Chris Christie: I would have been President if not for Trump

Amber Randall, DCNF

US President Donald Trump (L) speaks with Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) after he delivered remarks on combatting drug demand and the opioid crisis on October 26, 2017 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.<br /> US President Donald Trump on October 26, 2017 is to declare the opioid crisis a "nationwide public health emergency," stepping up the fight against an epidemic that kills more than 100 Americans every day, officials said. Trump is to make the announcement at an event at the White House later Thursday attended by former addicts and parents of victims, the senior administration officials said.<br /> / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) — (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie believes that if President Donald Trump hadn’t entered the 2016 presidential race, he would have won the election.

Christie, who will be succeeded by Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, said he would have had a better chance at winning if it hadn’t been for Trump, according to a Sunday interview with NJ.com.

“It’s incredibly frustrating to think to yourself, ‘Wow, if this guy were not in the race, we’d win this thing,’” Christie said, looking back on internal polling within the campaign. “And I absolutely believe if Trump had not gotten into the race, I think we would have won.”

Shortly after ending his own presidential run in February 2016, Christie quickly backed Trump, throwing his support behind the then-presidential candidate. New Jersey newspapers were outraged by the move and called on Christie to resign from office because of his actions.

“We’re fed up with his opportunism, we’re fed up with his hypocrisy,” six newspapers wrote in a joint editorial in February.

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