{"id":2091202,"date":"2023-11-05T16:43:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T21:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-crashes-and-burns-as-freedom-summit-boos-him-kills-his-campaign-by-insulting-the-crowds-reprehensible-beliefs\/"},"modified":"2023-11-05T16:46:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T21:46:28","slug":"chris-christie-crashes-and-burns-as-freedom-summit-boos-him-kills-his-campaign-by-insulting-the-crowds-reprehensible-beliefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-crashes-and-burns-as-freedom-summit-boos-him-kills-his-campaign-by-insulting-the-crowds-reprehensible-beliefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Christie&#8217;s campaign crashes as he insults Freedom Summit crowd, leading to boos and its demise."},"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\">32<\/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-crashes-and-burns-as-freedom-summit-boos-him-kills-his-campaign-by-insulting-the-crowds-reprehensible-beliefs%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=2091202&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&#8217;s Disastrous\u2064 Appearance at the Freedom\u2063 Summit<\/h2>\n<p>When former New Jersey Gov.\u200d Chris Christie took the stage on Saturday at\u2063 the Florida Freedom Summit, he \u2064was \u200bclearly expecting a bad \u2063reaction from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>But the way Christie crashed and burned was even worse.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2064 couldn\u2019t \u200dhave killed his \u2062campaign better if he\u2019d called them \u201cdeplorables.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The man whose entire campaign\u200b seems to \u200dbe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/attack-ad-trumps-mug-shot-hits-airwaves-chris-christie-pac-behind\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">built on attacking<\/a> former President Donald Trump \u2014 the GOP primary leader who\u2019s supported \u200bby more than 45 percent of Republican primary \u2063voters, according \u200dto \u2062the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2024\/president\/us\/2024_republican_presidential_nomination-7548.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RealClearPolitics<\/a> average \u200bon Sunday \u2014 stayed \u200dtrue to\u2063 form, opening with an \u200dassault\u2064 from the stage on audience members who had the \u200ctemerity\u2064 to boo him.<\/p>\n<p>He lectured them. He hectored them. \u2064He insulted them. And in the\u200d process, he almost certainly killed whatever vestige of hope his campaign for the GOP \u200dnomination ever might have had.<\/p>\n<p>Check it out \u200bbelow. Christie spoke for 15 minutes, but it was the first five that\u200c doomed him.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNow look,\u201d Christie said about 30 seconds in. \u201cEvery one of those boos. Every one of those\u200c catcalls. Every one of\u200c those yells will not \u2026 solve one \u200bproblem we face in this country. And will not make\u2062 this country \u200dbetter.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>(The fact is, exactly those same things could be said \u200cabout the Christie campaign.)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>And then \u200dhe got personal:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour anger,\u201d he said,\u2064 his\u2063 voice\u2062 beginning\u200c to rise, the condescension\u200d and contempt becoming more apparent. \u201cYour anger \u2026 Your anger \u200cagainst \u2064the truth is re<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-crashes-and-burns-as-freedom-summit-boos-him-kills-his-campaign-by-insulting-the-crowds-reprehensible-beliefs\/\" title=\"Chris Christie's campaign crashes as he insults Freedom Summit crowd, leading to boos and its demise.\">-pre-hen-si-ble<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u2062 crowd responded \u2062about\u200d as well as any crowd\u2062 openly attacked from the stage\u2062 would \u2062\u2014 with some members booing audibly to the point where Christie apparently \u2063felt the need to insult them\u200c again.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis type of pettiness is beneath, beneath\u200b the process of electing a president,\u201d he\u2062 said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>(Again, many\u200d Republicans \u2014 and Democrats \u2064for that matter \u2014 might say the exact same thing about \u200dChristie.)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf your arguments are so \u200dstrong, if\u2064 your arguments are so great, and\u2062 mine are so\u200c bad, then just \u200dkeep quiet,\u201d Christie said. \u201cLet me make my awful arguments and then you can just reject them out of hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the problem is, the problem is, \u2063the problem is, you \u2063fear the truth. The problem is, you want to shout\u200d down any voice that says anything different than what you want to hear.