Chris Christie: An Appreciation

Chris Christie has suspended his presidential campaign. That’s what candidates do now, when they drop out: “suspend.” In any case, Republicans in general have said, “Good riddance.” They detested the Christie campaign. As well they should have: He told truth after truth about the man whom they have twice nominated for president, and whom they are poised to nominate for the third time.

The utterance of a simple truth, in an atmosphere of untruths, is powerful. Imagine that the world says, “Thursday follows Tuesday.” Or, “The order of the days of the week is unknowable.” Then someone comes along and says, “Look: Wednesday follows Tuesday.” The effect is, or can be, electric.

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Jay Nordlinger

Jay Nordlinger was a senior editor of National Review and a book fellow at National Review Institute.

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Chris Christie has suspended his presidential campaign. That’s what candidates do now, when they drop out: “suspend.” In any case, Republicans in general have said, “Good riddance.” They detested the Christie campaign. As well they should have: He told truth after truth about the man whom they have twice nominated for president, and whom they are poised to nominate for the third time.

The utterance of a simple truth, in an atmosphere of untruths, is powerful. Imagine that the world says, “Thursday follows Tuesday.” Or, “The order of the days of the week is unknowable.” Then someone comes along and says, “Look: Wednesday follows Tuesday.” The effect is, or can be, electric.