Christie won’t rule out presidential run in 2024

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Monday said he isn’t ruling out a presidential run in 2024, adding that he would only do it if he could “see a pathway to victory.” Christie, who is promoting his new book “Let Me Finish,” said during an interview with conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt that he hasn’t “ruled out anything in terms of my political future,” including another run for the White House. “Yeah, listen, why not? I’m 56 years old, so you have to see,” he said during the interview. “One thing, you know me, Hugh. I would not do it if I couldn’t see a pathway to victory.” “I’m not someone who wants to do it just to go through the exercise. But if I saw a pathway to victory and a way to make a difference, I certainly would consider it,” he continued. Christie ran for president in 2016, but dropped out in late February of that year and went on to become one of the first high-profile endorsers of Donald Trump. Christie has continued to have a hot-and-cold relationship with the president, and served on his transition team before getting fired. The “tell-it-like-it-is” politician has also critiqued the president on some of his decision and the people he surrounds himself with. The former New Jersey governor on Monday said that he would not run against the president in 2020. “I don’t see anybody doing that,” he said. When asked whether he believes he can beat Vice President Mike Pence if he decides to run in 2024, Christie said he thinks “it’s possible to beat anybody.” “We don’t know what the political climate’s going to be at that time,” he said. “So you know, I don’t think there’s anybody who should be considered to be a prohibitive favorite back at that point, because we don’t know what the political world is going to look like then, Hugh. And you know how much that can change.” Christie also denied that a 2017 photo that shows him and his family soaking up the sun at Island Beach State Park, which was closed to the public because of a state government shutdown, would hurt a presidential campaign. “I think that people look at those things, and by 2024, you know, how relevant they’ll even be is kind of funny,” he said. “I think folks when they hear me talk about it, and as you say, I talk about it in a way that doesn’t try to make excuses as much as it tries to just give people an explanation, and that people either buy it or they don’t.” “But I think people don’t judge how they’re going to vote for a president based upon one photo over a career,” he said. Article originally published on POLITICO Magazine Source: https://politi.co/2HThKMH Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story and shared it with you. The Article Was Written/Published By: rmorin@politico.com (Rebecca Morin) ! #Headlines, #People, #Political, #Politics, #Trending, #News, #Newsfeed http://bit.ly/2HSi1zA
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