{"id":2048338,"date":"2023-09-28T16:20:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T20:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-tells-trump-were-gonna-call-you-donald-duck-at-2nd-gop-debate\/"},"modified":"2023-09-28T16:23:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T20:23:18","slug":"chris-christie-tells-trump-were-gonna-call-you-donald-duck-at-2nd-gop-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-tells-trump-were-gonna-call-you-donald-duck-at-2nd-gop-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Christie to Trump: &#8220;You&#8217;ll be known as &#8216;Donald Duck&#8217;!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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-tells-trump-were-gonna-call-you-donald-duck-at-2nd-gop-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=2048338&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Republican\u2063 presidential candidate former New Jersey Gov.\u200b Chris Christie delivers remarks during the FOX Business\u2062 Republican \u2063Primary Debate at \u200bthe Ronald\u2064 Reagan Presidential Library on September \u206327, 2023 in Simi \u2063Valley, California. \u2062(Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>1:08 PM \u2013 Thursday, September 28, 2023<\/p>\n<p>During the\u2062 second GOP presidential primary debate\u200d on Wednesday night, former New Jersey Governor Chris\u2063 Christie addressed former \u2062President Donald Trump and criticized him again, but this time \u2064for skipping\u2062 the podium.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><strong>\u201cI want to look at the camera\u00a0right \u2064now and\u200b tell you, \u200dDonald,\u00a0I know you\u2019re watching.\u00a0You can\u2019t help yourself.\u00a0I know you\u2019re watching,\u2062 okay? And\u00a0you\u2019re not here tonight\u2064 not\u00a0because of polls and not because\u00a0of your \u200dindictments.\u00a0You\u2019re not here\u2063 tonight because\u00a0you\u2019re afraid of being on this\u00a0stage and\u2062 defending your\u2062 record,\u201d<\/strong> Christie said from the podium.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><strong>\u201cYou\u2019re ducking \u2063these\u2062 things. \u2064And let \u200bme tell you\u2064 what\u2019s going to happen, you keep doing that, no one up here is going to call\u2062 you Donald Trump anymore,\u200b we\u2019re gonna call you \u2018Donald Duck,\u2019\u201d<\/strong> Christie said. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump had\u200b missed the first Republican\u200c presidential debate in Milwaukee last month in favor of\u2064 airing an interview with Tucker Carlson as \u2063counterprogramming.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Trump was called out by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is also running for the 2024 GOP presidential bid, for skipping the anticipated Republican National Convention (RNC) gathering.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><strong>\u201cDonald Trump is missing in action.\u200c He\u200d should\u200b be on this stage tonight,\u201d<\/strong> DeSantis \u200dsaid.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The 45<sup>th<\/sup> president \u2062leads\u2063 the rest of\u2062 the \u2062GOP \u2064field in every\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-tells-trump-were-gonna-call-you-donald-duck-at-2nd-gop-debate\/\" title=\"Chris Christie to Trump: \"You'll be known as 'Donald Duck'!\"\">single national online survey<\/a>. On Wednesday, he chose to speak in Michigan instead of attending\u200d the debate. <\/p>\n<p>Trump maintained that his leading position was a justification \u2062for not needing to travel to California with \u200chis \u2064GOP rivals to debate \u2064and win over more voters\u200d in\u2062 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">presidential race<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He is also still running for office \u2063despite a \u2062number of legal\u2063 issues, \u2062including four\u200c felony charges. Ironically, Trump\u2019s indictments \u200bhave only benefited his polling\u2063 numbers and have\u200c even earned\u200d the respect of many groups that claim to not typically vote Republican, until now.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive \u200dbreaking news blasts directly to your \u2064inbox for\u200c free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The House Small Business Committee\u200c is looking into \u2064bad actors during the pandemic. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>GOP Candidates debate without Trump\u200d for\u200c the 2nd time. One America\u2019s Katie\u2063 Smith\u200d and Tom\u200b McGrath break down \u2064the night\u2019s\u200d winners\u2062 and losers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Georgia\u2064 Congressman Barry Loudermilk says there are more questions than answers after the former interim Capitol Hill police chief gave written testimony to Congress.