Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie he tried on Sunday to play down the potential consequences if his rival Donald Trump loses the 2024 primary race but refuses to concede – or even still run as a third-party candidate. Who cares,” Christie, the former New Jersey governor and Trump supporter critic, told ABC’s “This Week” co-anchor. Christie has positioned himself as the strongest Trump distractor in the GOP primary field. “Right now, with 58 days to go until the New Hampshire primary, we’re going to focus most of our time and energy on the state of New Hampshire,” he said. “And in my opinion, that’s Donald Trump and we need to go at him head on.”Chris Christie downplays risk to Republicans if Trump loses primary but won’t drop out of race originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News November 26, 2023 17:57 UTC