Christie may be the only candidate in the race so far who is willing to openly criticize former President Donald Trump on a regular basis.

The former governor, who ran for president in 2016, views himself as someone who can stand up to and present a contrast with former Trump, the early front-runner in the polls.

In April, Christie dismissed Trump as “a TV star, nothing more, nothing less.”

“Let me suggest to you that in putting him back in the White House, the reruns will be worse than the original show,” he said at a town hall in New Hampshire, according to the Associated Press.

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