REPORT: Chris Christie Is Set To Announce 2024 Presidential Bid And He Has Big Plans To Shake Up The Field

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) is expected to announce that he is running for president in 2024, according to New Hampshire Radio Host Chris Ryan.

“Multiple sources with direct knowledge are telling me that @ChrisChristie will be announcing a run for President in the coming days,” Ryan tweeted on Thursday, adding that the campaign would be focused on New Hampshire, an early Republican primary state.
 

Scoop: Multiple sources with direct knowledge are telling me that @ChrisChristie will be announcing a run for President in the coming days. The campaign will be focused on New Hampshire and will have the financial backing of Mets owner Steve Cohen, among others. #NHPolitics #FITN

— Chris Ryan (@ChrisRyan603) May 18, 2023

Steve Cohen, the owner of the New York Mets, is expected to be a key financial backer of Christie’s campaign.

Speculation had been growing for months about whether or not Christie would launch his second bid for the White House, with Christie stating that a decision would be made by mid-May.

Back in April, CNN reported that Christie had met with both donors and staffers to gauge the interest in a potential presidential run. According to that CNN report, Christie views himself as the “Only serious GOP candidate willing to take on former President Donald Trump.”

“He also sees himself as a candidate who could appeal to enough independents to beat President Joe Biden in the general election, should Biden announce a reelection bid,” the report added.

Additionally, Christie also believes that “No one else has the balls to” take on the former president and current GOP frontrunner, according to a late-April interview with POLITICO.

“[Trump] can’t be a credible figure on the world stage; he can’t be a credible figure interacting with Congress; he will get nothing done,” Christie told POLITICO.

At an event in Washington D.C. last month, Christie recognized that a potential presidential run would be a “huge risk,” but also stated that he would be ready to debate President Trump again.

 “If it turns out that I’m on a debate stage in August of this year and Donald Trump decides to be on it, you can be sure that we’ll have some exchanges that I hope will be illuminating to the public about both him and me,” Christie explained.

Although Christie has been a vocal supporter of former President Trump, including serving as the head of President Trump's Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission in 2017, he said that the “line was crossed” when Trump claimed that the 2020 election was rigged. “There’s a difference between spinning politically to try to put yourself in a better position before the vote happens and after the vote happens to say it was ‘rigged.’”

This is not the first time that Christie will make a bid for the White House. Christie launched a presidential bid in 2016 and was viewed as an early frontrunner before dropping out after a poor showing in the New Hampshire primary.

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