the former new Jersey Governor Chris Christie said ‘of course’ former president Donald Trump More could have been done to stop and end January 6th capital attack.
Christie sat down for an interview on Axios on HBO, which aired Sunday, and talked about her fallout with Trump, with whom she had been friends for 20 years.
‘Well, they said the election was stolen and it wasn’t,’ Christie said. ‘Then January 6th also happened.’
Christie said she was ‘desperate’ to reach out to Trump on the day of the attack and corresponded with Kellyanne Conway to work out strategies on how to get Trump to condemn the violence.
Christie said during an hour-long interview with Mike Allen of Axios at her New Jersey home, “I tried calling her…
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie Said ‘Of course’ former President Donald Trump could have done more to prevent and end the January 6 Capitol attack
Trump supporters climb through a window of the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021
Trump spoke at the ‘Stop the Steel’ rally before the Capitol attack on the morning of January 6.
Christie’s book “Republican Rescue: Saving the Party from Truth Deniers, Conspiracy Theorists and the Dangerous Policies of Joe Biden” is out Tuesday.
“I called Kellyanne Conway first,” he said, in reference to a former senior Trump adviser who resigned four months ago. ‘ And I said to him: ‘Have you spoken to him? And he said he didn’t. And he said: “I think we both need to call him.” And I said: “Absolutely.”
‘So I called the president’s secretary again,’ Christie continued. ‘Couldn’t pass. Then I called his body boy. Didn’t pick up Then I called the President’s cell phone, and he didn’t pick up.
‘I was desperate to try to contact him, because I felt like what was happening was terrible and was going to be a stain on his presidency, and I wanted him to stand up and stop it,’ he said.
Christie continued: ‘But he didn’t pick up the phone, and so I said what I would have told him privately if it aired on ABC.’
As for Allen, Christie said he wasn’t sure that 1/6 would become a turning point in American history.
‘I’m less sure about it. I think it’s a pivotal moment, but I wouldn’t make it analogous to 9/11 or Pearl Harbor,’ Christie said. ‘I think the significance is different than some people think, the importance to me is that it shows the resilience of our democracy.’
Donald Trump calls Chris Christie while they are both being treated for coronavirus in hospital, asking the former New Jersey governor: ‘Would you say you got it from me?’
Christie mentioned how by 4 a.m. on January 7 members of Congress were back on the floor to complete the certification of the presidential election.
During a donor event in Las Vegas earlier this month, Christie urged the Republican Party to go ahead with Trump and put behind claims the 2020 presidential election was rigged or plagiarized by Democrats.
“We can no longer talk about past and past elections,” Christie said at the event. ‘No matter where you stand on that issue, wherever you stand, it is over.’
Trump issued a statement in response to Christie’s criticisms of bashing his former aide.
Christie reiterated to Axios that the GOP needs to look beyond 2020 to win future elections, but added that he still considers Trump a friend and would have supported him over Biden.
“If we waste our time because Republicans are talking about an election that we have lost, we are going to lose future elections,” he said, referring to potential Republican contenders for president in 2024. Shouldn’t be put off for Trump’s walk.
“Those who say they will defy Donald Trump have disqualified themselves from being president,” Christie said. ‘If you think you are the best person, you should not neglect anyone.’
Christie and Trump are both hospitalized after a ‘superspreader’ at Amy Connie Barrett’s White House reception on September 26, 2020 (pictured)
Trump delivers a message from Walter Reed Medical Center while being treated for the coronavirus. Christie spent a week in the ICU with a case of the virus so bad that her priest gave her a late rite
Christie also spoke to Allen about her battle with COVID-19.
He talked about how he caught COVID when he was spending time preparing the president for the first presidential debate with Trump.
In his upcoming book, Christie said trump Called him while they were both in hospital with COVID-19, asking the former New Jersey governor not to reveal that he had an infection from the then-president.
‘Are you gonna say you got it from me?’ Trump asked on a call from Walter Reed Medical Center in October 2020, according to an excerpt Christie revealed in his book published in the New York Times Monday.
Christie and Trump both come down with coronavirus after ‘superspreader’ event in White House Rose Garden Amy Connie Barrett was chosen to replace the late Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg,
The reception included some of the biggest names in the government at the time and when it was held outside, very few were seen wearing masks.
Several people who attended the event and were seen mingling with Trump were also infected with the coronavirus – Christie’s included.
The former Republican governor was hospitalized in New Jersey the day after Trump was taken to Walter Reid in Bethesda, Maryland, for treatment.
He wrote of his priest coming to the hospital to give him late sacraments, which included rubbing oil on his forehead in the sign of the cross and praying for him.
Christie, who was already classified as being at high risk with COVID because of her weight, spent a week in the ICU with a very serious bout of coronavirus.
The book, ‘Republican Rescue: Saving the Party from Truth Deniers, Conspiracy Theorists, and the Dangerous Policies of Joe Biden’, reveals that Christie received several other calls from people concerned about her health in the hospital.
Upon her discharge, Christie said she regretted not wearing a mask to Connie Barrett’s reception. He also urged at the time that Americans use protective gear while Trump and allies stuck to health protection recommendations.
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