Chris Christie Dodges Question about GOP Loyalt Pledge

[Seymour Flops]

Christie says no one has given him a loyalty pledge to sign

The RNC's loyalty pledge is a hot issue in advance of the first GOP debate.

www.politico.com

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said Sunday he has yet to sign the party’s loyalty pledge because no one has given it to him.


“I haven’t been presented with the pledge yet,” the former New Jersey governor said on ABC’s “This Week,” adding he thought the Republican National Committee was still verifying that he had enough donors to qualify for the event. But in answering the question Sunday, Christie did not say whether he would sign the pledge when he received it.

Of course not. Why commit yourself one way or another as a political candidate? Who did they think he is, Donald Trump, or someone else with balls and integrity?

Trump has yet to commit to taking part in the debate, and last week he said he wouldn’t sign such a pledge in an interview in which he criticized rivals Christie, Hutchinson and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis by name. “I wouldn’t sign the pledge,” Trump said on Newsmax. “Why would I sign a pledge if there are people on there that I wouldn’t have?”


Christie said he was not surprised that Trump has neither committed to the debate or the pledge yet. “He plays misdirection all the time,” he said.

The misdirection is Christie saying "no one has presented it." No doubt one of those technically true, but misleading statements. He may have asked staff not to show it to him so he could give that answer. It may be on his desk right in front of him, but no one has come in to open the envelope and present it to him. So it is not such a mystery:

“I affirm that if I do not win the 2024 Republican nomination for President of the United States, I will honor the will of the primary voters and support the nominee in order to save our country and beat Joe Biden,” reads the pledge, according to copies shared online by some of the candidates.

The pledge is a dumb idea, at least the requirement to sign it to be allowed to debate. Keeping Trump out of the debate means virtually no one will watch it. We're talking CNN-like ratings.

Democrats won't care without Trump to obsess over and why would GOP voters want to watch Republicans who hate Trump debate Republicans who want to be Trump's VP while the DeSantis debates the moderator?

 

[Concerned American]

Christie says no one has given him a loyalty pledge to sign

The RNC's loyalty pledge is a hot issue in advance of the first GOP debate.

www.politico.com

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said Sunday he has yet to sign the party’s loyalty pledge because no one has given it to him.


“I haven’t been presented with the pledge yet,” the former New Jersey governor said on ABC’s “This Week,” adding he thought the Republican National Committee was still verifying that he had enough donors to qualify for the event. But in answering the question Sunday, Christie did not say whether he would sign the pledge when he received it.

Of course not. Why commit yourself one way or another as a political candidate? Who did they think he is, Donald Trump, or someone else with balls and integrity?

Trump has yet to commit to taking part in the debate, and last week he said he wouldn’t sign such a pledge in an interview in which he criticized rivals Christie, Hutchinson and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis by name. “I wouldn’t sign the pledge,” Trump said on Newsmax. “Why would I sign a pledge if there are people on there that I wouldn’t have?”


Christie said he was not surprised that Trump has neither committed to the debate or the pledge yet. “He plays misdirection all the time,” he said.

The misdirection is Christie saying "no one has presented it." No doubt one of those technically true, but misleading statements. He may have asked staff not to show it to him so he could give that answer. It may be on his desk right in front of him, but no one has come in to open the envelope and present it to him. So it is not such a mystery:

“I affirm that if I do not win the 2024 Republican nomination for President of the United States, I will honor the will of the primary voters and support the nominee in order to save our country and beat Joe Biden,” reads the pledge, according to copies shared online by some of the candidates.

The pledge is a dumb idea, at least the requirement to sign it to be allowed to debate. Keeping Trump out of the debate means virtually no one will watch it. We're talking CNN-like ratings.

Democrats won't care without Trump to obsess over and why would GOP voters want to watch Republicans who hate Trump debate Republicans who want to be Trump's VP while the DeSantis debates the moderator?

Hang it up Chris. They are quietly telling you that you haven't got a snowball's chance in hell of going any further.

 

[lennypartiv]

If you think Christie has a chance of winning the nomination, I have a bridge to sell you. By the way, it's the bridge where Christie blocked traffic in an act of revenge against a political enemy.

Gov. Chris Christie's got a scandal on his hands. Here's what you need to know.

New emails suggest a senior aide to Christie—a 2016 presidential contender—ordered a nasty traffic jam in Fort Lee as political payback.

www.motherjones.com

 

[aaronleland]

Hang it up Chris. They are quietly telling you that you haven't got a snowball's chance in hell of going any further.

