Chris Christie ‘to enter race’ to be Republican candidate in opposition to President Biden for White House

Chris Christie, the previous New Jersey governor, is ready to affix the race for the White House subsequent week, in keeping with US experiences.

The 60-year-old will verify he’s coming into the battle to change into the Republican presidential candidate at a gathering of supporters in New Hampshire on Tuesday, NBC reported, quoting unnamed sources.

It might be his second try to change into the celebration’s nominee after he first tried in 2016.

That yr he dropped out after ending sixth within the New Hampshire major.

He then surprised supporters by endorsing Donald Trump, and finally led the brand new president’s transition crew and even helped his former rival put together for debates in opposition to Joe Biden in 2020.

But since then, Mr Christie has change into a vocal critic of Mr Trump after the then-president refused to concede the 2020 election to Mr Biden and pushed baseless claims of widespread fraud.

At a city corridor political assembly in New Hampshire in April, Mr Christie dismissed the previous commander in chief as “a TV star, nothing more, nothing less. Let me suggest to you that in putting him back in the White House, the reruns will be worse than the original show”.

Mr Christie served two phrases as governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018.

In the so-called “Bridgegate” scandal in 2013, he was accused of closing lanes on the George Washington Bridge as alleged retaliation in opposition to a Democratic mayor who refused to endorse Mr Christie’s re-election.

Even by the requirements of presidential elections, the sphere for the GOP nomination is packed.

Mr Christie joins Mr Trump, Florida governor Ron DeSantis, ex-United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, South Carolina senator Tim Scott, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson, conservative discuss radio host Larry Elder and businessman Perry Johnson, amongst others within the operating.

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Former vice chairman Mike Pence and North Dakota governor Doug Burgum are anticipated to affix them quickly.

But the probabilities of the celebration selecting somebody aside from Mr Trump in 2024 seem distant in the intervening time, as he has a giant lead within the polls and a seemingly iron grip on the supporter base, in keeping with some commentators.

Mr Christie, in the meantime, is at the moment polling backside.