Former Gov. Chris Christie says Vivek Ramaswamy is doing former President Donald Trump’s soiled work within the 2024 presidential race.
Mr. Ramaswamy, a political newcomer, has proven a penchant for getting below the pores and skin of — and mixing it up with — his rivals and the information media. He additionally has been effusive in his reward for Mr. Trump, calling him the “the best president of the 21st century.”
Mr. Christie doesn’t prefer it.
“I think it’s pretty obvious what’s going on here, Vivek Ramaswamy is Donald Trump’s wingman,” Mr. Christie mentioned Thursday on CNN. “Any time Donald Trump says something stupid, Vivek is there with the broom and the dustpan trying to clean up after it.”
“You would think a guy with a Harvard education would be able to get a better job than that,” he mentioned. “But apparently, he’s just cleaning up what Donald Trump drops every day out of his mouth.”
Mr. Trump does appear to have a gentle spot for Mr. Ramaswamy — if for no purpose apart from the 38-year-old has been so keen to reward the previous president and embrace the MAGA motion.
Mr. Christie has been focusing all of his consideration and power on delivering a powerful exhibiting within the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire major.
He is betting {that a} sturdy exhibiting there’ll act as a springboard to the nomination — or on the very least put a dent in Mr. Trump’s probabilities of successful the get together’s nod.
Mr. Christie‘s standing within the race, nonetheless, might take successful if he fails to qualify for the fourth presidential debate subsequent month in Alabama. He says he has met the donor threshold, however must carry out higher within the polls to win an invitation below the foundations of the Republican National Committee.
Mr. Ramaswamy seems to have met the factors to qualify.
The Washington Times reached out to the Ramaswamy marketing campaign.
