Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is picking up support from several wealthy donors as he takes on Donald Trump and a crowded GOP field.
prepared to run for president earlier this year, he canvassed some of Wall Street's wealthiest donors about whether they would finance a $100 million effort to take on former President Donald Trump, according to a person who heard directly from the GOP candidate.young campaign for the Republican nomination
he expected Cohen to support Christie. Scaramucci, who, like Christie, has become one of Trump's biggest critics on the right, has said he is backing the former New Jersey governor.on Tuesday, Christie teased that prominent people are supporting him. But he did not name them. Despite Trump leading in the polls, many of the party's top financiers are not getting behind the former president and are looking for anto lead the Republican ticket. Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman and businessman Andy Sabin have said they won't back Trump at least during the 2024 primary for president.
OpenSecrets data show that Bill and Bobbie Kilberg donated toward Christie's 2016 run for president. Some of the other Christie fundraisers also backed the former governor when he ran in 2016.Trump after Christie lost in the primary. Christie himself told CNBC on Tuesday that he too was close to Trump until Election Night in 2020, when the former president falsely claimed the election was stolen from him.
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