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| Meg Whitman, the chief executive of Hewlett-Packard and a former finance co-chair of Chris Christie’s presidential campaign, on Sunday slammed Christie’s recent endorsement of Donald Trump, calling for the New Jersey governor’s supporters to reject the Republican frontrunner. | Meg Whitman, the chief executive of Hewlett-Packard and a former finance co-chair of Chris Christie’s presidential campaign, on Sunday slammed Christie’s recent endorsement of Donald Trump, calling for the New Jersey governor’s supporters to reject the Republican frontrunner. |
| “Chris Christie’s endorsement of Donald Trump is an astonishing display of political opportunism,” said Whitman, in a statement reported by NBC’s Meet the Press programme. “Donald Trump is unfit to be president.” | “Chris Christie’s endorsement of Donald Trump is an astonishing display of political opportunism,” said Whitman, in a statement reported by NBC’s Meet the Press programme. “Donald Trump is unfit to be president.” |
| Whitman endorsed Christie for president in November, after choosing not to support Carly Fiorina, her predecessor at Hewlett-Packard. | Whitman endorsed Christie for president in November, after choosing not to support Carly Fiorina, her predecessor at Hewlett-Packard. |
| She said then: “I just think, you know, literally having some experience in politics for the highest office in the land is probably an important criteria.” | She said then: “I just think, you know, literally having some experience in politics for the highest office in the land is probably an important criteria.” |
| Christie, appearing on ABC’s This Week on Sunday, responded by describing Whitman as “a great friend” with a different political opinion. | Christie, appearing on ABC’s This Week on Sunday, responded by describing Whitman as “a great friend” with a different political opinion. |
| “And that’s OK,” he said. “That’s what makes this country great, is that people can have differences of political opinion.” | “And that’s OK,” he said. “That’s what makes this country great, is that people can have differences of political opinion.” |
| Just days before the Super Tuesday primaries, Christie on Friday became the most prominent mainstream Republican to get behind the billionaire former reality TV star, declaring Trump to have the best chance of defeating Hillary Clinton. | Just days before the Super Tuesday primaries, Christie on Friday became the most prominent mainstream Republican to get behind the billionaire former reality TV star, declaring Trump to have the best chance of defeating Hillary Clinton. |
| Whitman’s statement said the New Jersey governor made his statement despite his own public misgivings about a Trump presidency. | Whitman’s statement said the New Jersey governor made his statement despite his own public misgivings about a Trump presidency. |
| “Trump would take America on a dangerous journey. Christie knows all that and indicated as much many times publicly,” Whitman said. | “Trump would take America on a dangerous journey. Christie knows all that and indicated as much many times publicly,” Whitman said. |
| A growing number of senior Republicans are becoming resigned to the idea Trump will be their candidate in November. | A growing number of senior Republicans are becoming resigned to the idea Trump will be their candidate in November. |
| Christie, who withdrew his own White House bid earlier this month, denied that he reversed course on Trump after promising the New Hampshire Union Leader newspaper publisher Joe McQuaid that he would not endorse him after the billionaire won the state’s 9 February. | Christie, who withdrew his own White House bid earlier this month, denied that he reversed course on Trump after promising the New Hampshire Union Leader newspaper publisher Joe McQuaid that he would not endorse him after the billionaire won the state’s 9 February. |
| “It’s just not true,” Christie told ABC. “He called me two days after the primary and said: ‘I was just told that you’re about to endorse Donald Trump.’ And I said to him: ‘That’s absolutely untrue. I’m not about to endorse anybody.’” | “It’s just not true,” Christie told ABC. “He called me two days after the primary and said: ‘I was just told that you’re about to endorse Donald Trump.’ And I said to him: ‘That’s absolutely untrue. I’m not about to endorse anybody.’” |
| The New York Times reported on Saturday that Christie had been offended by, and rejected, an overture for endorsement from the Florida senator Marco Rubio. The report said the New Jersey governor, with his wife, had subsequently met Trump in New York, before making his endorsement – and the first of many heavy attacks on Rubio – in Texas. | The New York Times reported on Saturday that Christie had been offended by, and rejected, an overture for endorsement from the Florida senator Marco Rubio. The report said the New Jersey governor, with his wife, had subsequently met Trump in New York, before making his endorsement – and the first of many heavy attacks on Rubio – in Texas. |
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