Chris Christie endorses Donald Trump

[Rhiannon12866]

Source: CNN Politics

(CNN)New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie offered a surprise endorsement to Donald Trump, saying there is no one better prepared to lead the country in the Republican 2016 race.

"I am proud to be here to endorse Donald Trump for president of the United States," the New Jersey Republican told reporters at a press conference in Texas.

"The best person to beat Hillary Clinton on that state last night is undoubtedly Donald Trump," Christie added.

Trump and Christie appeared on stage together the day after a rough debate performance where the real estate mogul faced off against Sens. Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/26/politics/chris-christie-endorses-donald-trump/index.html

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[melman]

1. Now there's a valuable endosement

[Rhiannon12866]

8. This is "breaking news" on MSNBC

I really never thought Christie was quite that crazy. Hoping for a VP pick??

[rurallib]

26. he wants something. Surely not because Trump is his good buddy.

[Rhiannon12866]

35. If he thinks Trump has the nomination wrapped up, that is not good news

But would any of the remaining candidates be good news?? You would think they would have learned something after Rmoney...

[ChairmanAgnostic]

14. you best think again. It is very powerful

not because of Christie per se. But when a large, financially important state's gov says, "He da man," that will leave a mark.

Yet again. ONCE AGAIN. Even after an evening of attacks by Rubio and Crud, he again changes the conversation. It is again about himself, and yet again, he gets to portray himself as a winner.

He is sucking the air out of any coverage of Rubio or Cruz, even Hillary.

While he is a thug, he also is a TV personality who knows how to manipulate the press with an incredible touch.

[melman]

22. Christie is seen as a clown

pretty much everywhere at this point. But I agree with what you say about Trump. His campaign and political skills are no joke.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

31. This will be the topic throughout the weakened.

weekend. Whatever.

Again, Trump wins. I fear that we may be seeing the next president.

[yourpaljoey]

34. Trump ain't dumb... brilliant, maybe... dangerous definitely

[Strelnikov_]

52. Agree. Cristie is considered 'mainstream' by the public/media

Big pick up for Trump.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

79. Yup, you said it.

[valerief]

2. Blowhard to blowhard. nt

[redwitch]

3. Well thanks Chris!

What a suck up!

[Runningdawg]

4. Christy - Another VP hopefull

take a number and get in line.

[elleng]

5. PERFECT! I can hear it now: "Shut up!" "No, YOU shut up!!!"

[Rhiannon12866]

10. Perfect!!!

[redwitch]

56. Thanks for the laugh!

[Danmel]

81. Nailed it!

[BeyondGeography]

6. Not sure exactly what this adds to Trump's bully boy brand

[Rhiannon12866]

30. I guess the bullies tend to stick together...

[NurseJackie]

7. Hey, Hillary! Have you heard that Christie endorsed Trump? What do you think about that?

[hamsterjill]

69. Love this!!!!

Thanks for sharing! I think it will be Hillary's genuine reaction, too!

[In_The_Wind]

9. Hot heads stick together.

[MBS]

11. My guess is that Christie's hatred of and scorn for Rubio

trumps (so to speak) any doubts he might have about The Donald.

[William Seger]

12. "best person to beat Hillary Clinton on that stage"

Talk about damned by faint praise...

[beac]

13. Whoa! Did not see that one coming.

Is Christie angling for the VP spot? (And dreaming of hiring a skilled poisoner soon after January 20th?)

[ChairmanAgnostic]

15. head of the DOJ.

[beac]

25. And now I will have nightmares about that.

[deurbano]

16. Angling for veep was my first thought, too.

[mainstreetonce]

20. Not VP

He wants something else.

[olddad56]

23. yeah, he might need a pardon some day.

[mainstreetonce]

54. Yes,that too

He wants out of NJ. It is over for him at home

[ShakeWell]

75. This!

The bridge stuff is out, he had been called out for not showing up when they were having a state of emergency, and as said many times, he's seen as a clown now. He has to suck it up to whom ever he sees as the potential winner for any future in politics.

I think he's going for attorney general and then take a ride on the DC to Boardroom private jet.

