The point is not that Christie was annoyed with Donna Brazile. It's why he was annoyed with her.
Christie, a Republican, said "I was pro-life [it's unknown to me if this is strictly true] governor in New Jersey, which is one of the most pro-choice states in America." I don't know how Christie would know if NJ is one of the most pro-choice states in America, but let's assume either that it's up there, or that he recognized enough pro-choice sentiment among his constituents that he used this assertion to make a point.
"'But you weren't attempting to ban abortion in NJ', ABC host Jonathan Karl noted."
"I wasn't, but John -- your personal views were, I mean, I was very clear about my personal views, though...And if people believe it comes from your heart and that you have a legitimate, not a political explanation for what you're doing, lots of people, not all voters, but lots of people will say to you, all right, we can disagree on that one."
So, Christie gets it. He understands. He's entitled to his "personal views," and his constituents are entitled to theirs. And since his personal views are personal to him, and his constituents don't agree, and they're his constituents, then he didn't try to impose his personal views on them. This is as it should be.
Republican legislators are in the midst of being offered a very arresting lesson in what happens when you go against the voters' wishes, and most of them still don't get it. Ann Coulter does. Chris Christie did. But most of them don't seem to. Whether it's about abortion access or gun control, for which most Americans are pleading, Republican legislators, to the extent there still are any, don't get it. They're so filled with unexplained rage, and intoxicated with what power they still have, that they can't smell the increasingly suffocating smoke.
I've read some reports that say that it might take 50 years for Republicans to recover from the beat-down some pundits say they're going to get in November next year. And they'll have no one to blame but themselves. It has just now been determined that they can't blame Dominion. And that massive settlement was to ward off the smaller lawsuit against them (FoxNews).
There has reportedly been some talk that Disney might demolish Disney World, and leave Florida over Ronnie DeSantis' insane and raging attempts to punish and dominate (punish Disney World for saying gay). I wonder how much revenue flows to the state from visitors to Disney World. If they do leave, I wonder if DeSantis will personally make up the lost revenue. All because DeSantis can't listen to anyone, including that he can't listen to Chris Christie.
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