Chris Christie and Chris Christie in the Republican Presidential Primary

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"I'm convinced that people want leaders that appeal to the best of America and not simply appeal to our worst instincts," he says. "There's a lot of people like Christie like these other candidates who say, well, I can break through and be the anti-Trump candidate."

The entrepreneur is running a longshot campaign for the GOP nomination on an “American nationalist,” anti-“woke capitalism” platform. Semafor’s Dave Weigel explains why so many Republicans now think they have a chance at the crown.

This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King.

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