Chris Christie

21 statements across 4 episodes · 6 bullish · 11 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jul 14, 2023 by Jason Calacanis · said 47 times in 15 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

On the record as a speaker too: Chris Christie's record, appearances and statements → this page counts the times other people say the name.

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brought up most by Jason Calacanis (31), David Sacks (8), David Friedberg (4), Bill Gurley (3), Chamath Palihapitiya (1)

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Jul 14, 2023 positive
Disclosure
Calacanis plans to vote for Chris Christie in the 2024 presidential election
“I'm going to vote for Chris Christie, I think.”
Jason Calacanis Jul 14, 2023 ▶ 56:28 E137: Inflation cools, market rips, Ripple/MSFT beat regulators, NATO summit, cocktails of youth
Aug 18, 2023 bullish
Opinion
Calacanis: Christie and Ramaswamy are strong candidates due to self-reliance focus
“This is why I think Chris Christie and Vivek are like really good candidates is because they're not looking at handouts or blaming the government or looking to the government to solve problems, but looking at your community, looking inside yourself and saying,…”
Jason Calacanis Aug 18, 2023 ▶ 43:41 E142: "Rich Men North of Richmond" hits #1, upward mobility, real estate capital crunch, Trump RICO
Aug 18, 2023 bearish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Calacanis predicts Donald Trump will drop out within 6 to 12 months
“I believe that you're going to see Chris Christie and Vivek surge. It's going to be a three horse race with DeSantis. And I think Trump's going to be out of the race in the next six to 12 months.”
Jason Calacanis Aug 18, 2023 ▶ 1:14:43 E142: "Rich Men North of Richmond" hits #1, upward mobility, real estate capital crunch, Trump RICO
Aug 26, 2023 negative
Opinion
Sacks: Christie, Pence, Haley, and Scott are out of step on Ukraine
“They're completely out of step. With the Republican Party as it stands today.”
David Sacks Aug 26, 2023 ▶ 1:12:02 E143: Nvidia smashes earnings, Arm walks the plank, M&A market, Vivek dominates GOP debate & more
Aug 26, 2023 neutral
Opinion
Friedberg: Vivek Ramaswamy won on dynamism but failed on debate policy
“I think Vivek was by far the winner on dynamic. He had the hardest hitting biggest comeback with a very close second being Chris Christie. But I do think that Vivek got taken apart when it comes to content. And I have real concerns about his personality. There…”
David Friedberg Aug 26, 2023 ▶ 57:08 E143: Nvidia smashes earnings, Arm walks the plank, M&A market, Vivek dominates GOP debate & more
Aug 26, 2023 negative
Opinion
Chamath: Chris Christie took a low-key racist jab at Vivek Ramaswamy
“The dull point of the debate for me was that he, I thought, took a kind of like a low key racist jab at Vivek”
Chamath Palihapitiya Aug 26, 2023 ▶ 1:26:22 E143: Nvidia smashes earnings, Arm walks the plank, M&A market, Vivek dominates GOP debate & more
Sep 8, 2023 negative
Opinion
Christie: Actions of January 6th rioters were unlawful and require imprisonment
“What I want to say about it though, is that what they did on January six was Unlawful. It was extremely serious and it requires imprisonment.”
Chris Christie Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 1:22:37 In conversation with Chris Christie
Sep 8, 2023 negative
Opinion
Christie: Trump retained classified documents to show off, not sell them
“He didn't do it to sell the documents. He didn't do them to give them to some foreign power. He did them to show off.”
Chris Christie Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 1:41:57 In conversation with Chris Christie
Sep 8, 2023 negative
Opinion
Christie: Donald Trump does not actually believe the 2020 election was stolen
“I believe, given what I know, that Donald Trump does not believe that the election was stolen. That's what I believe from knowing him for 22 years and from being with him in much of the pre-election period and him expressing his very genuine concerns about the…”
Chris Christie Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 1:31:17 In conversation with Chris Christie
Sep 8, 2023 negative
What-if
Christie: Trump wouldn't face prosecution if he returned documents when requested
“If he had turned over the documents he illegally had at any point when he was being requested to from February of 20, 21 through to when the search occurred, there would be no prosecution.”
Chris Christie Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 1:38:52 In conversation with Chris Christie
Sep 8, 2023 negative
Opinion
Christie: Trump is running for president to get retribution against enemies
“No, I think he wants retribution from the seat of power for everybody who thinks did him wrong.”
Chris Christie Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 1:34:10 In conversation with Chris Christie
Sep 8, 2023 negative
Disclosure
Christie: Would deploy National Guard to border, not invade Mexico for cartels
“No, I, no, I w I would not. I would put national guard at the border to work with customs and border patrol to stop the fentanyl cartels from getting in to our country.”
Chris Christie Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 1:00:46 In conversation with Chris Christie
Sep 8, 2023 negative
What-if
Christie: Few would have supported Iraq War without WMD claims
“When it turned out that he didn't have WMD, I don't think there would have been many people who would have been supportive of the Iraq war absent WMD.”
Chris Christie Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 15:11 In conversation with Chris Christie
Sep 8, 2023 positive
Opinion
Christie: Donald Trump was a better 2016 choice than Hillary Clinton
“So I defaulted into Trump because I thought he was a better choice than Hillary Clinton. And by the way, still do think he was a better choice than Hillary Clinton.”
Chris Christie Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 16:44 In conversation with Chris Christie
Sep 8, 2023 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Christie: 98% of defendants released under NJ bail reform returned to court
“98% of the people released on their own recognizance have shown back up for their court hearings.”
Chris Christie Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 1:10:19 In conversation with Chris Christie
Sep 8, 2023 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Christie: Trump reserved a dedicated plane seat for document boxes in 2016
“He, I used to campaign with him. He would have a box of documents. Now back then it was 2016. It was a box of documents from Trump Tower. No one could touch them. No one could look at them. He'd go through them a little bit, but they, he literally had a seat f…”
Chris Christie Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 1:39:32 In conversation with Chris Christie
Sep 8, 2023 positive
Disclosure
Christie: Endorsed Trump in 2016 to stop Hillary Clinton
“I endorsed him because I was convinced he was going to be the Republican nominee for president. And I didn't want Hillary Clinton to be the president.”
Chris Christie Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 15:55 In conversation with Chris Christie
Sep 8, 2023 neutral
What-if
Christie: I would not have brought the NY or Georgia Trump indictments
“I would have indicted both federal cases. I would not have indicted the New York case or the Atlanta case as to Donald Trump.”
Chris Christie Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 1:17:56 In conversation with Chris Christie
Sep 8, 2023 neutral
Disclosure
Christie advocates raising Social Security retirement age and means testing
“On the entitlement side, I think I'm the only person who's been talking about this and saying out loud, we've got to consider raising retirement age and we've got to consider means testing and eligibility for social security.”
Chris Christie Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 6:49 In conversation with Chris Christie
Sep 8, 2023 positive
Disclosure
Christie: I would order federal prosecutors to take over local prosecutions
“What I would do would be to instruct the attorney general to instruct the U S attorneys in the cities with these kinds of problems. That we are taking over the prosecution of violent and drug crime in those cities.”
Chris Christie Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 1:03:03 In conversation with Chris Christie
Sep 8, 2023 negative
Opinion
Christie: Sending Donald Trump to prison would not make sense
“I don't think that it makes any sense for Donald Trump to go to jail, and it's not just because he's Donald Trump. It has more to do, quite frankly, with the fact that he'd probably be 79 years old Before he'd be ready to go to jail.”
Chris Christie Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 1:20:05 In conversation with Chris Christie
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