前新泽西州长克里斯·克里斯蒂周日表示他预料会因攻击而被嘘共和党初选对手唐纳德·特朗普周五在华盛顿的一个保守会议上，他的信息更重要。
同时注意到他对信仰的评论&自由联盟也得到了“一些好的反应”，克里斯蒂告诉美国广播公司“本周”的联合主持人乔纳森·卡尔:“我当然预料到嘘声。这主要是特朗普的人群。但是他们也需要听到真相，你知道，性格是美国总统最重要的一个因素。”
“你不可能知道总统办公桌上会出现的每一个问题。这不是一个带有复选框的试金石。你需要知道的是，那个人的性格是怎样的?”他说。
前美国广播公司新闻撰稿人、2016年竞选白宫的特朗普盟友克里斯蒂也警告说，如果特朗普再次成为该党的提名人，共和党人“不需要我们的党在特朗普手中第四次失败”。
“这就是这里的利害关系。这不是你认为唐纳德·特朗普是否受到媒体或司法部人员公平对待的问题，”克里斯蒂说。“这是关于他是否是一个有品格的人，能够领导这个党走向胜利。我不相信他能做到。”
特朗普则一再驳斥克里斯蒂的攻击，称他是“失败的州长”和总统候选人。
克里斯蒂直接挑战了特朗普他2024年竞选的关键部分。他告诉卡尔，他相信他的信息会引起选民的共鸣迄今为止的民意调查显示特朗普大幅领先。
“我在新罕布什尔州已经排在第三位，仅落后罗恩·德桑蒂斯四个百分点，德桑蒂斯参加竞选的时间更长，应该是共同的领先者，”克里斯蒂说，他指的是佛罗里达州州长。
尽管如此，FiveThirtyEight的平均民调显示，克里斯蒂在全国范围内获得了大约2%的支持率。
在“本周”节目中，克里斯蒂吹捧他与党内那些对帮助乌克兰击退俄罗斯入侵表示怀疑的人的又一次决裂。与此同时，他指出了奥巴马、特朗普和拜登政府在处理俄罗斯问题上的错误。
“美国从来就不是一个伟大的国家，也不是填平护城河、拉起吊桥的世界领袖，”他表示。他认为，支持乌克兰也削弱了中国日益上升的影响力。
他说:“在这一牺牲的最后，我完全相信，美国将会更大、更强、更富有，在世界上更有影响力，因为我们坚持自己的原则，支持我们的朋友。”。
他说，他相信最近俄罗斯国内的动荡所带来的雇佣兵叶夫根尼·普里戈津的暂时反抗可能有助于加快战争的结束，“因为[弗拉基米尔]普京的弱点，现在在他自己的国家是显而易见的。”
克里斯蒂在周五的会议上强调了他反堕胎的诚意，周日反驳了一些共和党候选人的呼吁，如前副总统迈克·彭斯，支持联邦堕胎禁令.
他敦促首先在这个问题上达成“全国共识”。
“像我这样的保守派，在过去的50年里，一直认为这不是联邦政府的问题。这是一个州的问题。这是应该由各州决定的事情。一年前的多布斯案(推翻罗伊诉韦德案)给了我们一个机会，让各州自己做出决定，”他说。
“如果全国达成共识，我不反对联邦政府介入并确认全国共识，”他继续说道。
After being booed for Trump criticism, Christie says Trump voters 'need to hear the truth, too'
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Sunday that he expected to get booed for attacking Republican primary opponent Donald Trump at a conservative conference in Washington on Friday but that his message was more important.
While noting that his comments to the Faith & Freedom Coalition also got "some good reaction," Christie told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl: "Of course I expected the boos. That is predominantly a Trump crowd. But they need to hear the truth, too, that, you know, character is the single most important element of a president of the United States."
"You can't know every issue that's going to come across the president's desk. It's not a litmus test with check boxes in them. What you need to know is, what is the character of that person?" he said.
Christie, a former ABC News contributor and Trump ally who ran for the White House in 2016, also warned that Republicans "do not need our party to go to a fourth loss" at the hands of Trump, if he is the party's nominee again.
"That's the stakes here. It's not about whether you think Donald Trump had been treated fairly or not by the media or by elements of the Justice Department," Christie said. "It is about whether he is a man of character who can lead this party to victory. And I don't believe he can."
Trump, for his part, repeatedly dismisses Christie's attacks, calling him a "failed governor" and presidential candidate.
Christie has made directly challenging Trump a key part of his 2024 campaign. He told Karl that he believes his message is resonating with voters, though polls so far show Trump has a wide lead.
"I'm already in third place in New Hampshire, only four points behind Ron DeSantis, who has been in the race for a longer time and is supposed to be the co-front-runner," Christie said, referring to Florida's governor.
Still, FiveThirtyEight's polling average has Christie receiving roughly 2% support at the national level.
On "This Week," Christie touted another break with those in his party who express skepticism about aiding Ukraine in repelling Russia's invasion. At the same time, he called out mistakes in dealing with Russia by the Obama, Trump and Biden administrations.
"America has never been a great country and the leader of the world by filling in the moat and pulling up the drawbridge," he said, arguing that backing Ukraine also cut down on the rising influence of China.
"At the end of this sacrifice, I am absolutely a believer in the fact that America will be bigger, stronger, richer and more influential in the world because we stood by our principles and stood by our friends," he said.
He said that he believes the recent domestic turmoil in Russia brought about by mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin's temporary revolt could help expedite the war's end "because of [Vladimir] Putin's weakness that's obvious now inside his own country."
Having highlighted his anti-abortion bona fides at the conference on Friday, Christie pushed back Sunday against calls by some GOP candidates, like former Vice President Mike Pence, for a federal abortion ban.
He urged a "national consensus" to develop on the issue first.
"Conservatives like me, for the last 50 years, have been arguing that this is not a federal issue. It's a state issue. And it's something that states should decide. The Dobbs case [overruling Roe v. Wade] one year ago gave us the opportunity to let each state make this decision," he said.
"If a national consensus develops, I have no problem with the federal government stepping in and confirming that national consensus," he continued.
