Even though Chris Christie skipped out on Jake Tapper this morning, he did sit down with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos to answer questions on his endorsement of Donald Trump.
First up, Stephanopoulos asked Christie how he could endorse Trump for president when in the past he had slammed Trump’s plan to temporarily ban all Muslims to the U.S. He answered with elections are a “choice” and that there’s no way anyone can agree with a candidate 100% of the time:
WATCH: Despite endorsement, @ChrisChristie still disagrees with Trump's Muslim ban https://t.co/QCqXRjCT0z https://t.co/KeYgu0hBXY
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) February 28, 2016
He also suggested that Trump had softened his stance. Is there any evidence of that, however?
Christie once said Trump was "dead wrong" to call for Muslim ban. Now he says, "That's not what he says any longer."
— Dustin Racioppi (@dracioppi) February 28, 2016
Flashback. Here’s the old Chris Christie:
12/14: Watch Chris Christie Speak Passionately About Combatting Anti-Muslim Bigotry https://t.co/jvYe3anZ5k
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) February 26, 2016
Stephanopoulos also asked Christie how Trump would get Mexico to pay for his proposed border wall. In the past, Christie had mocked Trump over the wall. Now Christie is saying Trump will somehow get Mexico to pay for it because of “leadership,” although there were no specifics offered:
.@ChrisChristie on how Trump will pay for the border wall: "He's going to have to answer that question, and he will" https://t.co/upxBLGBbxC
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) February 28, 2016
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Flashback. Here’s the old Chris Christie:
Here is audio of Chris Christie doing an impersonation of Donald Trump in New Hampshire https://t.co/rpBTCnUn9h
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) February 26, 2016
Christie just did a solid Trump impression here in Hampton, NH, mocking his plans for a "beautiful marvelous wall" pic.twitter.com/FkHqfhjMwU
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) February 7, 2016
Christie on Trump just a few weeks ago pic.twitter.com/JnRwM9rcLD
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) February 26, 2016
As we told you earlier, Trump told Jake Tapper that whatever the old Chris Christie said, it was “just politics”:
.@realDonaldTrump says @GovChristie's previous criticisms were just politics. Tune in to @CNNSotu now —
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 28, 2016
And that makes it better now?
Editor’s note: We’ve corrected a typo in the headline of this post that misspelled “Christie.”
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