Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) reportedly dinged longtime chum Donald Trump over the weekend with a shaggy dog story about "in fact" contracting COVID-19 from the previous president.
"I joke about Donald. but, I'm still basically proud to have provided some help to his administration," Christie told a closed-door gathering of The Gridiron club in Washington, per Politico Playbook. "I mean, I gave Donald Trump my timeless loyalty, and as we realized this week, he definitely gave me COVID."
Christie and Trump were each hospitalized with coronavirus in October 2020.
Trump reportedly known as Christie at the time to ask, "Are you going to assert you obtained it from me?"
Former Trump White apartment chief of group of workers Mark Meadows wrote in his new booklet that Trump tested effective for the contagion three days before the primary election debate with Joe Biden. When a 2nd examine returned terrible, Trump carried on with his agenda as usual, including time with Christie.
also in his speech, Christie reportedly mocked Trump with a gag about former first woman Melania Trump:
"I'm longing for the future of my birthday party. I mean, simply analyze Virginia … Glenn Youngkin won the governor's race … by means of benefitting from the Trump identify devoid of ever standing within the equal room as him. You be aware of who he learned that approach from? Melania Trump, really."
And this line about Trump's aversion to studying:
"i used to be a bit concerned that Donald can be upset when he read [my new book]. however then I remembered: It's a ebook; no probability."
Christie has in recent weeks publicly advised Trump to abandon his 2020 election lies for the sake of the GOP and the nation. Critics have accused the former governor of being on a "media rehabilitation tour" ahead of a possible 2024 run for president.
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