{"id":1999455,"date":"2023-08-13T17:05:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T21:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christie-predicts-trump-will-sign-controversial-rnc-loyalty-pledge-ahead-of-debate\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T17:06:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T21:06:00","slug":"christie-predicts-trump-will-sign-controversial-rnc-loyalty-pledge-ahead-of-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christie-predicts-trump-will-sign-controversial-rnc-loyalty-pledge-ahead-of-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Christie foresees Trump&#8217;s agreement to sign contentious RNC loyalty pledge before debate."},"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\">24<\/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-predicts-trump-will-sign-controversial-rnc-loyalty-pledge-ahead-of-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=1999455&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 Governor Chris Christie Predicts Trump Will \u200dSign RNC Pledge<\/h2>\n<p>Former New Jersey \u2063governor and presidential candidate\u200d Chris Christie believes that former President Donald Trump will \u2064ultimately sign the Republican National Committee&#8217;s\u2062 loyalty pledge, \u2062which is required for candidates \u200dto participate in the primary debate.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI would not\u200b be the least \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boris-johnson-gets-married-in-secret-wedding-catches-u-k-off-guard\/\" title=\"Boris Johnson Gets Married In Secret Wedding, Catches U.K. Off Guard\">bit surprised<\/a> if, \u200bsometime around\u2063 Sunday or Monday of\u200b next week, that he signs the pledge and he shows up on the stage on Wednesday,\u201d he told ABC This Week&#8217;s Jonathon Karl.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Social Security Update: Direct Payment Worth $914 in\u2062 19 Days<\/h3>\n<p>With just 10 days until the \u2064debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christie-predicts-trump-will-sign-controversial-rnc-loyalty-pledge-ahead-of-debate\/\" title=\"Christie foresees Trump's agreement to sign contentious RNC loyalty pledge before debate.\">participation \u2062remains uncertain<\/a>. He has criticized\u2062 the RNC \u200dfor holding a debate, arguing that as the former president and \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bachelor-host-chris-harrison-bashes-cancel-culture-fans-start-petition-to-cancel-him\/\" title=\"Bachelor Host Chris Harrison Bashes Cancel Culture, Fans Start Petition To Cancel Him\">front-runner<\/a>, he shouldn&#8217;t need to debate.<\/p>\n<p>However, he has\u2063 not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-wiped-a-conservative-wisconsin-news-page-after-wrongfully-censoring-it-for-months\/\" title=\"Facebook Wiped A Conservative Wisconsin News Page After Wrongfully Censoring It For Months\">publicly ruled<\/a> out participating. The decision may come just days before the debate, as candidates must sign\u200b the pledge 48 hours prior \u2063to the \u200bevent.<\/p>\n<p>Several candidates have already\u200b signed \u200dtheir copies of\u200c the pledge, but according \u200cto Christie, he \u2062has not received it yet. He mentioned that \u200cthe\u2064 RNC is still verifying his donor count.\u2064 \u201cI\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be\u200b presented with the \u2063pledge at some point \u2063in the next week,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>While Christie maintains that Trump will sign the pledge, \u200dthe former president has recently suggested \u2064otherwise. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t\u2063 sign the pledge,\u201d Trump \u2062claimed.\u200d \u201cWhy\u200d would I sign a pledge if\u2064 there are people on there that I wouldn\u2019t have?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>Both the RNC and executives from Fox News, the channel streaming the event, have encouraged Trump to attend the debate. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel stated last month that\u200d it would be a mistake\u200c for\u200b him to miss the debate.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent dinner, \u2064Fox News president Jay Wallace and CEO Suzanne Scott \u2062reportedly made their case to Trump as to why he should participate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former New Jersey governor and ex-presidential candidate Chris Christie expects Donald Trump to sign the GOP&#8217;s loyalty pledge for primary debate participation. 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