'She’s part of the problem': Christie slams GOP rival’s support of Trump despite 'dog whistling'

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's crusade against Donald Trump — and fellow 2024 GOP rivals — continued Sunday during a one-on-one conversation with CNN's Jake Tapper, as the Republican hopeful blasted the ex-president over his recent comments on immigration, and called Nikki Haley "part of the problem" for backing him, still.

Referring to Trump's comment that immigrants are "poisoning the blood of our country," Christie said, "He's disgusting. And what he's doing is dog whistling to Americans who feel absolutely under stress and strain from the economy and from the conflicts around the world, and he's dog whistling to blame it on people from areas that don't look like us."

He continued, "And Jake, the other problem with this is the Republicans are saying this is okay. Almost 100 members of Congress who've endorsed him. [ex-South Carolina governor and GOP candidate] Nikki Haley this week said he's fit to be president, you're telling telling me that someone who said that immigrants are poisoning the blood of this country and said Vladimir Putin is a character witness is fit to be president of the United States — that he was the right person at the right time?"

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The former governor added, "Nikki Haley should be ashamed of herself, and she's part of the problem, because she's enabling him. She's enabling him by saying to people, it is okay. Let me be really clear, I'm in this race to let people know, it is not okay. It is not okay for an American president to be saying these things and she should be ashamed of herself and the members of Congress who nod their head like a dog in the back of their head, just nodding away when he said all of these things, because all they're about is their own political future and their primary in their own district. This is why American leadership is falling down. This is why I'm in the race to stay and we're going to take Donald Trump out by telling the truth."

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