Former Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie, in his first interview since leaving the 2024 race last month, is addressing how a hot mic moment partially overshadowed the final moments of his campaign.
“I’ll tell you, George, it was a complete mistake,” Christie said in an exclusive interview with “Good Morning America” co-anchor George Stephanopoulos that aired on Tuesday.
Minutes before he told a room full of supporters that he was ending his bid for the White House, Christie was heard on the event’s livestream telling his New Hampshire state director that former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, one of his rivals, was “gonna get smoked” and was “not up to this.”
Christie told Stephanopoulos that it was his son Andrew, who was watching from the Dominican Republic, who called and told him, “Hot mic! Hot mic! Hot mic!”
