美国国家公共电台 NPR--Chris Christie is set to announce his presidential bid in New Hampshire

Chris Christie is set to announce his presidential bid in New Hampshire

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The former New Jersey² governor will appear in Manchester Tuesday evening and announce that he's making another run for the GOP nomination³. Christie was one of more than a dozen GOP hopefuls in 2016.

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Another Republican launches a presidential bid today. During a visit to New Hampshire, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is expected to say he's making another run for the GOP nomination. Christie, if you remember, was one of the more than a dozen Republican hopefuls in 2016 who fell by the wayside as Donald Trump⁴ stormed through the nomination process and eventually won the election. Christie did a brief stint⁵ leading Trump's transition team. But in the years since, he has become a vocal⁶ critic. We wanted to hear more about what's behind this latest move, so we called WNYC's Matt Katz, who's covered Christie for years. Good morning, Matt.

MATT KATZ, BYLINE⁷: Good morning, Michel.

MARTIN: So why is he running again?

KATZ: You know, why not, really? If you've got a couple of billionaires to support you, and we think Christie does, it makes good professional sense to run for president. You can end up with a consolation⁸ prize, like vice⁹ president, increase your name ID to get more money for those speaking gigs. Christie himself has said that, A, it's better to be relevant than ignored. And, B, once you run once, as Christie has, as you said, and you get the sense that you can be sitting in the Oval Office, it's really hard to shake that. So Christie did terribly last time he ran but still ended up with a paid pundit¹⁰ gig on ABC News and lucrative¹¹ contracts as a lobbyist. He represented hospitals looking for COVID funds and the Puerto Rican fiscal¹² agency, for example. And that's all because of his ties to the Trump administration and his notoriety due at least in part to having run before.

MARTIN: Well, you know, a recent poll shows Christie has the lowest favorability ratings of any candidate among Republican voters. So I'm wondering if he has any real path for him to win? Or is this really just about one of those consolation prizes?

KATZ: Yeah, I mean, he is very unpopular. It could be because of the scandals back in New Jersey. Although, I think it might have something more to do with Christie having bro hugged and said nice things about President Obama after Obama had visited the Jersey Shore right before the 2012 election. Republican voters may remember that. There's also a viral picture from Christie's last year in office sunbathing¹³ at the governor's beach house while other state beaches were closed due to a budget stalemate between him and the legislature, so deeply unpopular. But he's an extraordinarily¹⁴ effective communicator.

Even though he did terribly in New Hampshire last time around, he's still filled town hall meetings because he's entertaining, he's sharp, he's quick-witted. And maybe more than anybody else on that potential debate stage, he's going to be able to stick it to Trump and maybe Florida Governor DeSantis in a way that will become viral and remembered and maybe effective in voters' minds.

MARTIN: Well, let's talk about that side of his verbal technique, as it were. He's argued that he can go toe to toe with Trump and DeSantis. And he does seem devoted¹⁵ to slamming former President Trump in recent speeches. Could you tell us a little bit more about what's that about? Like, why did the relationship take that turn? And is this such a - it's like a fundamental part of his identity now.

KATZ: Yeah. This is something that certainly will be scrutinized¹⁶ because he was the first establishment Republican to endorse¹⁷ Trump. He's partially¹⁸ responsible for putting Trump into the White House. But their relationship has taken so many ups and downs. Trump want - Christie wanted to be Trump's running mate. He wanted to be VP, he didn't get that. He wanted to be attorney general, he didn't get that. He was named Trump's transition chairman when Trump got the nomination, but Trump fired him from that job, threw his plan in the garbage. But still, Christie stuck around.

He was an informal adviser¹⁹ to Trump throughout the White House years. And he helped prepare him for the 2020 debates against Joe Biden. And he ended up getting COVID from Trump during that debate prep. Then January 6 happened, and that's what Christie said was basically the tipping point. And that's why he thinks Trump should not be president again. But, you know, when that change happened, was it because Trump was on the descent, or was - and Christie wanted to get in the White House? Or did Christie really have a moral reckoning? That's something that certainly will be scrutinized by the press and voters as he tries to make this run.

MARTIN: So before we let you go, aside from challenging the former president, what will he say he has to offer to GOP voters?

KATZ: He has to offer an alternative. And I think he's going to present himself as the guy who sounds like a pre-Trump Republican. So you're going to hear, you know, some hawkish²⁰ foreign policy. You're going to hear fiscal conservatism. He's pro-life, sort of those pre-Trump, traditional Republican talking points. And you're not going to hear him really lean into the culture wars that Trump or DeSantis would do.

MARTIN: That is Matt Katz. He's with WNYC. And he's the author of "American Governor: Chris Christie's Bridge To Redemption." Matt Katz, thank you so much.

KATZ: Thanks so much, Michel.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

3 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

4 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

5 stint   

v.节省，限制，停止；n.舍不得化，节约，限制；连续不断的一段时间从事某件事

参考例句：

• He lavished money on his children without stint.他在孩子们身上花钱毫不吝惜。
• We hope that you will not stint your criticism.我们希望您不吝指教。

6 vocal   

adj.直言不讳的；嗓音的；n.[pl.]声乐节目

参考例句：

• The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
• Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。

7 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

8 consolation   

n.安慰，慰问

参考例句：

• The children were a great consolation to me at that time.那时孩子们成了我的莫大安慰。
• This news was of little consolation to us.这个消息对我们来说没有什么安慰。

9 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

10 pundit   

n.博学之人；权威

参考例句：

• Even the outstanding excellent graduate will learn constantly if he likes to be a pundit.即使最优秀的结业生，要想成为一个博学的人也要不断地研究。
• He is a well known political pundit.他是一个著名的政治专家。

11 lucrative   

adj.赚钱的，可获利的

参考例句：

• He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
• It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。

12 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

13 sunbathing   

n.日光浴

参考例句：

• tourists sunbathing on the beach 在海滩上沐浴着阳光的游客
• We've been sunbathing on the beach. 我们一直在海滩上晒日光浴。

14 extraordinarily   

adv.格外地；极端地

参考例句：

• She is an extraordinarily beautiful girl.她是个美丽非凡的姑娘。
• The sea was extraordinarily calm that morning.那天清晨，大海出奇地宁静。

15 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

16 scrutinized   

v.仔细检查，详审( scrutinize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The jeweler scrutinized the diamond for flaws. 宝石商人仔细察看钻石有无瑕庇 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Together we scrutinized the twelve lemon cakes from the delicatessen shop. 我们一起把甜食店里买来的十二块柠檬蛋糕细细打量了一番。 来自英汉文学 - 盖茨比

17 endorse   

vt.(支票、汇票等)背书，背署；批注；同意

参考例句：

• No one is foolish enough to endorse it.没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。
• I fully endorse your opinions on this subject.我完全拥护你对此课题的主张。

18 partially   

adv.部分地，从某些方面讲

参考例句：

• The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
• The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。

19 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

20 hawkish   

adj. 鹰派的, 强硬派的

参考例句：

• My staff's advice that first day was amazingly hawkish. 在第一天，我的僚属们的意见是令人吃惊的鹰派意见。
• Antiwar groups fear Barack Obama may create hawkish Cabinet. 反战团体担心巴拉克·奥巴马可以创建强硬派内阁。