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, if\u200d the audience at Gaylord Palms resort was in \u2062Kissimmee to hear a\u200b speech that was original, sincere and something that didn\u2019t sound like a product \u200bof an AI program sorting through the politics of the past six weeks, Christie had\u2062 a point. Because \u200bhis speech \u2062after his \u2064diatribe was unoriginal, \u2062hackneyed, and sounded like the product of \u2064an AI program sorting\u2063 through the politics of the past six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Christie said he \u2064was pro-Israel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/op-ed-gop-establishment-needs-a-wake-up-call-pence-christie-ryan-are-out-of-touch\/\" title=\"Op-Ed: GOP Establishment Must Wake Up - Pence, Christie, Ryan Out of Touch\">pro-border security<\/a>, and pro-engagement with the rest of the world\u200c \u2014 it \u2064was political\u2064 pablum that couldn\u2019t even rise to the level of pandering.<\/p>\n<p>From a\u2064 moral point of view, basically any Republican \u2014 and decent human \u2062being \u2014 is sickened\u2064 and infuriated by the Oct. 7 terrorist atrocities that occurred\u2064 in Israel, \u2063and\u2064 possibly more sickened \u2063and infuriated by the leftist response \u2014 which has attacked \u200bIsrael for its very existence\u200b and glorified \u200dthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-hamas-leader-vows-sacrifice-martyrs-another-oct-7-style-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">barbaric\u2064 Hamas killers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>From a \u2062factual point of view, where Christie no \u2064doubt intended his speech\u2063 to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-truth-and-beauty-reviewing-andrew-klavans-latest-book\/\" title=\"The Truth And Beauty: Reviewing Andrew Klavan\u2019s Latest Book\">tour de force<\/a> of American history, it came \u200dacross\u2063 as trite. It\u2064 could have been written by a\u2063 sixth-grader with \u200da decent ear \u200bfor\u2063 rhetoric\u200c and access to Google\u2019s liberally\u2064 slanted searches.<\/p>\n<p>And from an effectiveness point of view,\u2063 it was a \u2063disaster comparable to\u200b former Arkansas Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/asa-hutchinson-drowned-boos-humiliated-audience-predicting-guilty-verdict-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asa Hutchinson\u2019s appearance<\/a> at the Freedom \u200cSummit earlier in \u2063the day. (Hutchinson\u2063 also \u2064attacked Trump, naturally.)<\/p>\n<p>Among other things, Christie\u200c helped\u2062 propagate the great \u200cliberal myth that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-leads-biden-significant-margin-crucial-swing-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> presidency constituted\u200b some kind of \u201cturning inward\u201d on\u200d the part\u200b of the United \u2063States, or turning\u200c away from the\u200c rest of the\u200b world.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s true\u200b that \u2062Trump changed the terms on which the \u2064U.S. deals with the rest of the world, and to the United States\u2019 benefit.<\/p>\n<p>An honest politician (and an honest establishment media) would \u200balso\u2063 acknowledge that\u2064 the world was largely \u2064at\u2062 peace during \u2062the\u2062 Trump presidency, that Vladimir Putin\u2019s Russia didn\u2019t invade\u2064 Ukraine\u2062 (until Trump successor\u2062 Joe Biden basically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/worse-obamas-red-line-biden-gives-putin-green-light-invade-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invited it<\/a>), \u200dthat it was the Trump-brokered \u2064Abraham Accords \u200dthat were responsible for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-new-dawn-peace-trump-presides-signing-historic-middle-east-agreements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">real steps toward peace<\/a> in the Middle East, \u2063and that the southern border was, if nothing else, far more secure than\u2064 it is today,\u2064 and heading\u2062 toward and even more\u200c secure future.<\/p>\n<p>Christie \u2014 to his disgrace \u2014 acknowledged none of \u2062that, contenting himself with a grade-school sketch of American history,\u2064 an implicit \u2064attack on Trump and an explicit attack \u200don his supporters that ranks with\u2064 Hillary Clinton\u2019s infamous \u200d\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hillary-deplorables-bidens-dregs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deplorables<\/a>\u201d line as a memorable way \u200bto\u2063 alienate Republican voters.<\/p>\n<p>(It\u2019s \u2064worse, actually, \u2063since Christie was in the process of attempting to court Republican \u200cvoters. Courting Republicans is \u2062one of the few things Clinton <em>hasn\u2019t<\/em> \u2063 been accused \u2063of.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you for having\u200b me today,\u201d Christie said as he concluded his speech and the \u200bboos rained down. \u201cI appreciate it very much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no doubt he appreciated\u2062 the \u2062stage time. It was \u200dfree PR, after all, for a\u2063 dying campaign that was lingering at \u200d2.3 percent support in the RCP average on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>But after that\u200b crash-and-burn appearance, that\u2062 campaign deserves to be dead.