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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Sunday said former President Trump isn’t “what he used to be” after the former president touted his 2024 campaign in remarks to the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) the day before. “Look, he is the front-runner. There’s no doubt, he’s essentially an incumbent president running for renomination — not reelection, but renomination — and so of course, he’s the front-runner right now and ahead in the polls. But there are lots of indicators here, that he’s not what he used to be,” Christie said on ABC’s “This Week.”

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that Republicans who heckled President Joe Biden during the State of the Union address made a “big mistake.” Anchor George Stephanopoulos asked, “The Republican House members, at least some of them, did seem to take the bait on Tuesday night. How big of a mistake was that?” Christie said, “Big mistake. Look, you don’t want to rise to the bait, and they did. A number of them did. It was a big mistake.”

TAMPA - Making his first U.S. Senate campaign appearance in Tampa, Marco Rubio today said party leaders and political chiefs shouldn't be the ones to decide the Republican primary between himself and Gov. Charlie Crist. "I would hold my Republican credentials up there with anyone who currently holds leadership statewide in the party," Rubio said in an interview. "I feel like I deserve to be treated fairly." Rubio, a former state House speaker from Miami, was commenting on efforts by party leaders, including state GOP Chairman Jim Greer, to line up the party behind Crist in the primary. Greer and...