Christie Endorses Trump for President
One theory about the quick demise of Chris Christie’s presidential campaign — once so full of promise — is that there was only room for one brash-talking northeasterner in the GOP race. Once Donald Trump jumped in and started being Donald Trump-ish, Christie’s usual strengths were overshadowed.
In any case, Christie is out. And today, he endorsed Trump for president.
BREAKING: @ChrisChristie endorses @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/ozfA2dzUzr pic.twitter.com/HPqPsualbM
— CBS News (@CBSNews) February 26, 2016
The New York Times reports Christie said Trump “will do exactly what needs to be done to make America a leader around the world again,” and said they’d been friends for a decade. “I am proud to be here to endorse Donald Trump,” he said, at Trump’s side at a Texas gathering.
The reaction was quick on Twitter, with observers expecting Christie to play a big role in the campaign going forward.
Of course Christie endorses Trump. Trump is Christie after a couple of hard knocks to the head.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 26, 2016
https://twitter.com/davidgregory/status/703277331377463298
Christie is pit-bullish on Rubio. He tore a big hole in Rubio's case as a candidate, seems he'll continue to do so now – but for Trump.
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) February 26, 2016
Christie endorsing Trump: Marco Rubio "wholly unprepared to be president"
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) February 26, 2016
Endorsements on the GOP side haven't met much this cycle … Christie endorsing Trump is different. Could open the floodgates
— Michael A. Cohen (NOT TRUMP’S FORMER FIXER) (@speechboy71) February 26, 2016
Statistician Nate Silver, though, wasn’t so sure this is a prelude to Christie winning Trump’s VP slot:
Christie for VP? Only problem is that he has -18% net favorable rating (https://t.co/hiajfKovyc), almost as bad as Trump's.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) February 26, 2016
More to come, almost certainly.
