Chris Christie believes he has the "talent" and the "ability" to be president, although he has not made any decision about whether he plans to run in 2024.
Christie touted his credentials and potential presidential ambitions in remarks to the Associated Press published on Saturday. The former New Jersey Republican governor, who led the Garden State from 2010 to 2018, made his pitch despite former President Donald Trump repeatedly hinting that he will seek another term in 2024.
"If I see a pathway to winning, I'll run," Christie told the Associated Press. "And I feel like I have the skills and the talent and the ability to be able to make a difference in our party and in the country. And I'm certainly, at 59 years old, not ready to retire. But I'm not going to do it if I don't see a pathway to winning. So that's why I'm not making any decision now."
Although Christie supported Trump in 2016 and again in 2020—even helping him prepare for debates against his Democratic opponents—he has been highly critical of Trump's baseless claims that the 2020 election was "rigged" against him.
"As Republicans, we need to free ourselves from the quicksand of endless grievances. We need to turn our attention to the future and quit wallowing in the past. We need to face the realities of the 2020 election and learn—not hide—from them," Christie wrote in his new book Republican Rescue.
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