{"id":2010767,"date":"2023-08-24T12:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T16:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-attempts-to-spin-vicious-booing-he-received-at-debate-but-cnn-host-seems-unconvinced\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T12:43:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T16:43:08","slug":"chris-christie-attempts-to-spin-vicious-booing-he-received-at-debate-but-cnn-host-seems-unconvinced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-attempts-to-spin-vicious-booing-he-received-at-debate-but-cnn-host-seems-unconvinced\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Christie tries to downplay debate booing, but CNN host remains skeptical."},"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%2Fchris-christie-attempts-to-spin-vicious-booing-he-received-at-debate-but-cnn-host-seems-unconvinced%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=2010767&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 Attempts to Spin Vicious Booing He\u200b Received at Debate, But CNN Host Seems Unconvinced<\/h2>\n<p>Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie put a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-caved-to-turkish-government-demands-blocked-group-to-protect-business-interests\/\" title=\"Facebook Caved To Turkish Government Demands, Blocked Group To Protect Business Interests\">positive spin<\/a> on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/book-donald-trump-tested-positive-later-negative-for-coronavirus-before-first-presidential-debate\/\" title=\"Book: Donald Trump Tested Positive (Later Negative) for Coronavirus Before First Presidential Debate\">debate performance<\/a> on Thursday morning during an interview with CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Christie, who \u200bhad the third most talk-time of the eight candidates who participated \u200bin the first \u200cRepublican primary debate of the political\u200d season on Fox \u2062News on Wednesday, gave\u2063 himself a pat on the\u2064 back for using \u2062some of the debate to attack former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-replaces-top-attorney-hours-surrender-hires-best-criminal-defense-attorney-georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/allowing-john-fetterman-to-run-for-senate-is-just-abusive\/\" title=\"Allowing John Fetterman To Run For Senate Is Just Abusive\">governor opened<\/a> the debate\u200b by being heavily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-debate-starts-off-bang-candidates-booed-immediately-introduced\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">booed<\/a> and was jeered at for much of the event.<\/p>\n<p>While \u2062speaking with CNN\u2019s\u200d Poppy Harlow, Christie was asked about what\u200d he\u2063 believed was his \u201cbest\u201d moment\u200c from the debate.<\/p>\n<p>Christie said he was \u201cproud\u201d \u200dof the fact\u200d he \u201cwent after\u201d\u2062 Trump early on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf \u2063you\u2019re unwilling to confront him when he\u2019s not there, how the heck are you gonna \u2062be willing to confront him when he is?\u201d Christie said.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cI\u2019m \u200dproud of the fact that\u200c I was the only one last night who was willing to do it repeatedly \u2062and \u200bdirectly.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cThe fact is if you\u2019re not\u200b going to talk about that, then why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whoever-you-are-chris-sununu-thanks-for-not-running-for-president\/\" title=\"Thanks, Chris Sununu, for not running for President.\">bother running<\/a>?\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovChristie?\">@GovChristie<\/a> joins to recap his debate \u200dperformance, including the moment he was booed for attacking President Trump: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eTi0bupVO5\">pic.twitter.com\/eTi0bupVO5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNN This Morning (@CNNThisMorning) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNThisMorning\/status\/1694689887558009054?\">August 24, \u20622023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/body-language-expert-notices-poppy-harlow-fingers-don-lemons-first-day-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harlow<\/a> responded, \u200b\u201cWhy\u2063 do you think that\u2063 was \u200dyour best moment to\u2062 get Republican primary voters to vote for you when\u200d you had really loud boos every time \u200dyou did that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christie said that the mood in the room\u2062 was not\u200b indicative of that of all voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, not every Republican \u2062primary voter in America was \u2064in the arena,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christie-forced-stop-speaking-drowned-boos-moderator-needs-police-crowd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christie<\/a> said\u2064 his message \u200cwas tailored for\u200c millions of potential voters at home.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the interview, Harlow asked\u200c Christie\u2062 to describe his \u201cworst\u201d\u2064 debate moment.<\/p>\n<p>Christie complained about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-cuts-off-fox-news-moderator-middle-climate-change-stunt-not-school-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> debate moderators Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, who he said lost control of the \u2064room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m disappointed that the moderators didn\u2019t play a stronger hand in controlling what was\u2063 going on,\u201d \u2063he said.<\/p>\n<p>After Christie \u200crefused to let Harlow cut in, she said, \u201cI asked for your \u2064weakness, but I don\u2019t\u200b think you\u2019re going to answer that.\u200d You did get\u200b the second most talk time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Christie, who was repeatedly jeered, spoke the third-most of any candidate on stage Wednesday at 11 minutes and 37\u2062 seconds, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/23\/politics\/speaking-times-candidate-republican-debate-dg\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> reported\u2063 after the debate.<\/p>\n<p>Former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pences-rookie-attack-draws-overwhelming-boos-heated-clash-vivek-ramaswamy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Pence<\/a> spoke the most with 12 minutes and \u200c26 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chris-christie-attempts-spin-vicious-booing-received-debate-cnn-host-seems-unconvinced\/\">Chris Christie Attempts to\u2064 Spin Vicious \u200bBooing He Received\u200c at Debate, But CNN Host \u2062Seems Unconvinced<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the back for his debate performance. Despite being the third candidate with the most talk-time during the first Republican primary debate, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie remained optimistic. In an interview with CNN, he expressed satisfaction with his performance on Fox News and praised himself for his efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":2010768,"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":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2010767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"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\/2010767","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\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2010767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2010768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2010767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2010767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2010767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}