Gov. Chris Christie is making noise that he just might throw his hat in the 2024 GOP Presidential race – and he is ready to take on Donald Trump. Christie, whose strong debate performance in 2016 unnerved then-candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, is saying he is ready to be the guy to go after Trump in the debates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nChris Christie <\/a>is sharpening his attacks on his former friend and ally Donald Trump as the ex-New Jersey governor considers challenging the former president for the GOP nomination in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Christie, famous for his acerbic remarks, knows the former president well and is comfortable going on television with ready-made sound bites about Trump that make headlines.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Monday, he said the GOP field needed a candidate who would go after Trump and do what Christie did to Sen. Marco Rubio <\/a>(R-Fla.) in a 2016 debate, when he questioned Rubio\u2019s lack of experience and mocked the senator for using the same \u201c25-second memorized speech\u201d over and over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou better have somebody on that stage who can do to him what I did to Marco [Rubio], because that\u2019s the only thing that\u2019s gonna defeat Donald Trump,\u201d Christie said during a town hall at Saint Anselm College on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n