# Christie endorses Trump **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 26, 2016, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230 "2016-02-26T18:14:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230/41 "2016-02-26T21:53:59Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > **Christie endorses Trump** > [Chris Christie Endorses Donald Trump and Calls Marco Rubio 'Desperate' - First Draft. Political News, Now. - The New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/02/26/chris-christie-endorses-donald-trump/) Maine’s dirtbag Governor Paul [LePage just endorsed Trump](http://townhall.com/tipsheet/christinerousselle/2016/02/26/maine-gov-paul-lepage-also-endorses-donald-trump-n2125451)! ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230/42 "2016-02-26T21:57:20Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Maine’s dirtbag Governor Paul [LePage just endorsed Trump](http://townhall.com/tipsheet/christinerousselle/2016/02/26/maine-gov-paul-lepage-also-endorses-donald-trump-n2125451)! So now I guess we’re gonna have two Vice Presidents! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230/43 "2016-02-26T22:35:39Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > This is a stupid headline and an insult to Christianity but not unexpected from HuffPo. The biggest insult to Christianity this election season has been Trump’s proposed religious test for visitors to the US. Anything else pales in comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230/44 "2016-02-26T22:41:28Z")
Mr. Christie may feel that being appointed to the Supreme Court is a surer gig than being either president or vice-president. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230/45 "2016-02-26T22:42:45Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > This is a stupid headline and an insult to Christianity but not unexpected from HuffPo. Really? A clever headline is “an insult to Christianity”? Maybe the editors of HuffPo should be taken out and stoned in the village square for blasphemy. Frankly the real insult to Christianity was at the end of the first debate when the Fox News moderator asked each of the candidates if they had been talking to God lately and what advice God was giving them. The real insult to Christianity is every time an evangelical nutcase opens his mouth to condemn in the name of Jesus the very things that Jesus would do. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230/46 "2016-02-26T22:44:30Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > The biggest insult to Christianity this election season has been Trump’s proposed religious test for visitors to the US. Anything else pales in comparison. Seriously ? Considering all the things christianity did to others and each other from around 200 AD to 1900 AD, I would consider this fairly tame. And I’m not particularly anti-christian. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230/47 "2016-02-26T23:23:18Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Maine’s dirtbag Governor Paul [LePage just endorsed Trump](http://townhall.com/tipsheet/christinerousselle/2016/02/26/maine-gov-paul-lepage-also-endorses-donald-trump-n2125451)! Don’t let it be said that Trump doesn’t have a “type”. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230/48 "2016-02-26T23:25:29Z")
> [@Claverhouse](#): > > Seriously ? Considering all the things christianity did to others and each other from around 200 AD to 1900 AD, I would consider this fairly tame. I’ll admit that this election season _feels_ like it has been running since 200 AD, but I doubt that’s actually the case. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230/49 "2016-02-26T23:34:30Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Don’t let it be said that Trump doesn’t have a “type”. Let us dispel with this fiction that Trump doesn’t have a type. He has an exact type. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230/50 "2016-02-26T23:35:51Z")
An inheritable type, even. ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230/51 "2016-02-26T23:48:15Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Why the hell should we assume he’s getting the VP slot? His selection doesn’t make sense from any strategic pov I can imagine. I was thinking that Trump probably needed a moderate, well-liked, establishment Republican with a good temperament as his running mate. Christie is only 2 out of 4, but I’m not sure who else might be willing to jump on the Trump Train. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230/52 "2016-02-26T23:48:24Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > An inheritable type, even. Speaking of looking for the presidency for self gain, it is interesting to note that Trump wants to have the chance to kill the inheritance tax & corporate taxes. [http://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Donald\_Trump\_Tax\_Reform.htm](http://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Donald_Trump_Tax_Reform.htm) ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230/53 "2016-02-27T00:36:57Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I think Trump-Christie will be the ticket. Agreed. Trump needs a running mate with credibility as a major figure but who nonetheless fits fairly well with the anti-establishment brand. Of the available big names, Christie is the least likely to be seen as secretly trying to control the Donald. I can’t think of anyone better for Trump (or, for that reason, worse for the rest of us). As for Clinton’s pick, I like Warren. Not because of exciting the base, but because this seems to be a year when voters want someone who is bold and fearless. Hillary picking a woman fits that bill. You could make an excellent argument that picking a Mexican-American, a member of a group the likely GOP nominee describes as rapists and killers, would be similarly bold. But I think some of the swing voters we need would see it as pandering. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230/54 "2016-02-27T00:49:21Z")
I am not sure you loyal Democrats are making very objective guesses about Trump’s running mate. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230/55 "2016-02-27T00:59:10Z")
> [@Loopus](#): > > I was thinking that Trump probably needed a moderate, well-liked, establishment Republican with a good temperament as his running mate. Christie is only 2 out of 4, but I’m not sure who else might be willing to jump on the Trump Train. This could be the break the McCain campaign has been waiting for! ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230/56 "2016-02-27T01:17:23Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I am not sure you loyal Democrats are making very objective guesses about Trump’s running mate. I fully agree that guesses aren’t objective. Even reasoned opinions aren’t objective. But, if you mean me, I am, objectively, not a loyal Democrat. I vote for Republicans at least 20 percent of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230/57 "2016-02-27T01:46:38Z")
Now Maine’s Gov Paul LePage has endorsed Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230/58 "2016-02-27T02:24:53Z")
> [@Nema98](#): > > Now Maine’s Gov Paul LePage has endorsed Donald Trump. Endorsed, yes. Ringing endorsement, no 😃 [I’m finally convinced that it’s time. It’s important for governors to come out and pick our poison.](https://twitter.com/WABI_TV5/status/703335550527340544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230/59 "2016-02-27T03:30:25Z")
I’m going to go off and hit my head against a wall now. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230/60 "2016-02-27T03:30:38Z")
Perhaps Trump has always wanted a pitbull to back up his rhetoric? Can’t get much nastier than Christie, and now he seems to have acquired the squirrel-y LePage. Oooohhhhhh, it’s gonna’ get real good now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christie-endorses-trump/747230.md?page=4)