Chris Christie, Asa Hutchinson Booed at GOP Primary Debate
Former Republican Govs. Chris Christie (NJ) and Asa Hutchinson (AR) were booed during their introductions at the debate on Wednesday.
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Former Republican Govs. Chris Christie (NJ) and Asa Hutchinson (AR) were booed during their introductions at the debate on Wednesday.
>> i had no right to overturn the election. >> it's time for a new generational, conservative leader. trump is the most disliked politician in america. we can't win a general election that way. >> let's get some insights from jeff zeleny, laura lopez, and thai tia mitchell. hello, everybody. jeff, you and i flew in this morning from milwaukee, but we are back and ready to talk about this. you can hear my voice maybe is a little tire d. what was your overall big picture take away? >> i mean, this was not donald trump's debate, but this is his republican party. everything about it was the trump ...
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Powers and bringing charges that are improper against former president trump and his allies. and again, this is a process controlled by republicans. so in theory, you know, they could determine willis has violated her duties as a district attorney and punish her as a result. that's why three district attorneys, including fani willis but one republican district attorney in georgia has well has filed suit challenging the lawsuit saying it interferes with the rights of voters because they are, of course, all elected. >> tia mitchell, katherine christian to be continued, thank you both. coming u...
>> tia mitchell is with us from the atlanta journal constitution. the sheriff says trump will be treated like anyone else. what is the significance of seeing a mug shot of trump for example if that ultimately happens in this case? >> quite frankly, it's unprecedented. there's a lot that's unprecedented about former president trump, but so far, as others have said, him being forced to post bail. him being forced to go through the normal booking procedures that regular folks who face charges, that's routine. this will be first for trump and having a former president with a mug shot, that's going...