GOP presidential hopeful Chris Christie criticized former President Trump on Friday for saying he would “love” to debate Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, after skipping the primary Republican debate.
“Donald Trump desires to debate Meghan Markle however not his opponents? What a joke,” Christie posted on X, the platform previously often known as Twitter. “I’m certain they’d have an amazing debate on Spotify.”
Trump, the present GOP frontrunner, on Wednesday was requested by radio host Hugh Hewitt if he would sit down with Prince Harry and Meghan with the intention to increase scores — and he replied, “If you wish to set it up, let’s set it up.”
“Let’s go do one thing,” the previous president quipped. “I’d like to debate her. I might adore it.”
Christie, the previous governor of New Jersey, selected to make use of Trump’s feedback as a strategy to fundraise forward of the second GOP debate on Sept. 27. He posted a hyperlink for X customers to donate to his marketing campaign.
“Preserve me on the stage for when the coward lastly reveals as much as debate me,” he posted on X with a video from an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash.
“He says so many ridiculous issues,” Christie informed Bash. “I believe there may be completely little interest in both Donald Trump or Meghan Markle debating about something.”
“If individuals actually wish to have the true points which can be regarding their lives, like inflation, our function world wide, a troubled training system, crime and regulation and order in our cities, debated — we have to have critical candidates on that stage,” he added.
His push for funds comes after the Republican Nationwide Committee (RNC) introduced extra stringent standards for the second debate in California. Candidates might want to meet larger polling and donor thresholds.
Christie, who ran unsuccessfully towards Trump in 2016, has been certainly one of Trump’s most vocal GOP opponents. After Trump made it clear he wouldn’t attend the primary debate in Milwaukee final month, the previous governor referred to as him a “licensed loser.”
“Shock, shock…the man who’s out on bail from 4 jurisdictions and may’t defend his reprehensible conduct, is operating scared and hiding from the controversy stage,” the previous New Jersey governor wrote on X, referring to the previous president’s mounting authorized woes. “Trump — licensed loser, verified coward.”
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