Dear Commons Community,

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie urged the GOP to dump Donald Trump in harsh remarks at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas on Saturday.

“It is time to stop being afraid of any one person. It is time to stand up for the principles and the beliefs that we have founded this party on and this country on,” said Christie, who emphasized that he was with Trump from early on in his first campaign.

“We keep losing and losing and losing,” Christie added, referring to Republicans’ dismal midterm elections performance. “The fact of the matter is the reason we’re losing is because Donald Trump has put himself before everybody else.”

Christie said Republicans are now faced with a choice between “the party of me,” referring to Trump’s self-involvement, or the “party of us.”

“We don’t want to do bending to the will of one person, rather than advocating for the good of all of our people,” added Christie, who may run against Trump for the Republican presidential nomination.

Christie is a former  Trump supporter who has found religion and is calling for abandoning the Donald!  However, anyone who has lived or worked in and around New York City as Christie has, knew that Trump was always a huckster.  As former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg said of Trump in 2016 at the Democratic National Convention:  “I am a New Yorker. I know a con when I see one.” Where were you Mr. Christie?

Tony

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