Chris Christie Wants To Run In the Democratic Primaries

The Fall of Meatball Ron – Egghead Analysis Edition https://t.co/cKaApKXG86 via @TPM

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 21, 2023

Also important: DeSantis has no theory of the case. It’s not that it is a hard nut to crack. It’s not that no one is smart enough to come up with a plan to dislodge Trump. It’s that Trump is really popular among Republicans and he’s the leader of the GOP. So of course it’s hard to dislodge him. Basically that’s the whole thing. It’s going to be super hard to dislodge Trump because Trump is who most Republicans want. Simple as that. But what’s definitely not going to work is running to be the successor to the adored Trump while Trump is still there running to be the successor to himself. State it plainly like that and it’s obvious.

All of these clowns think they can square that circle when they can’t. Haley, Scott, Pompeo. The only plausible path to dethroning Trump is a candidate who says something like this: “You know what? F*ck Trump! Yeah, I supported him and he did some good stuff. But this is ridiculous. He’s still stuck on losing the 2020 election. If you can’t get the job done move aside for someone who can. Don’t make excuses. He’s in hot water for paying off a pornstar and he might be in jail by 2025. It’s a joke. I’m better. Let’s move on.”

Would that work? Probably not. But it might. And I guarantee you it’s the only angle that has any chance, albeit a very slim one because again …. Republicans like Trump.

“He said he was going to retire the national debt in 8 years," Christie says of Trump.

Not only didn’t he do it, he increased it, Christie points out.

We’re now at $31.4t-ish

And Christie is now harping on school choice -- another unfulfilled promise. https://t.co/3rhlY9UHZ8

— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) April 20, 2023

"Elites are more focused on debating pronouns & Mikey Mouse. That’s the world Donald Trump created for us w/ his leadership, or lack of leadership," Christie says.

Now, he's blasting Trump for playing more golf than Obama did. And going on vacation on the taxpayer dime to MAL. https://t.co/J7V5Poj0SW

— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) April 20, 2023

Now Christie is knocking 2024 hopefuls Pence, Haley & DeSantis for not going directly at Trump.

"It's like he’s Voldemort."

Serious question: Do we think Christie has read Harry Potter? https://t.co/03hr2LqeF8

— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) April 20, 2023

Christie: "One of most astonishing promises he made during the campaign was he said he was going to retire the national debt in eight years...In four years, he increased the national debt exponentially...no one to blame but him"

— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) April 20, 2023

Christie: "Donald Trump is a TV star. Nothing more, nothing less. And let me suggest to you that if we put him back in the White House, the reruns will be worse than the original show."

— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) April 20, 2023

QED. (A reminder that Christie is simply the male version of Nancy Mace.

And now Nancy Mace is on OAN for an exclusive interview. She so transparently wants to be all things to all people. A total phony. pic.twitter.com/wBbVxUtgnh

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 21, 2023

He says what his audience wants to hear; and nobody in the GOP wants to hear this. He assumes the Democrats do. But they're all voting for Dark Brandon. Christie has less of a chance than DeSantis does.)