EXCLUSIVE | “I am the viable Trump alternative,” former New Jersey governor and not-quite-yet 2024 GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie tells The Daily Beast.
KEENE, New Hampshire—If Chris Christie had a microphone to drop, he would have dropped it.the viable Trump alternative,” the former New Jersey governor and not-quite-yet 2024 GOP presidential candidate told The Daily Beast, swiveling on his heel and promptly ending the interview to go work the room at the Keene Country Club Friday night.
Christie seems to be leaning toward jumping in, posing and answering questions that bolster his ability to take down Trump. Like whether he could actually be a credible messenger to the MAGA base. Speaking before a crowd of 20 old guard Republicans on a pleasant spring day in an immaculately manicured backyard in West Keene, Christie was about to have the donors and power brokers in the palm of his hand.
Christie, MacDonald will remind fellow Granite State Republicans, made more visits to the state than any other candidate in the 2016 primary and cultivated strong relationships with the network of local lawmakers and independently wealthy power donors needed to run a competitive campaign. As for a financial pathway to competing with Trump, that part of the plan, MacDonald conceded, isn’t clear yet.enters the race, all bets are off when it comes to that old school Granite State strategy.in the GOP and the lack of an apparent deep-pocketed donor to catch Christie up on outside spending—not to mention staffing up a fully operational campaign in time for the first debate on Aug. 12—a 2024 Christie bid may only have enough gas in the tank to make it to the first debates.
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