During Wednesday evening's fourth GOP presidential primary debate emanating from Tuscaloosa, Alabama and hosted by NewsNation, former New Jersey governor Chris Christie took it upon himself to call out who he said the other candidates deem as "Voldemort" from the "Harry Potter" books (he who shall not be named), former President Donald Trump, calling him a "dictator" and "unfit" for office.
Christie was initially asked about his support for Trump in 2016 and 2020 before turning on the current GOP primary frontrunner when exploring a possible presidential run.
We’re 17 minutes into this debate…we’ve had these three acting as if the race is between the four of us. The fifth guy, who doesn’t have the guts to show up and stand here, he’s the one — who as you [moderator] put it — is way ahead in the polls. And yet, I’ve got these three guys who are seemingly to compete with, you know, Voldemort, he who shall not be named. They don’t want to talk about it.
The fact is that when you go and say the truth about somebody who is a dictator, a bully, who has taken shots at everybody, whether they’ve given him great service or not over time, who dares to disagree with him, then I understand why these three are timid to say anything about it. Maybe it’s because they have future aspirations. Maybe those future aspirations are now, or maybe they’re four years from now. But the fact of the matter is the truth needs to be told. And for us to go 17 minutes without discussing the guy who has all those gaudy numbers you talked about is ridiculous. I’m in this race, because the truth needs to be spoken. He is unfit.
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