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Former Republican New Jersey governor Chris Christie was in attack mode Sunday morning in response to former President Trump’s recent remarks, calling him a “three-time loser” who made “absurd” claims about his indictment.
“He’s a three-time loser. We don’t need our side to lose a fourth time,” Christie said in an appearance on ABC’s “This Week.”
Christie, who is running for president in the Republican primary, took issue with Trump’s speech at Saturday night’s Faith and Freedom Coalition gala in Washington, D.C., telling attendees: “I’m being sued for you .”
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Presidential candidate Christie spoke Friday at the Faith and Freedom Coalition event, where his criticism of Trump was met with boos from those in attendance. (Faith and Freedom Coalition)
“I listened to Donald Trump’s speech last night and he had the audacity to say he was indicted before us. I don’t know how the American people benefited from him pulling highly sensitive intelligence and classified documents from the White House .” , to stop the government from returning it for more than a year and a half, to submit itself to a raid by the FBI, even though they had requested that this stuff be returned voluntarily, and then be sued, which of course will become one of the biggest problems for the country because nobody wants to see this happen,” Christie said on ABC.
Trump is indicted on 37 federal charges related to his alleged refusal to hand over classified documents.
“Donald Trump says that’s for us? It’s absurd. The same way he absurdly claimed last week that he won the 2020 election,” Christie continued.
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Former New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie on Sunday re-emphasized his criticism of former President Trump, who he says is a “three-time loser” who made “absurd” claims about his indictment. (Getty Images)
Christie, who endorsed Trump in 2016, spoke Friday at the Faith and Freedom Coalition event, where his criticism of Trump was met with much boos from those in attendance.
“He is not prepared to take responsibility for the mistakes made,” Christie said in his speech. “All the mistakes he has. And all the things he’s done. And that’s not leadership, everyone, that’s leadership failure.”
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Then-President-elect Donald Trump meets with Chris Christie at the Trump National Golf Club, November 20, 2016, in Bedminster, New Jersey. (Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images)
The former New Jersey governor said on Sunday he was “expecting the boos” and that Trump supporters “need to hear the truth.”
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“People understand that people have to take responsibility for what they do,” Christie said on ABC. “They also need to hear the truth: that character is the most important element for the president of the United States.”
Patrick Hauf is a political writer for Fox News Digital.
