-at-chris-christie-over-ukraine-remarks\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Tucker Carlson responds to Chris Christie&#8217;s Ukraine comments.&#8221;>blustery \u200dcoward<\/a>\u200d who plays the\u200c tough \u200cguy\u2062 with\u200d sycophants \u200dat ABC\u2064 but \u2064won&#8217;t\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tucker-carlson-challenges-chris-christie-over-ukraine-war\/\" title=\"Tucker Carlson questions Chris Christie on Ukraine conflict.\">answer\u200c real questions<\/a>, but who\u200d knows? We \u2062hope \u200che \u2062reconsiders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This \u200cincident follows Carlson&#8217;s challenge \u2064to former\u200b Vice \u200bPresident \u2062Mike \u2063Pence \u200bregarding \u2062his\u2064 stance\u200d on\u200b Ukraine during\u2063 the \u2062Iowa Family \u2064Leadership \u2064Summit.<\/p>\n<p>During the\u200c exchange,\u200d Pence\u200c defended\u200d his belief \u2063that \u200dthe \u200cUnited States\u200d can\u2062 address \u200cboth domestic \u2064issues and international \u2063conflicts. Carlson\u2063 questioned\u2064 the allocation\u200d of resources to \u200bUkraine while\u2063 the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/communist-china-plans-to-press-biden-to-reverse-trumps-policies-during-meeting-in-alaska-report\/\" title=\"Communist China Plans To Press Biden To Reverse Trump\u2019s Policies During Meeting In Alaska: Report\">country faces<\/a>\u2063 its own\u200d challenges.<\/p>\n<p>As the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/support-for-stricter-gun-control-at-lowest-point-since-2014\/\" title=\"Support for Stricter Gun Control at Lowest Point Since 2014\">debate continues<\/a>,\u2062 it\u200b remains\u2062 to be seen if \u200bChristie\u2062 will \u2062accept \u200cCarlson&#8217;s invitation to discuss Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson challenged Republican candidate Chris Christie to a debate on Ukraine, accusing the former New Jersey governor of avoiding him. Carlson questioned multiple GOP 2024 presidential candidates and expressed his desire to engage in a discussion with Christie. In response, Christie criticized Carlson, stating that he has consistently been incorrect on various matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":1975303,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/1975302","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\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}