EXETER, New Hampshire – Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was not in the best of moods at a recent campaign stop here, avoiding questions from the press in apparent violation of his “tell it like it is” campaign slogan.
“I don’t take any questions from the media,” Christie said when approached by The Post after his Dec. 20 appearance at a brewery in Exeter, 30 miles east of Manchester, the state’s largest city.
It wasn’t the first time the 61-year-old had appeared camera shy at seemingly inopportune moments; Christie also did not appear in the media-packed press room at three of the four Republican primary debates held this year.
Christie has staked the viability of his campaign on a strong performance in New Hampshire, which he has focused his campaign on to the exclusion of other early states.
That approach is not paying off in polls in the Granite State, where Christie is running a clear but distant third with 10.5% support, according to the RealClearPolitics average, behind front-runner Donald Trump (46.3%) and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (24.8%). %).
Chris Christie does a Q&A with members of the New Hampshire brewing group at Sea Dog Brewing Company. Diana Glebova/NY Post
There also appears to be no hidden reserve of support for Christie.
Most of the dozen residents who attended the event at Sea Dog Brewing Company did not express much enthusiasm for him, instead saying they were “open” to supporting the former governor or had other preferred candidates.
New Hampshire State Senator Tim Lang, who introduced Christie, even joked that she was in his “top two,” in reference to the Garden Stater he touted to locals as being in their “top three” during his election. of 2016.
One New Hampshire voter said she would be “open to voting strategically,” but did not reveal whether Christie was her first choice.
Some attendees said they liked Christie’s not-silly image.
Christie is currently polling in third place in New Hampshire. fake images
“You can trust what he says. He calls it how he sees it, instead of making things up like other people,” local Steve Johnson told The Post.
“We’re here to see what he has to say,” said another voter who did not want to give his name, before adding of Christie: “…I wish he would gain some momentum.”
“At least he’s trying to tell the truth, it seems,” said registered Democrat David Doyon, who added that he would consider voting for Christie if he somehow made it to the general election. “I’ll give him that. He is saying the things that need to be said, so I give him a lot of credit.”
The former governor has branded himself the No. 1 anti-Trump candidate in the race and has criticized his rivals for refusing to directly attack the former president.
About a dozen voters attended Christie’s event Wednesday afternoon. Diana Glebova/NY Post
Christie is “angry, but at least he is angry for the right reasons,” according to Doyon. “Everyone else is angry just for the sake of being angry.”
Christie has asked Democrats to consider voting for him in New Hampshire, but the deadline to change party registration passed Oct. 6.
Independent or unaffiliated voters can vote in either party’s primary on Jan. 23, giving Christie less than a month to pull off a miracle.
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