Wait, What? Christie Tells The View Unlike Trump, ‘The President of the Confederacy Had Some Class’

Former Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) found himself delivering a compliment to the president of the Confederacy in order to slam former President Donald Trump.

Trump has now been banned from Republican presidential primary ballots in two states — Colorado and Maine — on the grounds that he violated the 14th Amendment by engaging in insurrection on January 6.

On Wednesday’s edition of ABC’s The View, Christie joined co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Sara Haines to discuss a variety of topics — and found himself praising Jefferson Davis in comparison to Trump:

WHOOPI GOLDBERG: I mean, you’ve seen what the lengths that the people have gone through to make sure his feet don’t touch the ground. Do you think that letting him get away with being an insurrectionist is the right way for us to let the country know how we — what are going to do it next time we get another one?

CHRIS CHRISTIE: I think they should try him and convict him in Washington, D.C. and send him to jail for it. And I think that’s the way to do it.

SUNNY HOSTIN: Jefferson Davis wasn’t convicted.

WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Did he break the law, though? Did he do what he, what he’s been accused?

CHRIS CHRISTIE: I think he’s going to be convicted of it.

WHOOPI GOLDBERG: No, no, that’s not what, that’s not my question.

SUNNY HOSTIN: She’s talking about the 14th, section 3 of the 14th Amendment —

CHRIS CHRISTIE: I know what she’s talking about.

SUNNY HOSTIN: Jefferson Davis wasn’t convicted.

CHRIS CHRISTIE: I understand but Jefferson Da —

SUNNY HOSTIN: He wasn’t allowed to hold office again.

CHRIS CHRISTIE: But he never tried to again. Okay. So we never tested that, Sunny, right? It was never tested.

SUNNY HOSTIN: There was precedent.

CHRIS CHRISTIE: It was never tested because Jefferson Davis, if I you imagine saying this, the president of the Confederacy had some class. And decided never to run for office in the United States again.

ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN: At least more than Trump!

CHRIS CHRISTIE: That’s the point, right? Well, this has never been tested —

SUNNY HOSTIN: The point is the Constitution, and there is a constitution and there’s precedent. He needs to be taken out by the constitution!

CHRIS CHRISTIE: I understand. I understand that —

SUNNY HOSTIN: The law applies to him like it applies to every single person.

CHRIS CHRISTIE: It absolutely should. But the question I was asked was why I said what I said. And I, and I’m trying to be practical about this, Sunny.

If, in fact, we take him off the ballot and he doesn’t have a chance to run, I think it’s going to cause conflict in this country well beyond what we have now.

Watch above via ABC’s The View.

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