Chris Christie Pulls No Punches in Reminding Trump That He Lost Election to Biden

During an interrogation with Axios, erstwhile New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) criticized erstwhile President Donald Trump implicit his refusal to judge that helium mislaid the 2020 wide predetermination to President Joe Biden. Christie’s statements came successful effect to a connection Trump issued earlier this week saying that Christie had near bureau with a debased support rating.

“Look, I’m not going to get into a back-and-forth with Donald Trump. But what I volition accidental is this: When I ran for reelection successful 2013, I got 60 percent of the vote. When helium ran for reelection, helium mislaid to Joe Biden,” Christie said. “I’m blessed to person that examination basal up due to the fact that that’s the 1 that truly matters.”

In lawsuit determination was immoderate doubt, Christie is inactive precise overmuch a Republican.

Christie reaffirmed his commitments to combating Democratic policies, telling Axios’s Mike Allen,  “I’ve made the conscious decision, Mike, that I privation to walk my clip combating the policies of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and trying to assistance Republicans triumph governorships and the House and the Senate successful 2022.”

Earlier this week, Trump attacked Christie implicit remarks helium made astatine the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) successful Las Vegas.

“Chris Christie, who conscionable made a code astatine the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) successful Las Vegas, was conscionable perfectly massacred by his statements that Republicans person to determination connected from the past, meaning the 2020 Election Fraud,” Trump said in a statement. “Everybody remembers that Chris near New Jersey with a little than 9% support standing – a grounds low, and they didn’t privation to perceive this from him!”

Christie had urged Republicans to determination beyond Trump’s preoccupation with the 2020 election, which helium definitively lost.

“We tin nary longer speech astir the past and the past elections — nary substance wherever you basal connected that issue, nary substance wherever you stand, it is over,” Christie said astatine the time. “Every infinitesimal that we walk talking astir 2020 — portion we’re wasting clip doing that, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are laying ruin to this country. We amended absorption connected that and instrumentality our eyes disconnected the rearview reflector and commencement looking done the windshield again.”