Report: Trump offered VP slot to Christie, then rescinded it

Posted by | October 30, 2016 10:27 | Filed under: Politics


While camp Christie denies, this, the New York Post is reporting that Chris Christie was offered vice presidential spot on the ticket by Donald Trump, who then took it back.

Most of his Trump’s advisers — including then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Trump’s two eldest sons, Donald Jr. and Eric — and GOP leaders pressured Trump to pick Pence.

They argued that Pence would unify the party and appeal to evangelical Christians who had not supported Trump in the primary.

But Trump was privately ­wavering and Christie saw an opening.

“Trump cares about who’s the most loyal and who kisses his a– the most, not who’s the most qualified and what’s the best political decision,” said a source close to the campaign. “If it was up to him, it would have been Christie.”

The two men had developed a close relationship. Whenever Christie visited Trump’s campaign headquarters, he’d spend most of his time in onetime Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski’s office, ignoring Manafort and other top aides, a source said.

Christie contacted Trump and made his final, impassioned ­appeal on July 12.

“Christie said he thinks he deserves it and he earned it,” a second Trump source said. Convinced, Trump made the ­offer.

Christie “said all the BS that Trump likes to hear, and Trump said, ‘Yeah, sure I’m giving it to you.’ ”

…“Trump had wanted Christie but Bridgegate would have been the biggest national story,” a third Trump source said. “He’d lose the advantage of not being corrupt.”

Trump agreed to name Pence the next day and broke the news to Christie, saying it would “tear my family apart if I gave you VP,” a source said.

Christie acknowledged to MSNBC that Trump’s decision bothered him. “If you’re a competitive person, like I am, and you’re used to winning, like I am — again, you don’t like coming in second, ever,” Christie said.

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2 responses to Report: Trump offered VP slot to Christie, then rescinded it

  1. StoneyCurtisll October 30th, 2016 at 12:02

    Donald Trump must have “fat shamed” Christie…
    “This is obviously a man who loves to eat”…
    “He has gained a lot of weight”…
    “He is my house keeper/butler”…
    “I’m not saying he is just like Alishia Machado, but come on”…
    Stop Trump on Nov 8th.

  2. dogsRgoodpeople October 30th, 2016 at 12:37

    Memo:
    To ) Chris Christie
    From ) The Punk

    (Chris ) It may have worked had I not told the truth:

    TRENTON — Donald Trump launched into a blistering attack of Republican presidential rival Chris Christie on Monday night, at one point suggesting the New Jersey governor knew about the lane closings at the center of the George Washington Bridge scandal before they happened.

    “He knew about it,” the billionaire businessman and former Atlantic City casino magnate said of Christie during a campaign rally in South Carolina. “He totally knew about it.”
    http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/12/trump_unloads_on_christie_he_knew_about_bridgegate_and_much_more.html

    the thing is Chris, you were in the way then, and I’m Donald (The Punk) Trump. See how that works ?

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