Christie Breaks Rank To Criticize Trump's 'Inappropriate' Khan Attacks

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday broke from the candidate he is campaigning for, telling reporters that Donald Trump’s attacks on Khizr and Ghazala Khan are “inappropriate” and the Khans have the right to say “whatever they want” after losing their son in the line of duty.

“I didn’t see Mr. Khan’s speech at the DNC but I’ll just say this: I’m a father and I just cannot imagine the pain of losing a child under any circumstances,” Christie said during a press conference at the statehouse, as quoted by Politico. “For Mr. and Mrs. Khan, the pain of losing their son while defending our country is unfathomable, and I think it gives them the right to say whatever they want, whether they’re right or wrong.”

Christie also emphasized the need to honor the sacrifices of both U.S. Army Captain Humayan Khan, who was killed in a suicide bombing, and his parents, saying, “to focus on anything other than that, to me, is missing the point.”

“Any comments that we’re making publicly or privately should be with that in mind," he said, as quoted by Politico. "My view on this is that the Khans have a right to say whatever it is they want regarding the loss of their son and that for all the Gold Star families out there, they have put forward a sacrifice that I cannot fathom as a parent."

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/chris-christie-trump-khan-attacks-inappropriate

[rurallib]

1. but he didn't say he would no longer support Trump, did he?

Gutless bastards

[ailsagirl]

13. He may as well

criticism is anathema for dumdum

[Dolly123Jimmy]

23. Fat Gutless Bully

He is full of snott....Bad guy ...jumped on board hoping for a VP shot...opps...didnt happen maybe an AG shot if trump wins...

Bad guy...please take care of all the pensions you stole from and don't raise the gas tax by 24 cents

my farther always said " Somehow the Republicans know how to get elected but can't govern"

Told me this when Nixon was elected...

[SunSeeker]

2. Rats fleeing the sinking ship. nt

[OldHippieChick]

3. Oooh Chris, that AG job you were hoping for?

Consider it gone - not that your guy was gonna win anyway ...

[SunSeeker]

16. Christie realized a Trump administration is highly unlikely, so he has nothing to lose. nt

[63splitwindow]

4. "I didn’t see Mr. Khan’s speech at the DNC but I’ll just say this"

[47of74]

8. Along with

[63splitwindow]

10. PERFECT. I wasn't aware of that line.

[Wednesdays]

5. The lapdog is off the leash

...for now, anyway.

[63splitwindow]

6. If even this POS is saying it, you KNOW Don the Con royally fucked up!

?w=700

[47of74]

7. There goes that AG posting for Big Wiseguy

[oberliner]

9. He didn't see the speech?

He can't take ten minutes to watch it online before commenting?

[ecstatic]

26. Lol. He's either lying, lazy, or negligent. The story has been all over the

news. You'd think he'd at least get the facts since the guy he endorsed is involved. SMH

[volstork]

11. Thanks for

waiting 5 days to comment, you bloated POS.

[ailsagirl]

12. ...

[appleannie1]

14. It has finally dawned on him that being Trump's gopher is not going to pay off.

So now he is back to covering his own butt.

[They_Live]

15. "Sit Down and SHut UP!"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1017&pid=223654

[Enrique]

17. he has spoken out on conservative islamophobia before

[NNadir]

18. I live in New Jersey. I love this state, and I wonder how this state manages...

...to survive and remain such a wonderful place in spite of the fact that every Governor we've had since Whitman defeated Florio - with the obvious exception of Richard Codey - has been a bigger asshole than the previous Governor.

Florio was defeated for the "crime" of believing that people should pay for what they get.

Christie is a new height in "asshole Governors" though, in a class all by himself, easily outdistancing Whitman in that less than satisfying category.

As our state's resident racist, his political career is thankfully clearly and unambiguously over.

[TonyPDX]

19. A platter of meatball sandwiches would have distracted him. n/t

[Rustyeye77]

21. Thats funny.

very good

[Monk06]

20. All that groveling and nothing to show for it except, "Get back on the plane!" from the Drumpenfuher

Cristie like all the other ass kissing GOP realize now that it is time to fight for their post Trump survival

[c588415]

22. Trump should have dropped off the dozen donuts he promised Christie

[Paula Sims]

24. Et tu, Brute, et tu? (gasp) (n/t)

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

25. Chris here : )

I'll say what I want and eat what I want whenever I want . I'm tired of jumping over stumps humping for Trump.

Trump is cheap, greedy and thankless. And I have have no intention of becoming the doorman at Trump tower after everything has been said and done. And let me just say ,I have figured it all out. Trump is running a national/international traffic jam on this election. And he ought to just put a traffic cone on his head so everybody can be clued in to whats going down.

Dollars to donuts folks ,this is it.



And I'll tell you something else, he never had a political career to lose.

[raven mad]

27. Does anyone else remember an old, old Monkee's song -

"Going Down the River"................ LOL! Every time I read about a new tRump screwup, it plays in my head. Hey, tRumpster, take off your shoes!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

28. too late, Christie Creme

You sold your soul to Trump. you aint getting your respectability back, now that he's passed you up for veep.
You own this. he's yours.