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Rep. Andy Biggs<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>LONDON (Reuters) -The European Commission\u2063 launched an investigation on \u200cWednesday into whether to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reactions-to-eu-probe-of-chinese-electric-cars-imports\/\" title=\"EU probe of Chinese electric cars imports sparks mixed reactions.\">impose punitive tariffs<\/a> \u2064to protect European Union automakers\u200d against\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By \u2063David\u2062 Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters)\u200c \u2013\u200b The \u2062U.S. Senate\u2019s top Democrat is bringing U.S. technology leaders including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By John Revill ZURICH\u2062 (Reuters) \u2013 \u2063ABB is spending $280 million on\u2062 a new robotics\u200d factory in Sweden, the \u200cSwiss engineering and\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>PARIS (Reuters) \u2013 French Europe Minister Laurence \u2064Boon on Wednesday welcomed an \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dollarama-raises-annual-sales-forecast-as-demand-for-essentials-thrives\/\" title=\"Dollarama boosts sales forecast as demand for essentials thrives.\">anti-subsidy investigation<\/a>\u2063 into Chinese electric vehicles launched by the EU\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u200cHow\u2062 has Donald Trump&#8217;s decision to skip the debate and other \u200bcampaign events impacted his standing among \u200dhis fellow \u2062Republican\u2062 candidates?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  For president and has not formally\u2062 conceded the election to Joe Biden. Trump\u2019s absence from the debate has sparked criticism\u200b from his opponents and\u200b raised questions\u200d about his \u2064commitment to the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Chris \u2063Christie, who has been a vocal critic of Trump in\u2062 the past, took the opportunity to call out the\u2062 former president for \u2062his absence. Christie accused Trump of being afraid to face his opponents on the debate stage and defending his record. \u2063He even went as\u2062 far as to mockingly suggest that Trump should be \u200dcalled &#8220;Donald Duck&#8221; if he continues to avoid the debates.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s decision to skip the debate is not the first time\u200b he has prioritized\u2062 other engagements over campaign events. In the previous Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee, Trump chose to air \u200ban \u2063interview with Tucker Carlson\u200d instead. This pattern of avoiding \u2062debates\u2063 and major campaign events has drawn criticism \u200cfrom his fellow Republican candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is also running\u2064 for the 2024 GOP presidential bid, expressed his disappointment in Trump&#8217;s absence during the debate. He\u200c argued that Trump should have been on\u2064 the stage with the other candidates and that his absence was detrimental \u200dto the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his \u2063absence, Trump still maintains a strong lead \u2062in national online surveys among the rest of the GOP field. He has consistently positioned himself as the \u200cfrontrunner \u200dfor \u2062the Republican\u200b nomination. Trump&#8217;s\u200c supporters argue that his leading\u2064 position in the \u200bpolls justifies his decision to not \u2062attend the debate and instead focus on other campaign activities.<\/p>\n<p>However, Trump&#8217;s critics \u2064argue that his \u2063absence raises questions about his commitment to the campaign and his willingness to\u2062 engage with his opponents. They argue \u2064that a candidate\u200d that is not willing to participate in debates and other campaign events may not be fully dedicated to the presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion,\u2062 Chris Christie&#8217;s\u200c criticism of Donald Trump&#8217;s absence \u2064from the second GOP\u2064 presidential\u2064 primary debate highlights the ongoing tension within \u2063the Republican Party. While Trump maintains a strong lead in national\u200b polls, his decision to skip the debate and other \u200bcampaign events raises questions about his commitment to the campaign. As\u200d the 2024 primary race continues, it will be interesting to see how this absence\u2064 affects Trump&#8217;s standing among \u2064his fellow candidates and party members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Christie, a Republican candidate, spoke at the FOX Business debate in Simi Valley, California. The event took place on September 27, 2023, and was attended by OAN&#8217;s Brooke Mallory. 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