[Renew Deal]

17. Wow. I didn't see that coming.

[Martin Eden]

18. Bully endorses bully, whodathunk. n/t

[olddad56]

24. birds of a feather

[PeterK]

19. Christie the fat clown

Obviously Trump has promised VP Cabinet or some other position....the 2 clowns deserve each other. i would honestly vote for %20 of trump voters over the man himself if i was a republican. some one smart tell me how much money a 1 million dollar investment in the stock market would have cultivated in the 30 + years, most of the mans money came from NBC for a role in a TV show..

[greatauntoftriplets]

21. President Obama reacts:

[Rhiannon12866]

37. The entire Republican process appears to come from The Onion!

Good to see you, my friend!

[greatauntoftriplets]

41. Hasn't it always? At least most of my life.

Good to see you, too.

[Rhiannon12866]

48. We often have these discussions at home

Can anyone imagine Eisenhower coming out with some of these attacks/insults/crazy statements? Or Reagan?? Or even Nixon?? It is just beyond belief...

[greatauntoftriplets]

58. Aside from Reagan calling ketchup a vegetable, no, they didn't.

Back then, though, people -- especially those in the spotlight -- didn't say everything they thought without thinking of the effect. Now they do. Even Nixon's expletives were deleted from his infamous tapes.

[Rhiannon12866]

63. I've never seen anything like it, even with "fringe" candidates that we knew were kinda off kilter

I think of Jimmy Carter and the Camp David Accords - or even Reagan dealing with Gorbachev (I was in the USSR at about that time and the people didn't like Reagan much). Trump, with no filter to what comes out of his mouth, has descended to a whole new and unprecedented level. It makes my blood run cold...

[greatauntoftriplets]

71. Trump would be a disaster all round.

I doubt that he even knows what the word "diplomacy" means. To think of him being involved in delicate multinational negotiations about something like the environmental agreement last year boggles the mind. His simplistic black-and-white worldview (white people good; Mexicans bad, etc.) is too frightening to contemplate. For one, does he REALLY think that the Mexican government will pay for the wall that he said will now be 10 feet higher after Vicente Fox's statement? Trump is used to yes men, but he won't necessarily find those in either Congress or on the world stage.

[Rhiannon12866]

77. He seems to have no control about what comes out of his mouth

Which is the last thing we need from any elected official, and he has set the bar so low that the others seem to be responding in kind. If President Obama, whose temperament continues to impress and amaze me, is getting such obstruction from this miserable Congress, what would happen if they faced the likes of Trump, let alone on the world stage???

I probably already told you, but I went to the USSR with my grandmother in 1986 because she was part of a visiting peace group. At that time, there were delicate negotiations between Gorbachev and Reagan and the Russian people I spoke with were pretty scared of Reagan, thought he was being way too tough with Gorbachev who was trying to institute some reforms. With Putin, who is a KGB throwback, I can't imagine what could happen if we elected any Republican, let alone a bully loudmouth like Trump!

[greatauntoftriplets]

78. Trump has said he'd probably use nuclear weapons.

Maybe if he'd actually served in the military, he'd feel differently. We don't need a cartoon character as president.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

27. Each endorsee is gifted one absolutely fantastic hair makeover

[BumRushDaShow]

29. OMG

[ChairmanAgnostic]

32. QUICK! I NEED an optical acid bath!

[jtuck004]

36. That is a seriously disturbing halloween mask. n/t

[greatauntoftriplets]

42. LMAO.

[Jefferson23]

49. LOL He looks better like that in some ways, actually.

[Rhiannon12866]

55. Yikes!!!

Just when you thought things couldn't get any scarier!!!

[msanthrope]

73. Can't under that....nt

[BumRushDaShow]

28. He has now sealed Jersey's fate!

[jtuck004]

33. Samantha Bee needs to interview New Jerseyites to see how they feel about paying him to do that.

She could hand out "We're Strumpets Too" hats, so we could be warned.

Then again, one might not want to ask the question they don't want to hear the answer to.

[chapdrum]

39. Good ol' "esteemed colleagues across the aisle."

Murderers.
Sociopaths.
Charlatans.
Frauds.
Liars.

[NCjack]

38. Christie: "It's important that the next Republican prez have the executive experience of

being a state governor, such as I have. There are two governors on this stage: myself and Gov. Kasich -- pick one. What -- you don't want me? Well, instead of Gov. Kasich, I endorse Mr. Trump (who has never held a political office)."
Christie is a 100% self-serving liar who has aspirations to be appointed to a federal office. No more election campaigns for him -- couldn't win one anyway.

