Nov 6, 2023
WATCH: Christie TRIGGERS Trump Into Calling Him 'Fat Pig'
Former President Donald Trump resorted to calling Chris Christie a "fat pig" after Christie laid down some hard truths at the Florida’s GOP Freedom Summit.
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Sir. I'm sorry.
He is not a fat pig.
Okay?
This man, you say he is not a fat pig.
No, it's true.
And you can't. You can't use the term fat.
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You're allowed to use the word pig,
but not fat.
No, the man just said he's a fat pig.
And I said, no, he's not a fat pig.
So now the press can't kill me
because all I'm doing is responding.
I'm responding. He is not a fat pig.
[00:00:32]
Former President Donald Trump
was clearly triggered by Chris Christie,
who actually addressed the audience
at the Florida GOP Freedom Conference
on Saturday and had some harsh words
for Donald Trump, something that Trump
clearly didn't take so kindly to.
[00:00:48]
Now, again, earlier in the day, Christie
was booed off stage over his critical
comments toward the former president.
Let's take a look.
[00:01:04]
Yeah.
Well, now it feels like home.
Thank you all very much.
Let me let me first thank the chairman
and everyone here.
Yep. Look.
[00:01:19]
- That.
- What a shock.
You're for Trump.
I'm going to fall over dead.
Now, look. Now look.
Every one of those boos,
every one of those catcalls,
every one of those yells will not keep it.
[00:01:37]
Yes, sure will not solve.
One problem we face in this country
will not solve, and will and will not
and will not make this country better.
Your anger. Your anger.
[00:01:55]
Your anger against the truth
is reprehensible.
That is how his 15 minute speech began.
I watched the entirety of it.
[00:02:12]
Here's what happened
toward the end of his speech.
If your arguments are so strong,
if your arguments are so great
and mine are so bad, then just keep quiet.
Let me make my awful arguments and then
you can just reject them out of hand.
[00:02:30]
But the problem is, the problem is.
The problem is you fear the truth.
The problem is, you want to shout down any
voice that says anything different
than what you want to hear.
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And you can continue to do it.
And believe me, believe me,
it doesn't bother me one bit.
We deserve.
We deserve once again, better character
in the white House than what we've had
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from the last three presidents.
Much better than what we've had
from the last three presidents.
We. We cannot turn our back
on the character flaws of the people we've
helped to make leaders, and then point our
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finger at the character flaws of the one
who's sitting in the white House now.
Clearly, at that very last part,
Yankee was trying to appeal to Republicans
by pointing to Democratic presidents
that he didn't like.
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While, of course,
simultaneously taking jabs at Donald Trump
and his lack of character.
But look, these attacks haven't really
played out so well for Chris Christie.
Let's take a look at
the Real Clear Politics average of polls
in the Republican primary.
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Chris Christie doesn't even register
in the top three.
Obviously, Donald Trump
has a massive lead at 59.3.
DeSantis still comes in at
second with 13.4, and Haley is at 8.3.
And then if you take a look at the next
graph, you'll see that Donald Trump has
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just been rising in the polls, especially
over the last several months, whereas
Chris Christie, who is represented by
the yellow line, is only bringing in 2.2%.
Trump is, of course,
represented by the Purple Line.
I don't think that needs to be said.
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But just in case, that's where you
see Trump rising in the polls, Jake.
Yeah.
So first of all,
a lot of credit to Chris Christie
because it takes courage to go in front
of your side's audience and call them out.
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So try doing that with the left
if you're on the left.
And so it's not just the right
and it takes courage to do it.
And so he went into that lion's den
and told them that their disregard
for the truth is reprehensible.
[00:04:58]
All right.
Whatever else Chris Christie
has done or is going to do,
at least good on him for that.
And so credit where credit is due.
So Donald Trump is his usual self.
So two can play that.
Did you just call Trump a fat pig?
I didn't say it,
but Trump's also a fat fat pig.
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I mean he's not he's not
because he can't say it.
I mean, that giant tire
he has around his gut as he takes
that golf swing that we've all seen.
The guy is at least 300 pounds,
but I can't say it.
I mean, he's I don't know who is.
Are you positive that Chris Christie
weighs more than Donald Trump?
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- I'm not at all positive.
- I'm pretty positive.
No, no, no, Chris Christie is a big guy,
but Donald Trump's a lot taller.
And he's also incredibly round
in the middle.
He is round in the middle.
You're correct about that.
Yeah.
So anyways, guys, I'm just saying that
rhetorically just to pay him back.
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Right. And but but.
Look, look to your point though, Jake,
I mean, I think it shows strength
to actually address the substance
of what Chris Christie is saying
as opposed to immediately resorting
to ad hominem attacks,
because that's what Trump did there.
Now his supporters are going
to support him no matter what.
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- Like he's got incredible.
- They love that.
Yeah, totally. Totally.
But if I recall correctly,
conservatives for a while now
really liked to pride themselves
on not resorting to ad hominem attacks
and instead addressing the the substance
of what their opponents would bring up.
[00:06:25]
Right.
They accused the left of always engaging
in ad hominem attacks,
and honestly, in some cases they do.
But in this case, you have the leader
of the Republican Party, the preferred
presidential candidate for the
Republican Party, not addressing anything
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that Chris Christie said, just attacking
Chris Christie and his appearance.
And I think that's kind of weak.
Of course, he's super weak.
He never has any evidence for anything.
So today he embarrassed himself in the New
York trial, again, not presenting any
evidence. 60 court cases about the 2020
election, not one piece of evidence.
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And so if you're one of the Trump zombies,
try looking into evidence.
I know you hate the idea.
You hate the idea of facts and evidence
and anything that will show you that your
beloved Donald Trump is an obvious,
obvious, pathological liar who actually
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tried to steal the election himself.
I know that hurts your feelings.
Facts hurt your feelings,
and your feelings are paramount, right?
So again, credit to Chris Christie
for going in and calling it out.
Now, having said that, I thought that
Chris Christie, since he's a lot stronger
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than other Republican candidates
and is willing to at least punch back,
would gain some respect within Republican
voters and would rise a little bit more.
Not that he'd necessarily catch Trump,
but that he'd have a shot,
because at least he's being aggressive.
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It turns out nope.
No, they they'll hate they hate anyone
who tells them the truth about Trump.
So that's MAGA world. And it is what it is.
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