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>A Note from Our Founder:<\/h3>\n<p><em><b>Silicon Valley and the \u200bBig Tech\u200c tyrants have done everything they can to put The Western Journal out of business. Our <\/b><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><em><b>faithful members<\/b><\/em><\/a><em><b>  have kept us going.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>If you\u2019ve never chosen to\u200b become a member, let me \u2064be \u2062honest: <\/b><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><em><b>We need your help today<\/b><\/em><\/a><em><b>.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>I also want to send you \u2064an autographed copy of \u201cCounterpunch,\u201d\u2062 which will give you a plan to fight \u200bback\u2063 for our beloved country.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>Join right \u2064now<\/b><\/a><em><b>  \u2013 The Western Journal stands \u2062for \u200dtruth in this difficult time.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Please\u2064 stand with us \u2062by becoming a \u200bmember today.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Floyd G. Brown<\/b><\/em><em><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/em><em><b>Founder of The Western Journal<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chris-christie-crashes-burns-freedom-summit-boos-kills-campaign-insulting-crowds-reprehensible-beliefs\/\">Chris Christie Crashes \u200band Burns\u200c as Freedom Summit Boos Him,\u200c Kills His Campaign\u200b by Insulting the \u2062Crowd&#8217;s &#8216;Reprehensible&#8217; Beliefs<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u200c Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How did Christie&#8217;s dismissive attitude towards the concerns \u2063of\u2062 everyday Americans contribute to the perception that he is out of touch<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Certainly missed the mark.<\/p>\n<p>Christie&#8217;s attempt to paint himself as the voice of reason and unity fell flat.\u200b Instead of \u200cinspiring the crowd with a compelling \u200cvision for the future, he resorted\u2064 to petty insults and condescension. This may have worked\u2063 in the past, but in today&#8217;s political climate, it only\u2062 serves to further divide.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s clear that\u2062 Christie&#8217;s \u200cstrategy is to position himself as the \u2063antidote to Trumpism within \u2063the Republican Party. But attacking \u200bthe frontrunner is a risky move, especially when that frontrunner has the support of\u200b a significant portion of \u200dthe party&#8217;s base. Christie&#8217;s decision to\u200c double down \u200con \u2064his attacks \u200don Trump ultimately alienates him from \u2063the very\u200b voters he \u2062needs to win over.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Christie&#8217;s holier-than-thou attitude only serves to reinforce the perception that he is out \u2062of\u200c touch with the \u2064concerns of everyday Americans. Instead of \u2062listening \u200bto their frustrations and engaging in a meaningful dialogue, he dismisses their anger\u2063 as &#8220;re-pre-hen-si-ble&#8221; and accuses them of\u200d fearing the\u200c truth. This kind\u200d of arrogance is a surefire way to\u2064 lose\u200d support, especially\u200b in a political landscape that values \u2063authenticity and a genuine connection \u200cwith voters.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s\u200d also worth\u200c noting that Christie&#8217;s appearance at the Freedom Summit was plagued by technical\u2062 difficulties. His microphone cut\u200b out \u200bmultiple times throughout his \u200dspeech, making it difficult \u200dto discern his words. While this may seem like a minor issue, \u200bit adds to \u200dthe overall impression of \u2064a campaign in disarray.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, Chris Christie&#8217;s disastrous appearance at the Freedom Summit only further solidifies the notion that his\u200c campaign is \u2063in trouble. His attacks on \u2063Trump, condescending tone, and dismissive \u2062attitude towards the concerns of voters\u2064 are a recipe for failure. Unless Christie can change course and offer a more\u2064 compelling and inclusive message, his chances of securing the GOP nomination seem slim at \u2063best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Chris Christie appeared at the Florida Freedom Summit, he anticipated a negative response from the audience. However, his performance was even more disastrous than expected. It was as if he had labeled them &#8220;deplorables,&#8221; effectively destroying his campaign. Christie&#8217;s entire political endeavor seemed futile in that moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2007,"featured_media":2091203,"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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2091202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/2091202","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\/2007"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2091202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2091202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2091203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2091202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2091202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2091202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}