One On One: Chris Christie Prepares For Milwaukee

The Bret Baier Podcast

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News, Politics, News Commentary

3.6 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Less than one week remains until the first Republican Presidential Debate hosted by FOX News Channel in Milwaukee. Presidential Candidate Chris Christie joins to discuss his position in the primary, and what can be expected out of him on the debate stage. The former New Jersey Governor explains how his position on the war on Ukraine differs from candidates like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former President Trump, and talks about how the former President's potential absence from the debate could influence primary voters. Follow Bret on Twitter: @BretBaier Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Fox News Podcasts Presents the Brett Bear Podcasts with Fox News Chief Political anchor Brett Bear.
0:15.0	Republican Chris Christie, he joins us tonight.
0:18.7	Governor, thanks for being here.
0:20.4	Thanks for having me, Brett. You're in Manchester, New Hampshire, and the real clear politics average of the New Hampshire polls recently has you tied for third with the former president at 41.7.
0:31.6	Ron DeSantis at 17.7, you're at 6.7, along with Tim Scott.
0:38.3	What's happening on the ground there, and how do you see this race?
0:42.3	Well, you know, Tim, just, or Brett, rather, there have been two more polls that have come out
0:46.3	that now have me tied for second with Governor DeSantis, one at 11% and one at 9%.
0:53.3	So we feel like it's really moving in our direction.
0:56.0	Our momentum is going the right way.
0:58.0	Governor DeSantis is going in the wrong direction.
1:00.0	And so first job is to get past Governor DeSantis here in New Hampshire.
1:04.0	We've now caught him.
1:05.0	Now we need to pass them.
1:07.0	And then we're going to take on Donald Trump one on one.
1:09.0	But when you say take on Donald Trump, I mean, you look at all these polls, whether it's
1:12.6	the national polls or in New Hampshire or Iowa.
1:15.6	I mean, he's up 20, 30, 40 points?
1:18.6	Yeah, look, and the campaign hasn't begun yet. Brett, the campaign's going to begin
1:23.6	when you and Martha get on that stage with the rest of us.
1:28.3	The idea that the American people are really focused on this race right now in the middle of vacation season in August around America is kind of silly.
1:37.3	They've paid a little bit of attention. They're going to really start paying attention when you guys start asking us questions.
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