Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) continued his book tour and early Trump administration bashing campaign on Wednesday evening by revealing he was never a fan of Omarosa Manigault Newman, a reality TV star and former White House adviser.
“I believe in the old adage, garbage in, garbage out,” Christie said on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time” on Wednesday evening. “And in the beginning, [Trump] had a group of people around him like Steve Bannon, like Rick Dearborn, like Omarosa. I mean, what the hell was somebody like Omarosa ever doing in the White House?”
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“Jared Kushner, Rick Dearborn, and Steve Bannon decided that it was more important for them to have control than it was for the President to get a well-prepared transition,” he continued.
“Who among them has ever done anything impressive in governmental life?” Cuomo asked.
“None of them,” Christie said. “And that’s what I said to the President-elect at the time. And I think that’s one of the reasons they got rid of me, was because they didn’t want to have somebody who had been an executive in government, who was an executive in government at that time. Who had run two transitions of his own. Who could call BS on a lot of the stuff, and the people they were suggesting.”
Because Donnie liked her better than you, Chris.
“Now, an administration where top advisers cackled as they used law enforcement resources to intentionally snarl traffic to an entire city for a week as political retribution against the mayor for not supporting me, that’s how a really professional organization works! That’s the kind of top-notch, sober outfit Trump could have had if he’d kept me.”
Oh, Chris, you spoiled the magic of the moment ! Shame on you !
Why not announce your 2020 run now and get over it ?
She was there because she was like everyone else in the WH – unethical, self-centered, and second rate mobsters. Sorta just like you.
Interesting that Mr 24% Approval Rating won’t come out and say why he was not given the cabinet position he wanted: Because he put Jared’s father in the hoosegow. We’re not to the point yet where this can be said live on air.