{"id":4075,"date":"2016-02-26T18:19:59","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T18:19:59","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-02-26T18:19:59","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T18:19:59","slug":"trump_changes_the_narrative_with_christie_endorsement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2016\/02\/26\/trump_changes_the_narrative_with_christie_endorsement\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Changes the Narrative with Christie Endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RUSH: This is not gonna make Kasich happy, folks. This is not… I think we can expect fireworks. There\u2019s a Fox debate Thursday, next Thursday. I think it\u2019s next Thursday. Yeah, it\u2019s next Thursday. So I… (interruption) Well, I\u2019m convinced Kasich was hanging in there for a vice presidential nod from Trump, not Rubio. But now that Christie has joined the team with Sarah Palin… You have to assume that Christie figures that Trump is gonna be the nominee. Right? And then you have to figure Christie wants a job. <\/p>\n

I mean, he\u2019s love to be in the regime, the Trump regime, maybe VP, maybe attorney general. But it\u2019s interesting; when Trump looks possibly to be in trouble — and I say that advisedly, because there are so many in the media who are so frustrated. You can\u2019t believe how frustrated they are that nobody\u2019s taken Trump out. They have, and it hasn\u2019t mattered, and they\u2019re all upset that candidates haven\u2019t gone after Trump.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re so excited that it finally happened last night, and they\u2019re worried that it\u2019s too little, it\u2019s too late. But they\u2019re hoping. They\u2019re hoping this means this is the implosion everybody\u2019s been waiting for, this is the moment of explosion, of blow up that we\u2019ve all been waiting for. Trump was exposed last night. So many of them are thinking it, so many writing it, so many hoping it, so many saying it. And the minute Trump appears to be in trouble, here comes Christie to endorse.<\/line><\/p>\n

And so here you\u2019ve got two fighters. You\u2019ve got two no-BS guys. You\u2019ve got one from New York, one from New Jersey. You\u2019ve just gotta be careful. You know, Trump\u2019s gotta make sure we get to October to keep Christie away from Hillary. That\u2019s the only potential… (interruption) Well, it\u2019s intelligence guided by experience. And other than that, it could be smooth sailing. <\/p>\n

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RUSH: You gotta hand it to Trump. He\u2019s changed the narrative, folks. I mean, this morning it was all Rubio and it was all making fun of Trump and how successful Rubio and Cruz had been. And that\u2019s all gone. It\u2019s been replaced by, “Chris Christie has endorsed Trump!” Their press conference just concluded, and Christie\u2019s approval number New Jersey last I looked was at 29%. I\u2019m sure that\u2019s not a factor here in the decision making that\u2019s gone on, but it has changed the narrative. I mean, it\u2019s done it pretty quickly. These are not rank amateurs on the Trump side. It\u2019s a mistake people have made from the outset of this, one of many. <\/p>\n

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RUSH: Okay. So Trump is still going down there in Fort Worth, and he just said, “Hey, they say I\u2019m not loyal. I voted for McCain. What\u2019d we get? I voted for Romney, and they botched it so bad, I just said, ‘I\u2019m gonna do it myself.'” And the crowd roared.<\/p>\n

JOHNNY DONOVAN: And now, from sunny south Florida, it\u2019s Open Line Friday!<\/p>\n

RUSH: Speaking of which, you know, this Christie endorsement? Would you say Chris Christie is… Before today, would you have thought that he\u2019s part of the Republican establishment? I mean, I would. Republican Governors Association, head honcho. He\u2019s a classic, in fact, member of the Republican establishment. And these guys just do not go outside the establishment. Chris Christie has gone way off the reservation doing this endorsement of Trump. <\/p>\n

This is way off. I\u2019ve been thinking this, and I would just… It happened. It was unexpected and I\u2019ve been following it as it happens down there on commercial breaks and I was starting to think, “This is really…” I\u2019m not talking about Christie\u2019s stature within the establishment, just his membership. This is a major defection. This is the kind of stuff Romney was trying to stop by bringing up this tax problem. But this essentially… Now, there\u2019s some caveats. It looks to anybody watching this like it\u2019s over, that Trump\u2019s gonna be the nominee.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s not as though Christie broke ranks early on. It looks like he\u2019s breaking ranks, but he is endorsing “the party nominee.” But you and I both know this is not what the party wants. They may have to act like it is by the end of the summer, but they don\u2019t want this. They don\u2019t want Trump to be their nominee. And they are still, I guarantee you, plotting ways to prevent this from actually happening. They may not be able to pull it off, but here. <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the story right here: “Rubio Prepares For Contested Convention<\/a>,” and this story actually leaked yesterday. It\u2019s the one that talks about the 200 donors and Republican establishment RNC powerbrokers huddling, trying to plot ways to deny Trump the pathway to the 1,237 delegates needed. “Rubio Prepares For Contested Convention — Marco Rubio\u2019s campaign is preparing for a contested Republican Convention as one option to take the GOP nomination away from [the Trumpster] and Ted Cruz, his campaign manager told top donors at a closed-door meeting in Manhattan Wednesday night. …<\/line><\/p>\n

“Terry Sullivan, Rubio\u2019s top adviser, used a Power Point presentation and took questions from attendees to lay out the two courses that Rubio\u2019s quest for the GOP nomination could take in the coming months, two people present [spilled the beans to] CNN, speaking anonymously. The first showed the number of states and delegates Rubio would need to clinch the nomination outright before July\u2019s convention.” Who are we kidding here? <\/p>\n

“The second was the scenario in which none of the candidates gain the simple majority delegates needed to clinch the nomination before the convention, unleashing a messy and potentially unpredictable battle where multiple candidates are vying for the title.” The second course is the scenario in which none of the candidates gain the number of 1,237 delegates needed to clinch, which would unleash a messy and potentially unpredictable battle where multiple candidates are vying for the title.<\/p>\n

So Rubio is the establishment candidate now. I mean, nobody\u2019s denying that, and Christie has broken ranks and has now joined the Trump campaign. Let\u2019s go to the audio sound bites of that. This is Chris Christie in Fort Worth at an event. This sound bite… This event is over an hour long, and it is still going on, and this crowd is still at max energy, going absolute bonkers, as Trump is laughing at Rubio, making fun of Rubio, praising Christie, even praising Cruz. <\/p>\n

But he\u2019s taking it to Obama, he\u2019s taking it to Romney, he\u2019s taking it to ISIS, he\u2019s taking it to the border. He\u2019s praising Joe Arpaio and all the brilliant people that are supporting him and so forth, explaining how life works in Palm Beach. He said Rubio got it wrong, that he inherited $200 million from his dad. He said, “I wish.” He said, “It was one million, wasn\u2019t $200 million.” He even opened a bottle water and somehow that was related to Rubio, and he started throwing water all over the stage. <\/p>\n

He was shaking up the bottle and said, “This is what happens with little chokers in my campaign.” He shook the bottle up, and, bam! Threw the water all over everything. Here\u2019s Christie endorsing the Trumpster…<\/p>\n