believes only he can do for lots of reasons. >> and to consolidate the anti-trump forces. i'm better than that. you want one person to take on trump, i'm better than that. >> erin? >> jake, here mauers, you know him well. you helped him prepare for this. one thing i thought he said that i thought was interesting, christie said, ooifs known him 22 years. the only thing he understands is force. >> well, look, anyone who's watched donald trump over his entire career can agree with his statement from chris christie. and i've been to probably over 100 christie town halls in my life. that was vintage christie. it was the guy who was taking on uncomfortable truths. he was willing to say things that the republican base doesn't necessarily agree with him 100% on. but he's doing his own stuff. he got back to talking about his record as home state governor, prosecutor, prosecuting 130 politicians. and now taking on one more prosecution potentially on a