{"id":2095646,"date":"2023-11-09T18:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T23:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-mess-with-me-chris-christie-and-mika-brzezinski-get-into-heated-spat-on-abortion\/"},"modified":"2023-11-09T18:29:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T23:29:02","slug":"dont-mess-with-me-chris-christie-and-mika-brzezinski-get-into-heated-spat-on-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-mess-with-me-chris-christie-and-mika-brzezinski-get-into-heated-spat-on-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Christie and Mika Brzezinski clash over abortion."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdont-mess-with-me-chris-christie-and-mika-brzezinski-get-into-heated-spat-on-abortion%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=2095646&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 New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Clashes with MSNBC \u2064Host Mika Brzezinski Over Abortion<\/h2>\n<p>In a fiery exchange on\u2062 the set \u2063of &#8220;Morning Joe,&#8221;\u200c former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and\u2063 MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski engaged\u2062 in a heated argument about abortion, specifically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-circuit-breaker-on-election-night\/\" title=\"The question looms: just how does it come to be that three quarters of Republican and nearly one third of Democrat voters all believe that the election was stolen from Trump?\">late-term abortion<\/a>. The clash \u200cbetween the two escalated to the point where they scolded each other, with Christie warning Brzezinski, &#8220;Don&#8217;t mess \u2062with me!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During the broadcast, Brzezinski \u2063brought up the topic of abortion, referencing the previous night&#8217;s Republican presidential primary debate.\u200d She accused\u2062 Christie of being &#8220;dishonest&#8221; about the issue, particularly regarding abortion\u2062 in the ninth month.<\/p>\n<h3>Watch the intense exchange:<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2024 GOP candidate\u2063 Chris\u2063 Christie \u2064and MSNBC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/morningmika?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@morningmika<\/a> get into an intense back-and-forth \u2062on abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Christie: \u200d&#8221;Don&#8217;t\u2062 mess with \u200cme on the law, \u200cMika.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brzezinski: &#8220;Don&#8217;t mess with me on how women feel \u2064about using \u2062the ninth \u2062month argument on the issue of abortion.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VPWNtXEkBu\">pic.twitter.com\/VPWNtXEkBu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1722627691428581501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Another issue that you talked about last night was abortion. You and\u200b I disagree\u200d on this issue,&#8221; \u2064Brzezinski began. \u2064&#8221;But the one thing you keep saying\u200b is, you keep talking about abortion in the ninth month, \u2062which is\u200b allowed in your state. And the last time I asked you to bring me the case \u2064where a woman walked into a doctor&#8217;s office in the ninth month \u2064and \u2064said, &#8216;I&#8217;ve decided I don&#8217;t want to have a baby, please take this out.&#8217; It\u200c doesn&#8217;t \u2063happen. Less than \u200d1 percent of abortions are performed after 21 weeks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brzezinski argued that the majority of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-mess-with-me-chris-christie-and-mika-brzezinski-get-into-heated-spat-on-abortion\/\" title=\"Chris Christie and Mika Brzezinski clash over abortion.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">late-term abortions<\/a> occur due<\/a> to medical emergencies, and Christie initially seemed to agree. \u2062However, the tension escalated when she suggested that he had made a false statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just think, of all the candidates, you&#8217;ve been the most \u200bhonest about\u2063 Trump and election integrity, but in this one respect, I have to call you out because \u200cyou&#8217;re not being honest on the issue. We can debate abortion, but there \u200bisn&#8217;t abortion \u2063in the ninth month,&#8221; Brzezinski claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Christie\u200c fired back, defending his position: &#8220;Mika, you&#8217;re the one who&#8217;s not \u2062being\u200b honest. I did not say there was abortion in the \u2062ninth month. What I said was that the law in New Jersey and \u200cother states permits it. And you can&#8217;t deny \u200cthat that&#8217;s the \u2064truth because \u2064it is.\u200d So, look, you know, don&#8217;t\u2064 call somebody a liar\u2013&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t happen, \u200bChris,&#8221; Brzezinski \u200cinterrupted.<\/p>\n<p>Christie continued\u200d to argue that\u200b he had \u2064merely stated the legality of late-term abortion, not its frequency. He emphasized\u2063 that the law permits it, but he never claimed that women were having abortions in \u200cthe ninth\u2063 month.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1699623492956000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3DTjAlKAPz3YY8vBfNwLsU\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not calling you a liar,&#8221; Brzezinski insisted. &#8220;It&#8217;s not honest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The back-and-forth continued until Christie finally asked, &#8220;Does\u200b the\u200c law permit it in those states? Well, that&#8217;s\u2064 all I said. So I don&#8217;t \u2064understand what your problem is with that. \u2062In\u200b the end, if that&#8217;s \u2063what \u200dthe law permits, \u2064that&#8217;s what the people who passed \u2063those laws said is OK, is legally permissible.