Former Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie denied he has considered leaving the Republican Party, despite his fierce opposition to former President Donald Trump and that wing of the GOP.
Christie said he “will never stop fighting to change” the Republican Party and was firm in his belief that he is a Republican, while speaking on NBC News’s Meet the Press on Sunday.
“I am ready to change the Republican Party. I will never stop fighting to change my party. I am a Republican, and that’s what I’m going to continue to be,” Christie said. “And I gotta work to change the party like I did before, and I wish that more people in our party would work to do the same thing.”
When asked if he agreed with former Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney — who said she would rather see Democrats win control of the House of Representatives in November over concerns regarding the certification of the presidential election — he expressed hope in several members of the House GOP but also cautioned against some in the Republican conference.
“I would say this, if you listen to [Rep. Elise Stefanik’s (R-NY)] quotes this week saying if she were vice president, she wouldn’t have certified the election [in 2021], and she’s a part of House leadership? That’s certainly a concern, but what I would say is I want to see who is elected,” Christie said.
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“You look at folks like Mike Lawler in New York or Marc Molinaro in New York, those are the kind of Republicans who will be responsible about certifying an election. So I don’t think they’ll ever get to a majority not to certify the election,” he added.
Christie has been a vocal critic of Trump and ran in the GOP presidential primary before dropping out in January.
