{"id":2301156,"date":"2024-07-19T16:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T20:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-says-assassination-attempt-hasnt-changed-who-trump-is-fundamentally-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-19T16:22:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T20:22:43","slug":"chris-christie-says-trump-remains-unchanged-after-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-says-trump-remains-unchanged-after-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Christie says Trump remains unchanged after assassination attempt &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">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%2Fchris-christie-says-trump-remains-unchanged-after-assassination-attempt-washington-examiner%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=2301156&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>Chris Christie stated that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iraqi-govt-blames-shiite-groups-for-botched-attack-on-prime-minister-2\/\" title=\"Iraqi Govt. blames Shi\u2019ite groups for botched attack on prime minister\">recent assassination attempt<\/a> on former President\u2062 Donald \u2062Trump has not changed\u200d who Trump is fundamentally.\u200d Christie pointed to Trump&#8217;s speech at the Republican National Convention as \u2064evidence \u200bthat the incident has not altered Trump&#8217;s core beliefs. Despite\u2063 hopes that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-challenges-political-orthodoxies-in-tucker-carlson-interview\/\" title=\"Trump defies political norms in Tucker Carlson interview.\">assassination \u2062attempt<\/a> might inspire a change in Trump, Christie emphasized that people around Trump, particularly \u2063his staff who \u2064wrote his\u200b speech,\u2062 are the ones trying to meet the moment. Christie\u200d believes that at the age of 78, \u2063it is uncommon for someone \u200dto fundamentally change who they are.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Chris Christie says assassination attempt hasn&rsquo;t changed who Trump is &lsquo;fundamentally&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1707011\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-jersey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New Jersey<\/a> Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chris-christie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chris Christie<\/a> said former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> speech at the Republican National Convention is evidence that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/assassination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>assassination attempt<\/a> on his life has not changed who Trump is as a man.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It doesn&rsquo;t change, fundamentally, who he is,&rdquo; Christie told the hosts of ABC&rsquo;s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/the-view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>The View<\/a><\/em>  on Friday. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s 78 years old, and at that age, it is, at least in my human experience, infrequent to find a 78-year-old who changes the core of who they are.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Any hopes that Trump would have a change of heart following Saturday&rsquo;s assassination attempt were squashed when the former president began speaking after accepting the Republican presidential nomination, according to Christie.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The people who tried to meet the moment were his staff who wrote that speech,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;When you read that speech, you read just the text of it. It came close to meeting the moment, but more than a third of what he said last night was ad-libbed, and all the ad-lib was back to what he normally does.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Christie also highlighted the first 15 minutes of Trump&rsquo;s address and alleged the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-biden-says-no-soldiers-died-on-his-watch-forgets-13-marines-killed-in-kabul\/\" title=\"Watch: Biden Says No Soldiers Died on His Watch, Forgets 13 Marines Killed in Kabul\">president &#038;ldquo<\/a>;hated what he was saying.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He hated it. He doesn&rsquo;t believe it, but he knew he had to say it,&rdquo; according to Christie. &ldquo;It was like watching the media coverage the first three nights. I wonder if every network correspondent had taken drugs. They&rsquo;re like, &lsquo;Look at him in the audience. He looks more solemn. He looks as if he&rsquo;s changed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump is an &ldquo;actor,&rdquo; according to Christie, suggesting he knew the camera was going to focus on him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s when he opens his mouth that the acting becomes more difficult,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;So, I think, quite frankly, the media this week completely failed the American people. They bought hook, line, and sinker all of the garbage that the Trump campaign was leaking out to them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1707011\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1707011\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Christie believes that the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump has not fundamentally changed who he is as a person, as evidenced by his speech at the Republican National Convention. Christie expressed disappointment that Trump did not show any signs of a change of heart during his speech, and suggested that Trump&#8217;s actions were more about acting for the cameras rather than genuine belief. Christie criticized the media for buying into the narrative that Trump had changed, when in reality, he believes Trump remains the same<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2644,"featured_media":2301157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24010749468495-1-scaled-1024x682.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[34943,35615,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2301156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-assassination-attempt","tag-chris-christie","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/AP24010749468495-1-scaled-1024x682.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2301156","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\/2644"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2301156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2301156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2301157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2301156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2301156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2301156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}