Former Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie does not believe that former President Donald Trump will concede if he loses any of the Republican presidential primaries.
Christie cited the 2020 election as a reason why he does not believe that the former president will “ever concede” any election he has lost. The former New Jersey governor also said he does not care what Trump says about whether he won an election or not, while speaking on ABC’s This Week on Sunday.
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“Look, no one will expect him to concede. He hasn’t conceded the 2020 election. Who cares?” Christie said.
“The secretary of state of New Hampshire will certify the votes. You’ll get the delegates per the RNC rules, and we’ll move on to the next race. I don’t suspect he’ll ever concede [that] he’s ever lost any election even though he lost primaries in 2016 to Ted Cruz, and he’ll lose primaries this time as well,” he added.
Christie reiterated that the rules will govern who actually wins or loses, as was the case in 2020, and that his goal is for President Joe Biden to not win a second term in the White House.
When asked if he is concerned Trump could launch a third-party bid if he loses the Republican presidential nomination, Christie said the public would ignore him if he loses the GOP primary.
“I think the public en mass will begin to ignore a four-time loser like Donald Trump if he loses this set of primaries. You know, he lost in 2018 in the House, he lost in 2020, in the Senate and in the White House. And in 2022, he led us to more losses in the governorships and in the Senate, and if he loses in 2024 will be a four-time loser,” Christie said. “I think he’ll go back to Mar-a-Lago. He’ll continue to carp and moan and complain and say we don’t deserve him. Anything that gets him out of this race and, and what keeps him out of the White House is fine by me.”
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Christie, who has poured most of his campaign resources into the early primary state of New Hampshire, said his campaign will focus on South Carolina and Michigan after the Granite State.
Trump is the front-runner in the Republican primary, leading the field in New Hampshire with 45.7%, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average, compared to former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s 18.7%, Christie’s 11.3%, and Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) 7.7%.
