Chris Christie calls on GOP to stop 'pretending we won' in 2020
by Kaelan Deese, Breaking News Reporter |
| September 10, 2021 10:45 AM
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie offered a sweeping critique of the GOP on Thursday, urging it to become "the party that's perceived to be telling the American people the truth" after months of "pretending we won" the 2020 election.
Christie, a frequent critic of his own party, told Politico ahead of a Thursday evening speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California he intended to stress "first and foremost" in his remarks that the Republican Party needed to be "the party that's perceived to be telling the American people the truth."
"Pretending we won when we lost is a waste of time and energy and credibility," Christie said during his speech Thursday evening, without mentioning the former president's name.
Christie argued the party must aim to dismiss extremists and conspiracy theories to offer a viable alternative to Democrats, citing the struggle against the far-right John Birch Society by Reagan and the conservative author William F. Buckley in the 1960s.
"No man, no woman, no matter what office they've held or wealth they've acquired, are worthy of blind faith or obedience," Christie said Thursday evening.
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