{"id":592685,"date":"2023-09-30T05:55:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T02:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/christie-knocks-trump-for-purely-selfish-anti-debate-rhetoric\/"},"modified":"2023-09-30T05:55:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-30T02:55:03","slug":"christie-knocks-trump-for-purely-selfish-anti-debate-rhetoric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/christie-knocks-trump-for-purely-selfish-anti-debate-rhetoric\/","title":{"rendered":"#Christie knocks Trump for \u2018purely selfish\u2019 anti-debate rhetoric"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/Christie.png?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie went after former President Trump for suggesting the Republican National Committee (RNC) nix remaining primary debates, claiming Trump is scared of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wants to end these things for purely selfish reasons because he doesn\u2019t want to give exposure to the candidates who are challenging him out there,\u201d Christie, the former governor of New Jersey, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p-b0GFZ2zQ8\">said in a CNN interview Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Trump chose to skip the first two primary debates and will likely skip the third, arguing that they are not necessary given his large polling lead. Christie has consistently called out Trump for not showing up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has no validity to the point he\u2019s making. He\u2019s ducking these debates,\u201d Christie said. \u201cIt\u2019s wrong and it\u2019s disrespectful to Republican voters and that\u2019s why I\u2019m going to continue to push for these debates to go forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also criticized Trump\u2019s argument for not attending, saying national polls don\u2019t show the full picture of the primary campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know all the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> organizations pay for these national polls and they are a monumental wase of time and money,\u201d he said. \u201cWe don\u2019t have a national primary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the debate stage Wednesday, Christie spoke to Trump directly and called him out for not attending. Few other candidates made jabs at Trump, to the former governor\u2019s dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t understand what they\u2019re doing, because if you want to go beat, you have to go beat him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis \u2014 seen as Trump\u2019s closest competition in the 2024 race \u2014 and former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley also criticized the former president for his decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump is missing in action,\u201d DeSantis said Wednesday during the second GOP debate in California. \u201cHe should be on this stage tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t win if you\u2019re absent,\u201d Haley said in an interview with Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> on Thursday. \u201cI think that, you know, he\u2019s got a lot of questions to answer to.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The next GOP primary debate is scheduled for Nov. 8 in Miami. Christie doesn\u2019t think Republican leadership will be getting rid of the debates any time soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they\u2019ll just ignore what\u2019s obviously self-serving,\u201d he said, adding \u201cbad advice from Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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