\u200c That&#8217;s the point I&#8217;m making.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chris, you&#8217;re painting a picture about the issue of abortion that is not honest. And this is a health issue for women,&#8221; Brzezinski argued. &#8220;There are women who are \u2062in extreme situations who need healthcare, and they should get\u200d it.\u2064 We \u2064can debate that&#8230; But there are\u2062 not women\u2063 in the state of New Jersey trouncing into doctor&#8217;s offices asking for abortions in the \u200cninth month. It doesn&#8217;t happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And by the way, you could continue to set up that straw man \u200cfor yourself to knock it \u2064down because you&#8217;re \u200cmischaracterizing what I said. I\u200b am giving you the state of the law. And the state of the law\u2063 in those states is that you could go \u200binto\u2063 a doctor&#8217;s office and \u200cdo it. And that&#8217;s all I said,&#8221; \u200cChristie \u200creiterated.<\/p>\n<p>Christie continued to emphasize that he had \u2063only \u200ddescribed the law as it was written, not how it was being applied. \u2063He challenged \u200dBrzezinski to point out what he had said that was dishonest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t mess with me on the law, Mika. I know that,&#8221; Christie warned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, don&#8217;t mess with me on how women feel about using the ninth month argument on the issue of abortion,&#8221; Brzezinski responded.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> In what\u200d ways \u2062do \u200dopponents \u2063of\u200d late-term abortion\u200b argue that it is a form of infanticide?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  W does allow for abortion in the ninth month and that it is important to \u200backnowledge that fact. The two\u2063 continued to exchange heated remarks, with Christie cautioning\u200b Brzezinski not to &#8220;mess\u2062 with&#8221; him on matters of law.<\/p>\n<p>The clash\u200c between Christie and Brzezinski highlights the ongoing and deeply\u2064 divisive debate\u2062 surrounding abortion. Late-term\u200d abortion, in particular, has been a contentious topic, with \u200dpassionate arguments on both sides. Those\u2063 in favor of late-term abortion\u2062 argue that \u2062it is necessary \u2064in cases of severe\u2064 fetal\u200d anomalies or \u200bwhen \u2064the life or\u200b health of the mother is at risk. On the other hand, opponents of\u2064 late-term abortion argue that it is a form of infanticide and that\u200c restrictions \u200cshould be\u2064 placed \u2064on its availability.<\/p>\n<p>Christie has been vocal about \u200bhis \u2062stance on abortion and has\u2063 previously expressed his opposition \u2063to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/candidates-divided-on-national-abortion-ban-at-gop-debate\/\" title=\"GOP candidates at the debate were split on the issue of a national abortion ban.\">late-term\u200d abortions<\/a>. During his time as New Jersey Governor, he vetoed a\u2063 bill that would have expanded access\u2062 to\u2064 late-term abortions. He\u2064 has consistently advocated for \u2063stricter \u2062regulations and limitations on abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Brzezinski, on the other hand, has \u200cbeen critical \u200dof Christie&#8217;s stance on abortion and accused him of being dishonest about the availability \u200dand frequency of late-term abortions. She challenged him to provide evidence of a woman seeking an\u2064 abortion in the ninth\u2064 month, \u200csuggesting that such \u2062cases are exceptionally rare.<\/p>\n<p>The clash between Christie and Brzezinski underscores the deep \u2062ideological divide regarding the issue \u200dof abortion. It reflects the broader national debate and the challenges lawmakers face in finding \u2062consensus on this controversial topic. As the issue continues to\u2063 generate intense emotions and political rhetoric, it\u200d remains to\u200c be\u200c seen \u2063how the\u200d debate will \u2063evolve and whether any common ground can be reached.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the fiery exchange \u2064between \u200cformer New Jersey Governor Chris \u200bChristie \u200dand MSNBC host Mika \u200dBrzezinski\u200b over abortion, specifically late-term abortion, highlights the ongoing and\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/furious-house-democrat-launches-impassioned-defense-of-patriot-george-soros-during-hearing\/\" title=\"Angry Dem fiercely defends 'patriot' Soros in hearing.\">contentious debate surrounding<\/a> this issue. Both sides \u200cpassionately argue their positions, with Christie defending the legality of\u2064 late-term \u200babortion in certain states, \u200cwhile \u200cBrzezinski challenges the prevalence of such \u2064procedures. The clash \u200dbetween the two highlights the deep ideological \u200cdivide and the challenges faced in finding a resolution to this complex and emotionally\u2062 charged issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie engaged in a fiery dispute with MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski on late-term abortion. The intense exchange on &#8220;Morning Joe&#8221; resulted in both parties reprimanding each other, firmly stating, &#8220;Don&#8217;t mess with me!&#8221; Brzezinski broached the subject, sparking the heated discussion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":2095647,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2095646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/2095646","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\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2095646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2095646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2095647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2095646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2095646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2095646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}