His withdrawal effectively ended a phase of the Republican ** race.
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There are only a few days left before the Iowa Republican caucus, when the caucus will officially kick off the 2024** election. At this very moment, after former U.S. Senator Pence and South Carolina Senator Scott, another person chose to withdraw from the campaign.
According to CCTV News, on January 10, local time, Chris Christie, a Republican in the United States and former governor of New Jersey, announced his withdrawal from 2024*** and Christie announced his withdrawal because it was difficult to see any progress in the polls.
Throughout the campaign, Christie focused primarily on a fierce critique of the policies and character of former Trump in the United States. Outside commentators say Christie's exit has deprived scandal-ridden frontrunner Trump of his most outspoken critic to date.
Analysts say Christie has confronted "political reality."
On January 10, local time, Christie addressed supporters at New Hampshire City Hall, officially announcing his withdrawal from the 2024 ** campaign, saying that he had concluded that there was no path to victory.
Campaigns are about winning, and that's why we do these things. "Tonight I knew I had no way to win the nomination. ”
A joint Reuters and Ipsos poll shows that Trump's approval rating is 49 percent, well ahead of other candidates, with South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vying for the second place as the nominee, with Haley currently slightly ahead of DeSantis, who has 11 percent, and Christie's 2 percent.
In response to Christie's decision to withdraw from the race, New Hampshire Republican strategist Matthew Bartlett said Christie confronted "political reality."
On January 10, 2024 local time, in New Hampshire, USA, Chris Christie, a Republican of the United States and former governor of New Jersey, attended the event. Figure ic photo
Born in Newark, New Jersey in 1962, Christie has served as New Jersey Attorney, Governor of New Jersey, and announced the start of her candidacy in June 2023.
On the campaign trail, he focused almost exclusively on criticizing Trump. Christie positions himself as the only candidate who dares to make the argument that Trump is not fit to be the **.
In his farewell speech to the campaign, Christie continued to repeat the sentiment, saying that his goal had never been just to oppose the hatred, selfishness and selfishness displayed by the Republican Party under Trump, "I will make sure that Trump does not become America again, which is more important than my personal ambitions." ”
Christie wasn't at odds with Mr. Trump from the start, and they formed a political alliance a few years ago. Christie participated in 2016*** but eventually withdrew due to low approval ratings and switched to support Trump. Reuters noted that Christie was the first major party figure to support Trump, and he also briefly served as the head of Trump's transition team.
Christie stepped up his criticism of Trump after alleging election fraud in 2020, and he escalated his denunciations further after the 2021 Capitol riot. At the same time, he admitted that he supported Trump during 2016** because he "let ambition get ahead of the curve."
The most radical Trump critics were kicked out of the campaign territory".
In fact, the news of Christie's withdrawal came as a surprise to the outside world. Because the day before, he had been denying rumors about quitting the race and satirizing Haley's campaign.
I'm willing to make way for someone who is really competing with Trump. Christie said at the event on January 9, local time, and then asked the rally crowd if they could imagine what would happen if he dropped out of the campaign to support Haley, and then Haley turned to become Trump's running mate.
Further analyzing the reasons for Christie's withdrawal, the Washington Post noted that in recent weeks, Christie has faced increasing pressure from Republicans and non-supportive donors to withdraw from the race, believing that Christie's withdrawal from the race could turn New Hampshire in favor of Haley, thereby consolidating the anti-Trump camp and electing a candidate who could challenge Trump.
But when announcing his withdrawal, Christie did not publicly support the other candidates, and also made several undisguised attacks on them, "Anyone who is unwilling to say that Trump is not fit to be the United States, they themselves are not suitable to be the United States."
On December 28, 2023 local time, in New Hampshire, USA, Chris Christie, the Republican candidate's ** candidate and former governor of New Jersey, participated in the election campaign. Figure ic photo
Notably, before Christie announced her withdrawal from the race, there was a small hiccup. His microphone appears to be inadvertently turned on, recording a conversation between Christie and those around him, in which Haley and DeSantis appear to be mentioned.
"She's going to be defeated, you and I know it," and "she can't do it," referring to Haley. According to the Associated Press, Christie also mentioned having spoken to DeSantis, who was "taken aback" by thinking he was going to publicly support Haley, but the microphone was cut off before he could finish the sentence.
Both Trump and DeSantis seized the moment and responded. Trump believes Christie made a very truthful statement about Haley, and DeSantis also wrote on social media that he agrees with Christie that Haley will be defeated.
Haley did not directly comment on the leaked audio, other than to praise Christie for a hard-fought campaign, saying he was a friend of many years, adding, "Voters have a clear choice in this election, whether to choose the chaos and drama of the past or a new generation of conservative leaders." ”
The New York Times notes that Christie's withdrawal effectively ended a phase of the Republican campaign, pushing the most radical Trump critics out of the campaign.
Haley could be the biggest beneficiary of Christie's exit. Christie's support base is primarily focused in the northeastern state of New Hampshire. Ayrs, a Republican pollster, said that Christie's supporters in New Hampshire are likely to turn to Haley almost entirely after he dropped out of the race, "and the road to winning New Hampshire is much wider now than it was at the beginning." ”
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