Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie, who did not hesitate to criticize Donald Trump, challenged the former president on Thursday to “stop hiding behind” his “failed social network” and participate in the second Republican debate next Wednesday in the House of Representatives. Reagan Library in California.
Trump, who attended last month’s debate on Fox News, posted a series of messages critical of the former New Jersey governor on Truth Social on Wednesday night, prompting CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer to ask Christie to respond to Trump’s comments, adding that he called him “a ‘con man. ‘”
“He doesn’t like it when other people stand up to him and criticize him for the nonsense that worries him,” Christie said, urging the perhaps all-too-frequent poster to “keep coming. “
Regarding the option of Trump avoiding next week’s candidate rally, Christie is blunt.
“If I had courage, I would pass the level in the debate and he has things to say about me. Stop hiding your social media site (your failed social media site, Donald) and start attacking me directly,” he said. looked at the camera. ” Stop being a coward.
While the Truth Social app, which was introduced in February 2022, was downloaded about four million times last year, it has only had a portion so far this year, according to Sensor Tower, an intelligence firm. The site is advertised as a “free speech. “The choice of X, formerly known as Twitter, has also been affected this year in terms of average number of visitors per month. As the site’s parent company tries to go public, Trump posted last month on X for the first time since his exclusion. of the platform without delay after January 6, a move that inevitably raised questions about the relevance of Truth Social.
For his part, Trump has blatantly questioned the justification for entering the debates as the front-runner, telling Tucker Carlson in a softball interview last month that he was the first to be “bullied. “
“I’m there for an hour or two, whatever it is, and I’m being harassed by other people who shouldn’t even be running for president?”I’m going to have all those other people yelling at me and asking me questions. , which I like to answer, I like to do, but it doesn’t make sense to do it. “
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