Republican Pledge to Back 2024 Nominee Draws Growing Criticism

  • Christie, Hutchinson express reservations on Sunday talk shows
  • Trump’s indictments focus attention on party leaders’ policy
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Republican presidential contender Chris Christie said the Republican National Committee’s requirement for candidates to support the eventual 2024 nominee is a “useless idea,” adding to criticism following the indictments of GOP front-runner Donald Trump.

“It’s only the era of Donald Trump that you need somebody to sign something on a pledge,” the former New Jersey governor said in on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday. “So I think it’s a bad idea.”