{"id":2118348,"date":"2023-12-07T06:25:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T11:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-and-chris-christie-face-renewed-pressure-to-drop-out-now\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T06:27:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T11:27:52","slug":"vivek-ramaswamy-and-chris-christie-face-renewed-pressure-to-drop-out-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-and-chris-christie-face-renewed-pressure-to-drop-out-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Vivek Ramaswamy and Chris Christie urged to &#8216;withdraw immediately&#8217; under mounting pressure"},"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%2Fvivek-ramaswamy-and-chris-christie-face-renewed-pressure-to-drop-out-now%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=2118348&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>Christie&#8217;s Struggle for Attention at GOP Debate<\/h2>\n<p>At the fourth GOP \u200bprimary debate \u200con Wednesday, it took a whopping 17 minutes before former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was finally able to get a word in.\u2062 Frustrated \u2062by being overshadowed\u200c by his higher-polling counterparts, Christie humorously quipped, &#8220;I&#8217;m usually\u2064 not someone who gets \u200dmissed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Pressure Mounts\u200b for Low-Polling Candidates to \u200cDrop Out<\/h3>\n<p>The fact \u2063that Christie \u2062felt \u2064ignored reflects the sentiment among some Republicans who believe that \u200cGOP primary presidential candidates polling under 10% nationally should \u2062end their campaigns before the Iowa\u2062 caucuses. The \u2062argument is that a \u200bsmaller\u200b field would give Gov. Ron \u200cDeSantis (R-FL) and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations\u200b Nikki Haley a\u200d better\u200c chance \u200bto compete with the current front-runner, former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In the GOP primary race, Trump leads at a\u200c commanding 61%,\u200b with DeSantis at \u200b13.5% and Haley at 10.3%, according to the RealClearPolitics\u2063 average of \u2062polls. Meanwhile, candidates like Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Asa Hutchinson are \u200bstruggling to gain traction, polling at 2.5%, a little under \u200b5%, and\u200d less than 1% \u200drespectively.<\/p>\n<p>With just over \u200ba \u2063month until the Iowa caucuses, concerns are growing\u2062 that none of the five candidates challenging\u2063 Trump will be able to make a\u2062 dent in his lead. Anti-Trump GOP\u200d donors and strategists are pressuring candidates\u200d who seem unlikely to win to drop out and consolidate their\u2064 support behind a \u200dstronger opponent.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Candidates like Christie, Hutchinson, and\u200c Ramaswamy need to follow the lead of \u2062Doug Burgum, Tim Scott, \u200band \u2063Mike Pence and formally end their campaigns,&#8221; said a Republican consultant. &#8220;This feels like a repeat of 2016 all over\u200c again where\u2062 Trump benefited from \u200bsuch a\u2062 large field.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These candidates need to\u200d drop out now, not after the Iowa caucuses, not \u200dafter the New Hampshire primary or \u200dSouth Carolina primary, but right the heck \u200cnow,&#8221; the person added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>GOP political \u2062consultant Doug Heye believes that Haley \u200ccould be the party&#8217;s best chance\u2064 at challenging Trump. He expressed\u2062 that the results in early primary states could be significantly different if some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-hes-made-decision-on-attending-first-republican-debate-and-will-announce-next-week\/\" title=\"Trump has decided on attending the first Republican debate and will reveal his decision next week.\">low-polling candidates<\/a> chose to drop out.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2063 does matter\u2064 depending on where their support \u200dgoes,&#8221; Heye explained. &#8220;For Vivek, that may just \u200cmostly go to Trump. More important would be, you know, none\u2062 of the Christie vote\u200b goes \u2062to Trump. So where does it go?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Christie himself may have provided some insight when he defended \u2064Haley against\u2063 criticism from Ramaswamy, highlighting their \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-yet-to-call-israels-netanyahu\/\" title=\"Biden Has Yet To Call Israel\u2019s Netanyahu\">long-standing relationship<\/a> and calling her a &#8220;smart, accomplished woman.&#8221; \u200dHeye believes that Haley is the only \u200dcandidate who\u200c stands a\u200d chance against Trump, as DeSantis \u2063has \u2063been a \u200bdisappointment\u200b and the others lack a clear purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy, on\u200c the other hand,\u2063 is now admitting to voters that he may not be successful in the primary. While he remains optimistic about \u200chis chances in the Iowa caucuses, he acknowledges the possibility of not winning the Republican nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Despite \u2063the pressure to drop \u200bout, Christie shows no\u2064 signs of winding down his campaign. He has focused\u200b his efforts on New Hampshire, where independent voters can \u200cparticipate in the primary. However, if \u200bhe fails to secure a \u2063significant victory in the state, he may reconsider his commitment to continue until the Republican National Convention in July.