Christie: If Mayors ‘Too Politically Timid’ to Deal with Riots, Trump Will Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said during a panel discussion on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopolous†on Sunday that mayors of towns where rioting is taking place “are too politically timid†to address those behaviors, so President Donald Trump has to deal with it.
“And if the mayors of those towns are too politically timid to address people who are defacing and destroying their cities, then the president of the United States has to deal with it, and so I do think it's an effective thing to do. I don't know whether it's going to make sense politically or not for him, George, but it's his responsibility, as president, if the mayors are willing to walk away from their own responsibility, not to support peaceful protests, but to stop violent riots,†he said..........
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