CROWDED: Chris Christie & Mike Pence poised to join 2024 GOP presidential contest
When Donald Trump was the first to announce his candidacy for President in 2024, he didn’t expect any of his alleged allies to challenge him.
But thanks to his (tiny) hand-picked MAGA candidates tanking in the 2022 midterms amid his myriad legal problems, Trump just isn’t holding as much sway with his former suck-ups.
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former Vice President Mike Pence are both expected to announce their 2024 Presidential campaigns next week.
Talk about needing to add more rows of seats to the GOP Klown Car!
Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley was Trump’s first challenger, but her campaign has been such a non-starter that people forget she’s running.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis finally announced his 2024 candidacy after months of speculation during a glitch-plagued Twitter Space co-hosted by Elon Musk.
DeathSantis had until then played coy regarding an official run, but only because he was waiting to get a law passed allowing him to return to his job if he’s not the GOP’s nominee.
South Carolina Senator Tim Scott also launched his own campaign, which very few people are taking seriously (except maybe Trump, who called Scott “a step up” from DuhSantis).
Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson is said to mulling a run in 2024, as is former Ohio Governor John Kasich, but so far nothing official has been announced.
While they have plenty of fodder to light on fire and throw at Donny 34 Indictments, they’ll all still tread carefully on the campaign trail because they’re all cowards.
Mike Pence will never be able to escape January 6th questions regarding his former boss using his MAGA mob as a collective killing machine.
So it’ll be kind of fun watching him squirm when he announces his campaign in Des Moines on June 7th.
Mother can’t protect Mikey from MAGA as long as Trump can still lie to them on Truth Social, sad!
Meanwhile, Chris “Anything You Say, Mr. Luthor!” Christie’s team is claiming they’ll be taking the high road against the Low-Energy Liar.
Expect complicit Christie to be “joyful” while “hitting a more hopeful note” with America’s “exhausted majority,” when he makes his official announcement on Tuesday in New Hampshire.
We’re exhausted BECAUSE of the beclownery in politics thanks to the MAGA circus never leaving town, so if he really cared about bringing us joy, Chris Christie would retire instead of running.
Also, any mention of Chris Christie means this Jersey Girl is going to share my favorite GIF for him. No matter what Gov. Bridgegate Beachcloser does, he’s never going to be President and he’s never getting his Otisburg.
Chris Christie will never get his Otisburg pic.twitter.com/toowH8pnP2
— Tara Dublin wrote a really cool book! (@taradublinrocks) March 19, 2023
Twitter was crushing Christie like a bag of Lay’s blowing around a private beach on Wednesday, eat up!
Chris Christie prepares his presidential announcement. (Artwork @Pleightx) pic.twitter.com/7r8delIp1g
— Mike Sington (@MikeSington) May 31, 2023
This is the only reason I’m excited for Chris Christie to join the @GOP clown show. Can’t wait to see what y’all do with it now. pic.twitter.com/APTyVL7Vxw
— Lesley Abravanel 🪩 (@lesleyabravanel) May 31, 2023
Santos proudly endorses his father, Chris Christie pic.twitter.com/giCtl0aYIa
— Paul Leigh-Some Rascal on the Internet 🟧🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@Pleightx) May 31, 2023
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