Chris Christie says Trump wants the GOP to be the 'party of me,' where 'everything has to be about him'

Donald Trump supported ex-Sen. David Perdue and Chris Christie both supported Brian Kemp in the Georgia Republican gubernatorial primary.

Kemp, who was elected on a conservative platform and with the then-blessing of Trump, fought vigorously to win reelection as his party's nominee, brushing aside complaints from Trump that the governor didn't.

The governor, who has spent nearly four years signing conservative pieces of legislation into law, won the Tuesday GOP primary in a landslide, capturing nearly 74 percent of the vote, compared to 22 percent for Perdue.

At one time, the thought of a Trump-backed candidate performing so poorly would have been unthinkable, but according to Christie, a former two-term Republican governor, ex-US attorney, and onetime close ally of the former president.

Christie and other Kemp allies basked in their candidate's overwhelming victory against Perdue.

While most Republicans are aware that Trump still wields enormous influence within the party, they also believe that the former president is trying to avenge his onetime allies. As the GOP looks to the next two presidential elections, some think it's a bad idea.

Christie told the publication that they have to decide if they want to be the party of me or the party of us.

Christie and Trump ran against each other during the 2016 Republican presidential primaries, but the two men have a long history.

Christie hoped that his blunt-talking style would earn him votes among the party&s conservative base, since he had a record of winning a state that is solidly blue on the presidential level.

Christie maintained close ties with the president after he took office, despite turning down several Cabinet positions. He helped Trump prepare for the debates against Biden.

Christie became a critic of the Trump campaign's legal strategy after the Supreme Court declined to take up a GOP-backed lawsuit brought by Texas.

Christie said that the Supreme Court was not taking this because of a lack of courage. There is a lack of evidence and a lack of legal theories that make sense.