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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Sun Jan 7, 2018, 03:27 PM Jan 2018

Christie 'absolutely' believes he'd be president if Trump hadn't run

BY OLIVIA BEAVERS - 01/07/18 01:37 PM EST

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said in a new interview he would have definitely won the 2016 presidential election if Donald Trump had not decided to run.

"I absolutely believe if Trump had not gotten into the race I think we would have won," Christie told NJ.com's Matt Arco in an interview published Sunday.

"It's incredibly frustrating to think to yourself, 'Wow, if this guy were not in the race, we'd win this thing,'" he said, while reportedly reflecting on internal polling at the time of last year's campaign.

Christie also said he asked Trump during the 2016 primary not to bring up the so-called "Bridgegate scandal" after Trump mentioned it at a campaign rally. Christie has repeatedly denied knowledge of the decision by two of his associates to shut down lanes on the George Washington Bridge as retribution against a local mayor who withheld support for his reelection.

"You know that's not true, so stop, OK? You want to say other stuff about me? Fine. But that's out of bounds. Stop it," Christie recalled telling the business mogul, according to the report, while noting that Trump didn't bring it up again.

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Christie 'absolutely' believes he'd be president if Trump hadn't run (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2018 OP

The entire GOP is delusional. They live in their own world detached from reality. nt Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #1

Christie did himself in Ohiogal Jan 2018 #2

Right Jan! rock Jan 2018 #3

Yeah, and I've got a bridge to sell you Chris... sfwriter Jan 2018 #4

Scary thing: Christie doesn't sound so bad, right now. lindysalsagal Jan 2018 #5

He certainly would have united the country bearsfootball516 Jan 2018 #6

AS If Me. Jan 2018 #7

Ooookay Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2018 #8

Who is feeding them all these drugs? smirkymonkey Jan 2018 #9

redumbliCONs are living in an alternative reality. democratisphere Jan 2018 #10

Christie certainly couldn't win New Jersey. What a joke he is...n/t monmouth4 Jan 2018 #11

Deplorable AND delusional. trof Jan 2018 #12

Christie is . . . peggysue2 Jan 2018 #13

He may have a point. Obviously the Republicans are into garbage. They elected the biggest Kirk Lover Jan 2018 #14

Irish_Dem

(47,402 posts)

1. The entire GOP is delusional. They live in their own world detached from reality. nt

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Jan 7, 2018, 03:29 PM

Jan 2018

Ohiogal

(32,066 posts)

2. Christie did himself in

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Sun Jan 7, 2018, 03:36 PM

Jan 2018

when he let down his guard and hugged Obama after Obama visited his state after Superstorm Sandy.

rock

(13,218 posts)

3. Right Jan!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Jan 7, 2018, 03:41 PM

Jan 2018

sfwriter

(3,032 posts)

4. Yeah, and I've got a bridge to sell you Chris...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Jan 7, 2018, 03:43 PM

Jan 2018

...a traffic choked and controversial Bridge that says "you're never going to be president now!"

lindysalsagal

(20,733 posts)

5. Scary thing: Christie doesn't sound so bad, right now.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Jan 7, 2018, 03:43 PM

Jan 2018

A functional liar would be better than a total bat s$#- head case.

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)

6. He certainly would have united the country

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Sun Jan 7, 2018, 03:46 PM

Jan 2018

You know, with hate against him, considering both Democrats and Republicans alike can’t stand him.

Me.

(35,454 posts)

7. AS If

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Sun Jan 7, 2018, 04:06 PM

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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,201 posts)

8. Ooookay

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Sun Jan 7, 2018, 04:14 PM

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We'd be fucked either which way.

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

9. Who is feeding them all these drugs?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Jan 7, 2018, 04:23 PM

Jan 2018

Because they are clearly not dealing with reality. It's very bizarre.

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

10. redumbliCONs are living in an alternative reality.

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Sun Jan 7, 2018, 04:35 PM

Jan 2018

Sick creatures.

monmouth4

(9,709 posts)

11. Christie certainly couldn't win New Jersey. What a joke he is...n/t

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Sun Jan 7, 2018, 08:34 PM

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trof

(54,256 posts)

12. Deplorable AND delusional.

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Sun Jan 7, 2018, 08:48 PM

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as if

peggysue2

(10,839 posts)

13. Christie is . . .

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Sun Jan 7, 2018, 10:40 PM

Jan 2018

the most unpopular Governor is NJ's history (with good cause) but thinks he would have won the Presidency? He might have asked Trump to stop with the Bridgegate remarks but there's no way Bridgegate would have been taken off the table had he been the nominee in 2016.

Egomaniacs all have a conflated impression of themselves. Christie lost his shot when he refused to run in 2012 when Republicans were begging him to jump in, even Nancy Reagan.

He blew it. He just cannot admit the truth. Bye-bye, Christie. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Kirk Lover

(3,608 posts)

14. He may have a point. Obviously the Republicans are into garbage. They elected the biggest

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Jan 7, 2018, 10:45 PM

Jan 2018

piece of trash - mission accomplished. If trashbag weren't running I think Christie was the next biggest dirtbag running, so yeah he may have had a shot.

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