Who Will Donald Trump Vote For In 2024? Chris Christie Has Surprise Prediction.
Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie on Monday envisioned a scenario in which Donald Trump wonât actually be able to vote for himself if he becomes the GOPâs nominee in the 2024 election.
Fox Businessâ Neil Cavuto suggested to ex-Trump ally Christie that the former president may be a convicted felon by the time the election comes around. Trump faces 91 charges across four criminal cases, in which he has pleaded not guilty.
âHow about this?â Christie replied. âHeâs going to go on trial the day before Super Tuesday. I believe heâs going to be convicted in that Jan. 6 trial [related to the 2021 Capitol riot] in Washington, D.C., predominantly because Mark Meadows, as you know, has signed an agreement, his former chief of staff, one of the founders of the Freedom Caucus [a group of hard-line House conservatives], is going to testify against him. Heâs going to be convicted. Imagine this, if heâs our nominee, he wonât be able to vote for himself.â
âBut, he can be president,â Cavuto said.
âYes,â Christie acknowledged.
.@GovChristie to Neil on @FoxBusiness: I am staying in this race through the convention. pic.twitter.com/FREsv1iTAb
— Neil Cavuto (@TeamCavuto) December 4, 2023
Cavuto noted how Trumpâs indictments hadnât harmed his standing in the polls and asked if a conviction would.
âI think a conviction is different for two reasons,â Christie said. âOne, it wonât be a liberal prosecutor talking about him anymore. It will be his former chief of staff saying he ... committed crimes because you wouldnât need immunity if you hadnât committed crimes, and that Donald Trump committed crimes on his watch. Thatâs very different for conservative voters to hear that from Mark Meadows than to hear it from [Justice Department special counsel] Jack Smith.â
He continued: âSecondly, this is a jury of your peers convicting you. Not, again, the two-tiered system of justice that a lot of people are concerned about. I think it will be very different. The questionâs going to be, is there going to be somebody whoâs willing to stand up to him until that moment, so that itâs not decided? And, thatâs why I said recently, Iâm in this through the [GOP nominating] convention.â
Cavuto suggested that Trump supporters wouldnât go flocking to Christie, should the former president for whatever reason drop out of the race.
Itâs âhard to imagine, but they like [incumbent President] Joe Biden less than they like me,â said Christie.
.@GovChristie to Neil on the next GOP debate: I will be there on Wednesday. You can count on it. pic.twitter.com/verlO5EgXG
— Neil Cavuto (@TeamCavuto) December 4, 2023