Christie calls Ramaswamy a ‘jacka**’ with a ‘girl downside’

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie referred to as 2024 rival Vivek Ramaswamy a ‘jacka**’ with a ‘girl downside’ after Wednesday evening’s fiery fourth Republican main debate. 

Christie and Ramaswamy supplied a number of the greatest fireworks onstage in the course of the two hour-long affair held on the University of Alabama. 

The ex-governor additionally created some commotion throughout a industrial break, asking moderator Megyn Kelly for extra time, a supply instructed DailyMail.com, after he waited 17 minutes to first converse. 

Afterward, Christie went on CNN and stated he had ‘had sufficient’ of Ramaswamy. 

‘He is a jack a**,’ Christie stated. 

At the talk, Christie furiously defended fellow GOP candidate Nikki Haley, the previous U.N. ambassador, after she was attacked by Ramaswamy onstage.  

‘It’s not me forming an alliance with Nikki Haley,’ Christie stated. 

He argued that he defended her as a result of she is an ‘achieved girl and labored extremely onerous each in South Carolina and within the U.N.’ 

‘And I feel that Vivek does have a lady downside,’ the ex-governor stated. ‘I do suppose he insults ladies’s primary intelligence. He has performed it over and time and again. And I assume tonight I simply had had sufficient. I had sufficient of listening to his rubbish.’

Christie had knocked Ramaswamy’s ‘sensible*ss Harvard mouth’ and did so once more throughout his time on CNN. 

‘When he’s dictating to me and Nikki Haley, who dedicated ourselves to public service whereas he has been off stealing from seniors to make his fortune, yeah, I’m not going to place up with anymore,’ Christie stated. 

Onstage,  Ramaswamy stated of Haley that ‘international coverage expertise just isn’t the identical as international coverage knowledge,’ including that the previous U.N. ambassador wouldn’t be capable to find sure provinces of Ukraine on a map. 

This insult unleashed a tirade from Christie – who wanted an attention-grabbing efficiency to resurrect his struggling marketing campaign – who defeneded Haley as a ‘sensible, achieved girl.’ 

‘This is the fourth debate that you’d be voted within the first 20 minutes as essentially the most obnoxious blowhard in America,’ he instructed Ramaswamy, after ready 17 minutes for moderators led by Megyn Kelly to ask him a query 

Ramaswamy shot again telling Christie that, ‘His model of international coverage expertise was closing a bridge from New Jersey to New York.’ 

‘So do everyone a favor, simply stroll your self off that stage, take pleasure in a pleasant meal and get the hell out of this race,’ he stated.  

Ramaswamy once more grew to become the topic of Christie’s ire – the 2 have tussled on the talk stage plenty of instances earlier than – whereas discussing the struggle in Ukraine. 

The 38-year-old political novice stated there wanted to be a ‘cheap peace deal’ within the struggle with Russia, after which turned to Haley saying that she and President Joe Biden have been among the many solely two politicians to consider within the ‘pointless struggle.’ 

‘One factor that Joe Biden and Nikki Haley have in widespread is that neither of them might even state for you three provinces in Eastern Ukraine that they need to ship our troops to really combat for,’ Ramaswamy stated. 

‘She has no concept what the hell the names of these provinces are that she needs to ship our little children and our troops and our army tools to go combat,’ he continued. 

‘So reject this fantasy that they have been promoting you – that someone had a cup of espresso, a stint on the UN, and makes 8 million bucks after – has actual international coverage expertise,’ Ramaswamy added, arguing that his ‘outsider’ standing offers him an elevated perspective. 

Haley stayed stonefaced all through the assault. 

‘Look on the clean expression,’ Ramaswamy stated. ‘She does not know the names of the provinces.’ 

Christie opened up the talk by criticizing Trump after which the three candidates onstage. 

‘The fifth man, who does not have the heart to point out up and stand right here, he is the one… who’s manner forward within the polls,’ Christie stated. ‘And but I’ve obtained these three guys who’re all seeming to compete with, , Voldemort – he who shouldn’t be named. They do not need to discuss it.’

‘We’re 17 minutes into this debate and … we have had all these three performing as if this race is between the 4 us,’ the ex-New Jersey governor stated. 

He later used the identical machine to hit Ramaswamy. 

‘I need to say one thing else, we’re now 25 minutes into this debate and he has insulted Nikki Haley’s primary intelligence, not her positions, her primary intelligence,’ he roared. ‘She does not know areas, she would not be capable to discover one thing on a map that his three-year-old might discover.’

‘Look, if you wish to disagree on points that is fantastic, and Nikki and I disagree on some points. But I’ll let you know this, I’ve identified her 12 years, which is longer than he is even began to vote within the Republican primaries,’ Christie added. 

Later Christie made an identical insult of Ramaswamy saying he was ‘studying in regards to the provinces sitting with this smart-a** mouth at Harvard’ whereas the 61-year-old was going after terrorists.  

Christie’s takedown did not deter Ramaswamy’s assaults on Haley, who’s moved to second place in New Hampshire and is beginning to leapfrog Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for second in some nationwide polls. 

Ramaswamy was requested by moderator Eliana Johnson why he used Haley’s full first title ‘Nimarata’ to refer and whether or not he doubted her Christian religion. 

Both candidates have been raised Hindu however Haley transformed.  

‘I do not query her religion, however I query her authenticity,’ Ramaswamy answered. 

He hammered her for utilizing ‘identification politics’ by mentioning that she was a lady. 

‘At the primary debate, she stated solely a lady might get this job performed. That’s what she stated,’ Ramaswamy stated. 

‘After the third debate after I criticized Ronna McDaniel for 5 failed years of management of this social gathering, and criticized Nikki for her corrupt international dealings as a army contractor, she stated that I had a “woman problem,”‘ he stated. ‘Maybe I haven’t got a lady downside, you’ve gotten a corruption downside.’ 

Ramaswamy had scrawled one thing on his notepad on the high of the talk. 

He confirmed it off to the viewers at that second: ‘Nikki = Corrupt.’ 

‘And I feel that is what folks must know. Nikki is corrupt,’ he stated, holding up the pill.   

Ramaswamy was booed. 

When Johnson requested Haley if she needed to reply, she demurred.  

‘No, it isn’t value my time to answer him,’ she stated.