If Trump is the 2024 GOP nominee, it will be a 'death sentence' for Republicans

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WASHINGTON − With about six weeks to go until the Republican primary season kicks off, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is warning of a GOP "death sentence" if former President Donald Trump becomes the party's nominee in 2024.

Christie has built a campaign on attacking Trump and calling on fellow GOP candidates to do the same.

During an interview Thursday night, NewsNation host Chris Cuomo asked Christie whether it would be a “death sentence” in the primary to criticize Trump, who has strong support from the Republican base.

“No, the death sentence is to let Trump be our nominee," Christie said.

“If Trump is our nominee, we will not only lose the presidency again, but we will lose both houses of Congress, and we will lose races up and down the ticket,” Christie added. “And this isn’t speculation.”
Christie called Trump “political poison” up and down the ballot and questioned how other candidates, like former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, can take on the indicted ex-president later if they aren't doing it now.

“If you are unwilling to take him on now, if you eventually get on the stage with him, how are you willing to take him on or able to take him on with any credibility when you’ve said things, you know, ‘For some reason, chaos and drama follow him wherever he goes.’”

Christie was referring to Haley’s comments in a Fox News interview last month when she said, “The problem is drama and chaos follows him, whether fairly or not. It is constantly following him and Americans feel it.”

When asked whether Haley was a legitimate prospect for president, Christie said she was but that she was vying for second place.

“When you’re unwilling to stand up and talk about the guy who is the frontrunner in the race by 20 to 30 points, depending on what poll you look at, Chris, you’re not trying to win,” Christie said. “You’re trying to come in second. I’m running to win and I think our party needs Donald Trump to lose for us to have a future in the 2024 race.”

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Chris Christie..still hovering around 0% in the polls amongst Republicans.

Trump is at 68%.

That’s twice as much as all his competitors combined.

It’s over..it’s been over for months.

[rusty]

If Trump's the nominee he's going to get slaughtered in the general. I know a boatload of people who were former big-time Trump supporters that just won't vote if he's the nominee. The problem with the rabid Trump supporters is that they don't realize, or don't want to realize, how much he has alienated the moderates.

The far right and the far left have never decided general elections. It's the middle 60%. The middle 60% aren't going to vote for Trump. If you're not politically savvy enough to realize that then you're in big trouble.

Some people are very focused on Trump's numbers among the other Republicans who are in the primaries. The other Republicans don't matter. He's not going to be running against them in the general. If Republicans were smart they would support ABT (Anybody But Trump) in the primaries. The truth isn't pretty sometimes.

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All the polls show that Trump slaughters Biden, Harris or Newsom.

Dems are in total panic mode.

Black people and Hispanics are going for Trump more and more every day.

That’s just not supposed to happen.

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"If" is right. 45 has a whole lot of political mine fields to cross before the Republican convention.

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"If" is right. 45 has a whole lot of political mine fields to cross before the Republican convention.

Nothing that could keep him from getting the nomination.

[Red Oak]

More likely a death sentence for Trump, if he has a good chance of winning the 2024 presidential election his Deep State enemies will likely assassinate him.

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Trump could do the Republicans a huge favor by bowing out because they have no chance with him running. Will he do it? Of course not. With Trump everything is about him. Always.

[Mark]

President Trump is the only thing that's breathed any life into the Republican party in the last 25-30 years. When he retires from politics, the Republican party will die.

President Trump exposed the Washington Republicans (and many state Republicans) for the frauds that they are. They can never put that Genie back in the bottle. Most Republican office holders are closet Democrats.

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President Trump is the only thing that's breathed any life into the Republican party in the last 25-30 years. When he retires from politics, the Republican party will die.

President Trump exposed the Washington Republicans (and many state Republicans) for the frauds that they are. They can never put that Genie back in the bottle. Most Republican office holders are closet Democrats.

Actually, the Republican Party died while he was in office and couldn't even manage to get reelected.
Plus, he will go down in history as the father of the deadly COVID jab. Fauci rolled him.