Chris Christie bows out of 2024 presidential race

Republican candidate Chris Christie has announced he will suspend his 2024 presidential campaign. He made the announcement during a Town Hall event in New Hampshire in which he slammed support of Donald Trump by the country’s conservative base. “I’ve never believed that Donald Trump was a foregone conclusion as our nominee in this race and I knew that the case had to be made against him,” Mr Christie said. Mr Christie called out fellow Republicans for sitting on the “sidelines” and refusing to hold the former president accountable. “Our country is angry, it’s divided, it’s accomplishing little, and it is leading our citizens to be exhausted. “These people speak louder for the folks who attacked our Capitol on January 6 than they are willing to stand up and speak for the people of Israel who are in tunnels in Gaza. “That’s not leadership – that’s ambition and cowardice which has outstripped their otherwise good judgement. “I would rather lose by telling the truth than lie in order to win.”