I hear Romney's a shoo-in.

 

[Concerned American]

I hear Romney's a shoo-in.

Yeah, bet the farm on that one. He'll be lucky to hold the seat he has.

 

[Rocko]

He should say he’ll never endorse Trump . What does he have to lose?!

 

[Seymour Flops]

He should say he’ll never endorse Trump . What does he have to lose?!

Exactly. Nobody thinks he is one of the ones looking for the VP slot, and Trump didn't hesitate to refuse to endorse him.

If Christie is afraid of mean tweets from Trump, how's he gonna handle Xi? Same way Biden does?

 

[initforme]

Oh my there's a loyalty pledge? That's pathetic. I'd never sign a loyalty pledge to ANYTHING or anyone with regards to politics.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Christie, if president, will de-MAGA the country just as Germany was de-Nazi'd.

 

[Concerned American]

Christie, if president, will de-MAGA the country just as Germany was de-Nazi'd.

Right after he reopens the bridge, eh?

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Right after he reopens the bridge, eh?

You will be one of the first in line. They want the mentally defectives like you first.

 

[Hang on Sloopy]

Hang it up Chris. They are quietly telling you that you haven't got a snowball's chance in hell of going any further.

i bet the last thing he sees in life is a steaming pile of mashed taters.......he looks like one giant walking fart

 

[Concerned American]

You will be one of the first in line. They want the mentally defectives like you first.

Nope, that would be you--I didn't vote for the vegetable. Slipping a cog there aren't you.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Nope, that would be you--I didn't vote for the vegetable. Slipping a cog there aren't you.

You voted for the traitor criminal, Herr Trump: for shame.

 

[Failzero]

Krispy is not even Kiddie Table

 

[Independent thinker]

Christie says no one has given him a loyalty pledge to sign

The RNC's loyalty pledge is a hot issue in advance of the first GOP debate.

www.politico.com

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said Sunday he has yet to sign the party’s loyalty pledge because no one has given it to him.


“I haven’t been presented with the pledge yet,” the former New Jersey governor said on ABC’s “This Week,” adding he thought the Republican National Committee was still verifying that he had enough donors to qualify for the event. But in answering the question Sunday, Christie did not say whether he would sign the pledge when he received it.

Of course not. Why commit yourself one way or another as a political candidate? Who did they think he is, Donald Trump, or someone else with balls and integrity?

Trump has yet to commit to taking part in the debate, and last week he said he wouldn’t sign such a pledge in an interview in which he criticized rivals Christie, Hutchinson and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis by name. “I wouldn’t sign the pledge,” Trump said on Newsmax. “Why would I sign a pledge if there are people on there that I wouldn’t have?”


Christie said he was not surprised that Trump has neither committed to the debate or the pledge yet. “He plays misdirection all the time,” he said.

The misdirection is Christie saying "no one has presented it." No doubt one of those technically true, but misleading statements. He may have asked staff not to show it to him so he could give that answer. It may be on his desk right in front of him, but no one has come in to open the envelope and present it to him. So it is not such a mystery:

“I affirm that if I do not win the 2024 Republican nomination for President of the United States, I will honor the will of the primary voters and support the nominee in order to save our country and beat Joe Biden,” reads the pledge, according to copies shared online by some of the candidates.

The pledge is a dumb idea, at least the requirement to sign it to be allowed to debate. Keeping Trump out of the debate means virtually no one will watch it. We're talking CNN-like ratings.

Democrats won't care without Trump to obsess over and why would GOP voters want to watch Republicans who hate Trump debate Republicans who want to be Trump's VP while the DeSantis debates the moderator?

It will be funny to watch how many of these who signed the loyalty pledge will fully support Trump in 2024.

 

[Seymour Flops]

It will be funny to watch how many of these who signed the loyalty pledge will fully support Trump in 2024.

Yes, and the excuses that they will make not to keep their pledge. It will be a mix of Trump didn't sign it so he doesn't count and "I would have but _______________ has happened since I signed."

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Very few. If GOP candidate wins, no pardon for Trump will be forthcoming. What would be in it for whoever is the president to pardon Trump?

 

[Seymour Flops]

Very few. If GOP candidate wins, no pardon for Trump will be forthcoming. What would be in it for whoever is the president to pardon Trump?

Put a stop to the tax-funded wastefulness of the endless Democrat investigations of Trump for daring to buck the establishment.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Very few. If GOP candidate wins, no pardon for Trump will be forthcoming. What would be in it for whoever is the president to pardon Trump?