{"id":1999499,"date":"2023-08-13T18:10:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T22:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-republicans-made-error-in-not-going-after-trump-in-2016\/"},"modified":"2023-08-13T18:11:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T22:11:41","slug":"chris-christie-republicans-made-error-in-not-going-after-trump-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-republicans-made-error-in-not-going-after-trump-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Christie: GOP&#8217;s mistake was not targeting Trump in 2016."},"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\">20<\/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-republicans-made-error-in-not-going-after-trump-in-2016%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=1999499&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: Republicans Made a Mistake \u200bin Not Targeting Trump in 2016<\/h2>\n<p>2024 presidential candidate Chris Christie believes Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">made<\/a> &#8220;a mistake&#8221; by not targeting former President Donald\u2063 Trump when he first ran in 2016, saying they were focused on fighting each other rather than working together to find a \u2064more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-population-declined-in-2020-as-thousands-fled-newsom-boudin-axis-of-terror\/\" title=\"California Population Declined in 2020 as Thousands Fled Newsom-Boudin Axis of Terror\">viable option<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Christie was asked in an interview with ABC News&#8217;s &#8220;This Week&#8221; about whether he\u200b regretted not taking a swing at \u2063Trump instead of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) \u2014\u2064 both\u2063 Rubio and Christie ran for president \u200din 2016.<\/p>\n<h3>Up for Debate: Where Trump, DeSantis, and Rest\u200c of Republican 2024 Field Stand on Key Issues<\/h3>\n<p>The\u2063 former New Jersey governor followed up in\u2064 saying all of the GOP candidates that \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seinfeld-returns-with-a-film-about-pop-tarts\/\" title=\"Seinfeld Returns With A Film About\u2026 Pop Tarts\">year made<\/a> that \u200cmistake in not\u200b going after Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish that I had \u200btaken swings at both of them, Jon, looking back on it,\u201d he said. \u201cI think we all made\u2064 a mistake \u200cin 2016 \u2014 myself, Marco, Jeb Bush, John Kasich \u2014 in not going\u2063 after Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s candidacy for president was largely underestimated during the 2016 campaign until he got\u200b on the first Republican National Committee debate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-barr-should-have-stepped-up-president-trump-goes-off-on-bill-barr-over-his-silence-on-hunter-biden-video\/\" title=\"\u201cBill Barr Should Have Stepped Up!\u201d \u2013 President Trump Goes Off on Bill Barr over His Silence on Hunter Biden (VIDEO)\">stage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think \u2062we all were under the illusion that somehow what was obvious to us\u200b at the moment, that there were better candidates on the stage\u200b than him, would be obvious to the public,\u201d Christie said. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t, and I think it should\u2063 inform everybody\u2019s\u200d approach to the race\u2063 this \u2062time. It certainly is informing mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump, Christie, and six other GOP candidates\u2062 have qualified for the RNC&#8217;s first \u200bdebate for the\u200c 2024 elections on \u200bAug. 23. The other six are \u200cGov. Ron\u200d DeSantis (R-FL), former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Vice \u200cPresident Mike Pence, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and \u2063Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND).<\/p>\n<p>Christie said Sunday\u200d he has not been presented with the RNC loyalty pledge,\u200b a document that all \u200cdebate attendees must sign in order to appear.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pledge \u2063signifies that\u2064 the GOP candidate who signs it will agree to support the Republican presidential nominee, regardless of who\u200b it is. Haley, Ramaswamy, DeSantis, Burgum, Scott, and Pence have all said they \u2064have signed \u2064the pledge.<\/p>\n<p>The former president \u2062has, so far, not yet committed to competing\u2063 on the debate stage \u2014 citing his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-republicans-made-error-in-not-going-after-trump-in-2016\/\" title=\"Chris Christie: GOP's mistake was not targeting Trump in 2016.\">high polling \u2063numbers<\/a>, and popularity among \u200dvoters. Christie expects Trump to sign the pledge, which the RNC requires no later than 48-hours before the first debate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 presidential candidate Chris Christie admits Republicans erred by not confronting Donald Trump during his initial 2016 campaign. He criticizes their infighting instead of collaborating to identify a stronger alternative. 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