"Christie was the last high-profile GOP contender who was fighting for whatever remains of the soul of a Republican Party that, for all intents and purposes, has evolved into an authoritarian cult of personality with Trump as its center—posing what the former governor described as a real and present threat to democracy and national security."

~ John Nichols

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https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/chris-christie-exit-trump-soul-republican-party/