<\/p>\n<p>Christie&#8217;s advisers argue that the same case could be made for\u200d any candidate\u2062 polling behind Trump, \u2064as none \u200dhave been able to break the 20% mark in recent polls. They question\u200c whether everyone should drop out or if they should try to\u200d defeat the \u200cfront-runner.<\/p>\n<p>As for Hutchinson, who participated in the first debate but failed\u200b to qualify for \u200bsubsequent ones, he remains determined\u200b to offer voters a variety \u200bof\u2064 choices during the Iowa caucuses.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re planning \u200cthe\u200c campaign for Jan. 15 and\u2063 leading up to that,&#8221; Hutchinson said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As \u2064the race intensifies, the fate of these \u200clow-polling candidates hangs in\u2064 the balance, with the hopes of challenging Trump and shaping the future of the GOP.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">here<\/a> to \u200cread more from\u2062 The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Will\u200b establishment Republicans rally behind \u2063Haley as a potential\u200b contender against \u200dTrump?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Nfluential\u2063 conservatives\u2063 may \u2064support DeSantis, \u2062and some establishment Republicans may rally behind Haley.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Christie&#8217;s Struggle to Stand Out<\/h3>\n<p>Chris \u200dChristie&#8217;s\u2063 struggle to be heard during the\u2062 debate is emblematic of\u2062 his overall struggle to stand out in a crowded field of\u200b candidates. Despite his experience as governor and his well-known reputation\u200c as a tough and decisive \u2063leader, he has failed to gain significant momentum in the polls. His position as a moderate Republican in a party \u2064that has increasingly \u200bmoved to the right\u200c may also \u2062be working against him.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Christie&#8217;s past controversies, including the Bridgegate scandal and his\u2062 close association with former\u2064 President Trump, have made it \u200bdifficult for him to appeal\u200b to a wider\u2062 base of Republican voters. \u2064While he has tried to \u2064distance himself from Trump in recent months, \u200bmany voters still see him as too closely tied to the\u2063 former president.<\/p>\n<p>During the debate, Christie made a valiant effort to make his mark, highlighting\u2064 his experience \u200cin handling crisis situations \u2064and \u2064his \u200crecord as governor of New Jersey. He also took jabs at \u200chis opponents,\u2062 accusing them of engaging in &#8220;Washington\u2064 speak&#8221; and making\u200b promises\u200b they\u200b couldn&#8217;t keep. However, his attempts were \u2064largely\u200d overshadowed by \u200bthe more vocal and higher-polling \u2064candidates on \u2062the stage.<\/p>\n<p>Pressure is now mounting for\u2062 Christie and other low-polling candidates to \u2062drop \u200bout\u2062 of the race. Some argue that their continued presence only serves to split the anti-Trump vote, making it more difficult for any single \u2062candidate to gain enough support\u200d to challenge the\u2063 former president. They believe that a smaller field would \u200cgive candidates like DeSantis and Haley a better chance\u2064 to gain traction and effectively\u200d challenge Trump&#8217;s dominance.<\/p>\n<h3>The Future \u200bof the GOP Primary Race<\/h3>\n<p>As the Iowa caucuses draw \u200ccloser, the\u200b future of the GOP primary \u2062race remains uncertain. While\u2063 Trump continues\u2063 to maintain\u200b a strong lead in the polls, there is\u200d still a possibility for a surprise upset. However, \u200bthat would\u2062 require one of the lower-polling candidates to\u2064 gain significant momentum in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Whether Christie\u2064 and others \u2064will heed \u200dthe calls to drop out and unite behind a stronger opponent remains to be seen. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swiatek-wins-wta-finals-regains-world-number-one-ranking\/\" title=\"Swiatek triumphs at WTA Finals, reclaims top spot.\">highly competitive world<\/a> of presidential politics,\u2063 the decision to step aside can be\u2064 a difficult one. But if the goal\u200c is to defeat Trump and provide a viable alternative for Republican voters, \u2063it may\u2063 be a necessary sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>Only time will tell whether Christie&#8217;s\u200c struggle \u2063for attention at the GOP debate will be a turning point in\u2062 the primary race or simply another\u2064 moment in\u2064 a crowded field of candidates. The coming weeks will be \u2064crucial in \u200ddetermining\u2063 the direction of\u2063 the Republican Party and the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the fourth GOP primary debate, it took 17 minutes for Chris Christie to speak, leading him to humorously remark on being overlooked. 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