I’ve heard Chris Christie tell an anecdote about the 2016 campaign a few times:
To hear him tell it, Christie was watching the live interview where Trump said McCain wasn’t a war hero because heroes don’t get captured. When Christie heard that line, he picked up the phone and called Jeb Bush, and said, “Looks like it’s down to just you and me. Do you want to be my VP?”
Because any other candidate at any point in modern history dismissing a veteran like that would’ve been immediately unelectable.
Exactly. If it did then the “grab them by the pussy” tape would have been the end of it. Instead it was just the beginning.
I’ve heard Chris Christie tell an anecdote about the 2016 campaign a few times:
To hear him tell it, Christie was watching the live interview where Trump said McCain wasn’t a war hero because heroes don’t get captured. When Christie heard that line, he picked up the phone and called Jeb Bush, and said, “Looks like it’s down to just you and me. Do you want to be my VP?”
Because any other candidate at any point in modern history dismissing a veteran like that would’ve been immediately unelectable.