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Mr. Christie said the midterms were an actual change point in the history of the party: that its central struggle can no longer be avoided. That struggle is how and why to put Mr. Trump in the rearview mirror. …
The strongest argument: Mr. Trump can’t win, and if you truly seek to win you must disengage from him.
“This is a baseball country,” Mr. Christie said. “It’s always three strikes and you’re out.” Mr. Trump struck out in 2018, 2020 and 2022. He never came close to a plurality of the popular vote. When Mr. Christie ended his tenure as chairman of the RGA, in 2014, there were 31 Republican governors. Next year there will be 26. The reason, he said, is that Mr. Trump weighs the party down and picks candidates based not on issues or electability but personal loyalty. It is an electoral narcissism that is killing the party.
Opinion | Trump and the Fight Republicans Need to Have
Chris Christie says the party can’t move forward unless the former president’s opponents take him on directly.
www.wsj.com
Three strikes and you’re out. Trump’s a loser! Time to move on.