‘He’s becoming crazier’: Christie blasts Trump for remarks on Putin, immigrants

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie laid into Donald Trump on Sunday, after the former president quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin and also claimed immigrants were “poisoning the blood of our country” during a New Hampshire rally Saturday.

Trump gets “worse and worse by the day,” Christie said during an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“He's becoming crazier. And now he's citing Vladimir Putin as a character witness, a guy who is a murderous thug all around the world,” the Republican presidential hopeful said Sunday.

Trump pulled inspiration from Putin during a rally in Durham, New Hampshire, on Saturday, quoting the Russian leader saying that the indictments against Trump undercut the United States’ position on the world stage as an exemplar of democracy. The former president also told the crowd that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country,” as a deal over border security hangs in the balance in Congress.

“He's disgusting,” Christie said. “And what he's doing is dog-whistling to Americans who feel absolutely under stress and strain from the economy and from the conflicts around the world.”

It wasn’t just Trump who Christie criticized Sunday. He also slammed the members of Congress who have endorsed Trump in his attempt to retake the White House, and he knocked former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley for saying that Trump is still fit to serve.

“You're telling me that someone who says that immigrants are poisoning the blood of this country, someone who says Vladimir Putin is a character witness is fit to be president of the United States, was the right president at the right time? Nikki Haley should be ashamed of herself,” Christie said.