'No one's voted yet': Chris Christie calls polls 'problematic' as he addresses Trump's lead on 'The View'
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie appeared on the January 3 episode of 'The View' ahead of the first Republican caucus in Iowa as the United States is now officially into the election year.
During his time on the show, the former New Jersey governor discussed the upcoming election, his stance on important topics such as abortion, as well as his clear disavowal of former president Donald Trump.
'People don't trust pollsters'
'The View' co-host Joy Behar brought up the topic of poll figures, which have consistently shown Donald Trump leading the Republican primary race.
"(Trump's) numbers only continue to climb," said Behar, adding, "No matter what he does, and what anybody says."
"So why isn't your messaging, and ours (at 'The View'), getting through to the vast Americans?" she asked Christie.
"Well, first of all, we don't know that yet," responded the 62-year-old politician, before adding, "No one's voted yet…"
"But the polls!" interjected Behar, making the guest quip back, "Yeah I get the poll. And if the polls were right, Hillary Clinton would be in her second term."
"Polls these days, I think, are even more problematic, because who wants to answer a pollster? People don't trust anybody. If somebody calls on your cell phone, and you know who they are… it's like 'click' (sound of call disconnect) - done," he continued.
Christie further said that people "lie to pollsters," and proceeded to share his own experience from 2016 when he was on call for exit polls.
"The exit pollster said that Hillary was going to win 360 electoral votes and win both houses of Congress. We know that didn't happen," he added.
"So people not only lied beforehand, they lied on their way back from the voting booth," he claimed.
'Being against Donald Trump is politically incorrect among Republicans'
Talking about the overt trend within the GOP and its supporters, Chris Christie stated, "The same way it wasn't politically correct in 2016 to say you were for Trump and against Hillary, it's not politically correct inside the Republican party right now to say (that) you are against Trump."
The politician shared another personal experience to illustrate the point, where he was approached by a woman in New Hampshire.
"She grabbed me by the arm and she said, 'Keep going after Trump. Keep going after him,'" he said, imitating a whisper.
"And I said, 'Okay, but why are you whispering?' and she goes, 'My friends don't like to hear that,'" the former governor said.
"So I don't know. I am not saying that (the polls) are totally wrong, but I don't know until people start to vote - (then) we're really going to know what people think," he added.
GOP presidential candidate @GovChristie on Trump's polling numbers: "No one's voted yet... If the polls were right, Hillary Clinton would be in her second term, right? So, polls, these days, I think are even more problematic because who wants to answer a pollster?" pic.twitter.com/2GEmnpuxaL
— The View (@TheView) January 3, 2024
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