[MowCowWhoHow III]

40. Lindsey Graham Endorses Donald Trump

[cui bono]

44. Wait, wut???

Geez. It's getting more and more embarrassing having to tell people I'm an American.

.

[MBS]

61. Graham was being facetious.

He said that he hoped that his "endorsement" of Trump would be the kiss of death for his campaign, as was his endorsement of Jeb, and his own campaign.

[cui bono]

64. Ah, okay. Didn't want to actually watch him! n/t

[cui bono]

43. omfg... that's the end of him as far as establishment politics I would think. n/t

[itcfish]

45. Wow

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/06/04/chris-christie-softball-swing/&h=692&w=940&tbnid=QhVH9vK4du-AtM:&docid=zJ_quqMm5rhiuM&ei=uJvQVsGGJ4WvaZfGl8gN&tbm=isch&ved=0ahUKEwjBwvjgiZbLAhWFVxoKHRfjBdkQMwgeKAEwAQ

[Jefferson23]

46. This is Trump building a firewall against Rubio and the establishment...amazing. They must be

freaking out..Christie for all his crap is part of the establishment.

He just gave Trump credibility from within..as bizarre as that sounds, in their world
this is real. Christie proved to be a good knee caper on Rubio too. He'll see more
of that.

[datguy_6]

47. So that was the "huge" in the huge announcement...lol

Sorry that was mean...

[George II]

50. He's just hoping to get a nice job in Trump's company after this is all over. I wonder....

...for months people in NJ complained about him not doing his job as Governor. He scoffed at it because he was running for President.

But he withdrew a week or two ago. How does he justify being in Texas today?

[dinkytron]

51. Chris Christie would make a great press secretary.

[TeamPooka]

59. I think he wants AG or VP. nt

[lordsummerisle]

86. AG

That's one f*cking scary thought...the first he'd do is invade the states that have legalized marijuana...

[TeamPooka]

87. Yup and say goodbye to voting rights enforcement. So fn scary.

Almost more scary that Trump being President.

[LannyDeVaney]

53. Well, I guess if Trump can be President ...

Christie can be chairman of Health & Human Services.

[yellowcanine]

57. Trump begged Christy to endorse him before the Bridgegate indictment.

[Attorney in Texas]

60. The VP race is definitely ON!

[oberliner]

62. He must really hate Marco

That is crazy.

I thought he'd go with John K.

[Rhiannon12866]

66. Great point! That's the current question posed on MSNBC...

That his endorsement of Trump is a swipe at Rubio. They're currently waiting for a reaction from Rubio. I really should just turn off the TV...

[Cognitive_Resonance]

65. Suspect Christie endorsed in exchange for appointment as Atty General. Cabinet of thug bullies. nt

[Rhiannon12866]

67. That's exactly what it's like

A gang of bullies, scary stuff!

[Mz Pip]

68. Strategizing for a Cabinet position

Christie is thinking ahead for his own political future. He's hoping to get picked for Trump's AG.

The White House will also need a food taster if Trump is elected.

[hamsterjill]

70. How much is that fat man in the window?

Okay, so it's not nice to refer to Chris Christie as a "fat man", but he's such a bully to other people that for him, in this case, I'm making an exception.

Now, I think we know Christie's price tag. Definitely bucking for VP.

[First Speaker]

72. Well--now we know where the beef is...

[Blasphemer]

74. Perfect example of why the GOP is screwed

Here they are running around trying to push Rubio as THE establishment candidate to get Trump out and they can't even get all of the establishment politicians on board. It's every person for themselves.

[DebbieCDC]

76. Fat Man lining up to be vice-trumpenfuhrer

[Kablooie]

80. I wonder how much Trump paid him for this?

Christie knows his future political life is very limited so he's got to provide for his future.

[Rhiannon12866]

82. After what's gone on so far, I'd believe just about anything

Though it does sound like the kind of thing Trump wouldn't be reluctant to boast about...

[LiberalElite]

83. IMO - this is to further get under Wonder Bot Rubio's skin;

and, to stretch out that 15 minutes of fame till Christie has to fade back into obscurity - until he finally gets indicted.

[Skittles]

84. well isn't that special

one bully endorsing another bully

[Rhiannon12866]

85. This was considered big news, but I guess we shouldn't be surprised...

[houston16revival]

88. Close the Bridges, Close the Borders

Dynamic Duo