Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie criticized the recent decision to kick former President Trump off the Maine primary ballot under the 14th Amendment.

“[I]t makes him a martyr,” Christie said on CNN Friday. “You know, he’s very good at playing ‘Poor me, poor me,’ he’s always complaining. The poor billionaire from New York who’s spending everybody else’s money to pay his legal fees.”

On Thursday, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) said she had concluded the former president “over the course of several months and culminating on January 6, 2021, used a false narrative of election fraud to inflame his supporters and direct them to the Capitol to prevent certification of the 2020 election and the peaceful transfer of power.” Bellows’ decision made Maine the second state to take such an action, after the Colorado Supreme Court last week via a 4-3 ruling.

    • @psmgx@lemmy.world
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      211 months ago

      He will make himself a dictator if he wins the election, and that’s essentially in his own words.

      Anything that isn’t him being a dictator means he’s facing legal issues until the end of time, and will flog the martyr card until he dies

      • @Chocrates@lemmy.world
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        111 months ago

        He is ancient, doesn’t take care of himself, eats only fast food, and mainlines diet coke 24/7. Time has to work for us eventually right?