New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie appears poised to launch his presidential campaign on Tuesday, according to WNYC. Christie will reportedly make the announcement at Livingston High School in New Jersey, where he graduated in 1980 as class president and played catcher on his high school’s championship baseball team.
Christie, who was described as a “little slow on the base paths,” seems to have been gearing up for a run for higher office for quite some time and may become one of the last major candidates to enter the Republican field.
Christie moved closer to making an announcement earlier this month when he told reporters in New Hampshire that his family would fully support his potential candidacy. Christie has traveled across the country in search of support and focused much of his pitch on his willingness to be blunt with potential voters.
“If you’re ready to start offending people in order to achieve the greater goal, you’ve found the right guy,” Christie told a group of Hispanic businessmen in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. “I’m here to offend people with you.”
Approximately 4 percent of Republican primary voters support Christie, fewer than support Donald Trump’s candidacy, according to RealClearPolitics’ average of polls. In a nationwide Fox News poll released yesterday, ten other GOP presidential contenders fared better than Christie, who received the support of just 2 percent of those surveyed.
