Chris Christie has slowly been rising in the polls, due in part to Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush’s inability to distinguish themselves and a tough, no-nonsense debating style. He is in many way sthe establishment’s answer to Trump, and Trump is taking notice. This week, the Donald set aside time to attack the nation’s largest governor:
Hoping to slow down Gov. Chris Christie’s momentum in New Hampshire, GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump reminded voters at a campaign event in Nashua about Christie’s cozy relationship with Obama he was all too happy to exhibit three years ago. Conservatives were frustrated when Christie openly embraced the president when he visited New Jersey in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and praised him for his “outstanding” efforts. His visible and vocal admiration of the president came just days before the 2012 election.
“I don’t call it a hug. I call it a hug mentally,” Trump jabbed at Christie’s photographed embrace of Obama shortly after Hurricane Sandy. “It was unbelievable. He was like a little boy: ‘Oh, I’m with the president,’.”
But, Trump didn’t just target Christie’s infamous hug. He also told his supporters that the governor is overseeing a miserable economy.
“The taxes are through the roof,” he said.
Trump’s ramped up criticism of the New Jersey governor comes after New Hampshire’s biggest newspaper gave Christie their endorsement and he continues to surge in the state’s polls.
This seems beneath Trump. Although Christie is gaining in popularity, he’s still facing long odds to the nomination, and is likely a no go in places like Iowa and South Carolina, where he lacks social conservative credentials. Still, perhaps Trump recognizes that Christie is the most likely beneficiary of Jeb and Rubio’s failures, and he’s getting out in front.
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