{"id":2209400,"date":"2024-03-29T18:40:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T22:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-list-of-trump-doubters-he-hasnt-recruited-is-growing\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T18:40:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T22:40:31","slug":"bidens-list-of-trump-doubters-he-hasnt-recruited-is-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-list-of-trump-doubters-he-hasnt-recruited-is-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s collection of Trump skeptics he hasn&#8217;t enlisted continues to expand"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fbidens-list-of-trump-doubters-he-hasnt-recruited-is-growing%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=2209400&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>President\u2062 Joe\u200c Biden has not reached out to \u200dformer\u2064 Republican presidential candidate\u200b Chris Christie\u2064 for support, increasing the \u200dlist of GOP Trump\u200d critics he has\u200b not engaged. \u2062Various Republican lawmakers have refused to support Trump&#8217;s reelection \u2063bid, including former administration\u2062 officials. Despite calls \u200bfor Biden to court \u200dRepublican detractors, Christie remains untapped, \u200dhighlighting a missed opportunity for\u2062 Democratic outreach.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">  Biden<\/a> has reportedly not contacted former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Republican\">Republican<\/a> presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chris-christie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Chris Christie\">Chris Christie<\/a> to garner the former New Jersey governor\u2019s support, adding him to the long list of GOP Trump cynics he has failed to enlist.  <\/p>\n<p>Several Republican lawmakers have come forward since former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> announced his bid for reelection, saying they would not support the former president, including a batch of his own former administration officials. Since Christie dropped out of the race in January, he considered running as an independent and was a popular No Labels pick, according to sources close to the conversations. <\/p>\n<p>Yet, like many other Republican lawmakers resistant to Trump, Biden hasn\u2019t seized the opportunity to garner support from Christie, despite Democrats insisting that Biden should be focusing on persuading Republican Trump critics.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing that I would look at if I were the Biden campaign is that third of people who say, \u2018No, the election was legitimate, yes, I think that President Trump would be unfit if he were convicted of a crime,\u2019\u201d former Obama aide David Axelrod <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2799473\/former-obama-strategist-axelrod-hammers-biden-campaign-get-into-gear\/\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> CNN in January.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems to me among that group, there are people who might consider voting for Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the list of Republican politicians Biden has not recruited are Sens. Mitt Romney (UT), Bill Cassidy (LA), Lisa Murkowski (AK), Susan Collins (ME), and Todd Young (IN), <em>Politico<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/03\/29\/biden-anti-trump-republicans-00149610?nname=playbook&#038;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&#038;nrid=b184d69e-b2a2-4eb9-933e-7e669f36c25d&#038;nlid=630318\">reported<\/a>. Former Vice President Mike Pence as well as George W. Bush and former House Speaker Paul Ryan have not been contacted. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is surprising,\u201d Collins told the outlet. \u201cIt\u2019s especially surprising because President Biden does understand the Senate, he has personal relationships with some of us.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/?utm_source=google&#038;utm_medium=cpc&#038;utm_campaign=WE_Search_Brand-Keyword_2024&#038;gad_source=1&#038;gclid=Cj0KCQjwzZmwBhD8ARIsAH4v1gWVQjABecyKyd_wGO4ibc7ZgzynJnO3y5q8LEDmAqguDixICnJmFaoaAobREALw_wcB\" title=\"CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Christie has yet to give his presidential endorsement, and while he says he will not be voting for Trump, it doesn\u2019t seem the door is completely shut on voting for Biden. Christie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=33ygOlgHAW4\">told<\/a> NBC News last month he wanted to see all the options before he made his decision, though he said he \u201cwasn\u2019t there yet\u201d when asked about supporting the Democratic incumbent in a Pod Save America discussion, according to <em>Politico<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Christie\u2019s potential third-party run could be a blow to Biden as it would likely attract moderate Republicans skeptical of another Trump versus Biden showdown in November, a voting bloc that Biden failed to fully capitalize on when former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley exited the race earlier this month.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden allegedly hasn&#8217;t reached out to former Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie for his backing, joining a growing list of GOP Trump critics he hasn&#8217;t approached. Numerous Republican legislators have emerged following Donald Trump&#8217;s reelection bid announcement, indicating they are hesitant to support Biden&#8217;s agenda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2669,"featured_media":2209401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP24010045691678-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2209400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP24010045691678-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209400","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\/2669"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2209400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2209401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2209400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2209400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2209400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}