Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) did not hold back on Donald Trump during a CNN "State of the Union" appearance on Sunday morning, repeatedly calling the former president a "petulant child" and a "loser."
Christie, who along with Trump is making a bid for the Republican Party's 2024 presidential nomination, used his CNN forum to launch a blistering attack on the front-running former president in an attempt to warn Republicans that Trump can't win in the 2024 general election.
Getting right to it, the former New Jersey governor told the host, "Look, Jake, I stood on the stage in 2016 and heard Donald Trump say he would only hire the very, very best people and know how to manage them, but think about what happens here. Here's what he says about Rex Tillerson when he gets in: he says, he's the embodiment of the American dream, former CEO of ExxonMobil. He says, when he left, here's what he said about him; he's dumb as a rock and lazy as hell."
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"About General Mattis, four-star general, 'Mad Dog Mattis,' he said he was our very best general and the closest thing that we had to Patton. When he left, he said he was the most overrated general in American history," he continued. "You mentioned Bill Barr and John Kelly already. How about Mick Mulvaney, who was his director of the OMB and his chief of staff. He was outstanding and brilliant — when Mick Mulvaney left, he said he was a born loser."
"If you believe what he said about them in the beginning, the great stuff, that means this person is the worst manager in the history of American presidency," he continued. "Either way, he's a petulant child when someone disagrees with him. Whether it's Bill Barr, General Milley, if you disagree with Donald Trump, the petulant child comes out and he calls you names like the one you just mentioned and the ones I mentioned."
He later added, "I'm trying to save my party and country from going down the road of being led by three-time loser Donald Trump. Loser in 2018 by losing the House, loser in 2020 by losing the White House, and the United States Senate, and the worst midterm performance we've seen in a long, long time ... loser. loser, loser."
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