Chris Christie: Pompous white knight or genuine chivalry?

Published December 7, 2023 9:55pm ET



At this point in the Republican presidential primary, Vivek Ramaswamy hasn’t just insulted every single person while on the debate stage, but also the moderators (“corrupt media establishment” that pushed “Hillary Clinton, made-up disinformation”), the RNC chairwoman (who he correctly noted turned the GOP into “a party of losers”), the donors, and seemingly the booing audience itself (“puppet masters”). The self-made billionaire has called himself “the only one on this stage who isn’t bought and paid for,” and resorted to attacking “pudding fingers” Ron DeSantis’s “three-inch heels” and Chris Christie’s weight.

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