‘Loser, loser, loser’: Christie slams Trump election losses

BY JULIA MUELLER

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Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie slammed former President Trump on Sunday as a “three-time loser” as the former New Jersey governor ramps up criticism of his one-time ally.

“I will do what I need to do to be up on that stage to try to save my party and save my country from going down the road of being led by three-time loser Donald Trump,” Christie said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

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Christie says RNC pledge to support GOP nominee is ‘useless idea’

BY JULIA MUELLER

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie said on Sunday that the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) ask that candidates pledge to support whoever wins the party’s nomination in 2024 is a “useless idea.”

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Pence says Trump’s stance on national debt is ‘identical’ to Biden’s

BY LAUREN SFORZA

Former Vice President Mike Pence said on NBC that former President Trump’s position on the national debt is “identical” to President Biden’s, adding that the former president has not yet promised to “govern as a conservative.”

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Pence says Trump’s indictment ‘sends a terrible message’ to the world

BY LAUREN SFORZA

Former Vice President Mike Pence said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that former President Trump’s federal indictment “sends a terrible message” to the world.

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Pence on Trump: I don’t know why other GOP 2024 candidates ‘presume the president will be found guilty’

BY JARED GANS 

Former Vice President Mike Pence said he does not know why other 2024 Republican presidential candidates “presume” former President Trump will be found guilty of the charges he is facing.

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Tim Scott on potential Trump pardon: ‘I’m not going to deal with the hypotheticals’

BY LAUREN SFORZA 

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) on Sunday dodged a question about whether he would pardon former President Trump if the South Carolina senator was elected president in 2024 and the former president was convicted of charges involving the mishandling of classified documents.

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Hutchinson warns Republicans to ‘back off’ allegations DOJ has been ‘weaponized’

BY JULIA MUELLER

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, one of several GOP presidential candidates, on Sunday warned his fellow Republicans to “back off” allegations that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has been “weaponized.”

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Senate Democrat: Trump's 'bullying' won't help him in classified documents case

BY JULIA MUELLER

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) on Sunday said former President Trump’s “bullying” won’t help him as Trump faces federal criminal charges related to the former president’s handling of classified documents.

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GOP House Intel chair says Trump classified documents case ‘of grave concern’

BY JULIA MUELLER

Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, said on Sunday that the storage of the classified documents at former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property is “of grave concern,” and raised concerns about President Biden’s handling of such materials.

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Bill Barr: Trump is a ‘consummate narcissist’

BY LAUREN SFORZA 

Former Attorney General Bill Barr called former President Trump a “consummate narcissist,” adding that the former president regularly “engages in reckless conduct.”

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Feinstein: ‘I worry about her’

BY JULIA MUELLER 

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Sunday said she worries about California Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) as the senator weathers concerns about her health and faces calls by some fellow Democrats to step down from her seat.

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Keane: Another Iran nuclear deal not in US ‘national interest’

BY LAUREN SFORZA 

“To give them another windfall of cash like we did as a result of the 2015 nuclear deal, which led to an expansion of their proxy wars in the Middle East, it doesn’t make any sense. It’s not in our national interest,” retired Army Gen. Jack Keane told Shannon Bream on “Fox News Sunday.”

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