Christie ends campaign: Rivals, voters react
ABC News
Chris Christie's supporters and rivals react to his departure from the 2024 presidential race.
Following former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's announcement Wednesday that he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, reaction soon poured in from his supporters and political rivals, including former President Donald Trump, who Christie vehemently campaigned against.
"I hear Chris Christie is dropping out of the race today — I might even get to like him again!" Trump posted on Truth Social shortly after Christie announced the news.
Among the Republican candidates, the former New Jersey governor was perhaps the most outspoken against Trump.
Christie centered his campaign on defeating the former president and wasn't shy about calling him out, including for his election denialism, mounting legal woes and involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.
However, Christie was once a Trump supporter -- endorsing him in the 2016 presidential race after he suspended his own campaign.
