2024 GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie spoke to Brian Kilmeade about why he believes being a republican governor from a blue state like Ronald Reagan will help win over independents and democrats who are disenchanted. One of the main issues Christie has with the republican party and Ron DeSa
many of them nikki haley is 2%. why would i allow people at 1%, 2% and zero percent to be hitting me with questions all night. i don t think it s fair. brian: take a look at the polls in may 53%, now he is at # 7. desantis remains at 26. you have picked up 1% to 3%. so, what is your message to president trump? it s not fair, brian. it s not fair. poor donald trump. the guy who wants to be president of the united states, the guy who says that he is the toughest person to lead this country doesn t want to get up in front of republican primary voters and defend his record and make a case for the future of america? look, every republican primary voter should have the opportunity to see all those people who qualify up on the stage debating with each other. and, you know, you said will i qualify? i will. if people go to chris christie.com this morning and donate, that will get me another step closer to doing it. he can t avoid this, brian. it s not fair to the republican
governor s decision for goodness sake, brian, do you really think sarah huckabee sanders should be making this decision for children in arkansas? i love sarah, i think she is great person and a really good governor. i don t think she would ever allow the government to substitute her judgment as a mother for their judgment. and that s what i m saying. i wouldn t want any government official coming in and telling me what decisions can i help my child through and how i should do it. and i want those decisions to be made by parents, not by the government. brian: all right. let s switch and talk about your candidacy. the a lot of republicans feel differently. that s important dissemination. another time disseminate candidate to candidate is at the debates. we are going to be hosting milwaukee, it s going to be martha and bret are going to be moderators. i know you think you will hit the threshold and be there. but donald trump isn t and called you out. listen. christie is like 1% or less.
party voters. in fact, i think it s disrespectful. evidence thinks he should just default to the nomination? i don t think so. and i believe that everyone should have the right to get up there and debate who qualifies under the rules. and donald trump has an obligation to be up there and do it. and, by the way, i th he will debate, brian. i don t think he will be able to stay away, i really don t. brian: he wants to challenge. wants the spotlight. he did skip a fox debate once. i know you remember that governor, i never get you on foreign policy, 90 miles off the coast four separate military stations it looks like. with china military, 90 miles from miami. president christie, how do you deal with this? well, a few ways, first off, you look at the awfully incompetent way that joe biden and antony blinken are handling it. he goes to china basically on one knee to beg to the chinese, joe biden doesn t even know apparently what his own secretary of state is doing.