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Chris Christie Has Officially Dropped Out of the Presidential Race.
Does it really mean anything?
Well, the inevitable has finally happened. At least for one of the GOP’s presidential candidates.
Chris Christie has officially dropped out of the race, helping to pave the way for what looks like will inevitably be Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, and Nikki Haley left standing.
Jeongyoon Han with NPR writes:
“Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie mostly stood alone in this year’s Republican primary contest as an uninhibited critic of the party’s frontrunner, former President Donald Trump.
But he backed off that role Wednesday, just days before the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses on Jan. 15.
“It’s clear to me tonight that there isn’t a path to me to win the nomination which is why I’m suspending my campaign tonight for president of the United States,” Christie said at a town hall in Windham, N.H.
Christie ended his presidential campaign after his stance on Trump’s leadership and role in the Republican Party proved to diverge too far from where the GOP currently stands. Numerous conservatives had additionally been calling on Christie to end his campaign for weeks, so that former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, who’s been surging in the…
