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Christie to pro-Trump crowd in Florida: ‘Your anger against the truth is reprehensible’

BY LAUREN IRWIN - 11/04/23 2:49 PM ET

Republican presidential candidate former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses attendees at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, in Kissimmee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie was booed while walking on stage at the Florida Republican Party’s Freedom Summit event on Saturday.

“Now look, every one of those boos, everyone one of those cat calls, everyone one of those yells will not … solve one problem we face in this country,” Christie said. “Your anger against the truth is reprehensible.”

Between jeers, the former New Jersey governor tried to tell the crowd of Trump supporters that their energy is better spent elsewhere.

“When you think about the problems that our country and this world is facing, when you think about that, this type of pettiness … is beneath … the process of electing a president,” he said.

Christie told the displeased crowd that they could reject his arguments, he just needed to be able to say them first.

“The problem is … you fear the truth,” he told the crowd. “You want to shout down any voice that says anything different than what you want to hear. And you can continue to do it. And believe me … it doesn’t bother me one bit.”

The former governor said what does bother him, though, is “the atrocities that are going on in Israel.”

“That’s what we should spend our time talking about, and that’s the place where I suggest some of our anger should be directed,” Christie said about the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.

After his speech, Christie was approached by far-right activist Laura Loomer, who was criticizing Christie for his comments against Trump and for “supporting the weaponization of government.”

“The proudest moments of my career is to be opposed like someone like you,” Christie said to her.

In a response online Christie said the former President was “too scared to face me like a man” so he sent Loomer in his place, adding that Loomer told him he “should die of a heart attack.”

“Obviously, I didn’t hold back,” Christie said in a post. “I tell the truth, and they can’t handle it.”

Christie fundraised online based on his Saturday comments.

Christie echoed a similar sentiment to his speech in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, with a donation link. “I’ll never stop telling it like it is. Chip in here.”

Former President Trump headlined the event in Kissimmee, Fla. Christie and the other GOP candidates, including former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson.

The candidates will return to Florida on Wednesday, where they will participate in the third GOP primary debate in Miami. It will be hosted by NBC News on Nov. 8 at 8 p.m.

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Hutchinson booed for over a minute after claiming ‘significant likelihood’ Trump will be found guilty

Adam Shaw
Sat, November 4, 2023 at 9:32 AM PDT·2 min read

GOP presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson was booed Saturday when he told a Republican summit that there is "significant likelihood" that former President Trump will be found guilty of a felony next year.

The former Arkansas governor told the Florida Freedom Summit in Kissimmee, Florida, that such an outcome will make it harder for Republicans down the ticket to win their races if Trump, who is leading in the polls, wins the 2024 Republican nomination.

Trump is facing dozens of felony counts in multiple cases, including accusations of falsifying records related to alleged hush money payments, the removal of national security documents from the White House and election subversion following the 2020 election. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and has repeatedly claimed that the prosecutions are politically motivated.

GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, TRUMP CRITIC WILL HURD BOOED OFF STAGE

Hutchinson cited his own experience as a prosecutor to say that "there is a significant likelihood that Donald Trump will be found guilty by a jury on a felony offense next year."

"That may or may not happen. Before you vote in March, and it might not make any difference to you, but it will make a difference for our chances to attract independent voters in November. It will make a difference for those down-ticket races for Congress and Senate, and it will weaken the GOP for decades to come. As a party, we must support the rule of law," he said.

Asa Hutchinson, former governor of Arkansas, speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's annual Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday, July 28, 2023.

The claim was met with boos from the crowd, one of a number of instances where anti-Trump statements by Republican candidates. Both former NJ Gov. Chris Christie and former Rep. Will Hurd have been booed for making perceived anti-Trump statements.

"We cannot win as a country without integrity in the White House," Hutchinson said on Saturday. "And while some will ignore that destructive behavior of the former president, I assure you we ignore it at our own peril. The next generation will not look favorably back on this time."

A Quinnipiac national poll this week shows that Trump stands at 64% support in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at 15% and former ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley at 6%.

The survey indicates Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, Christie and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy each at 3%, with everyone else at 1% or less.

Sometimes bootlickers tell the truth when they think it serves their ultimate goal of more genital regulations and more handouts to billionaires.