Chris Christie: “It makes him a martyr. You know, he is very good at playing poor me, poor me.”

The selection of Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio as Mr. Trump's running mate doubles down on the portion of the party already completely devoted to him rather than reaches out to the broader party and beyond.

In one respect I think the Biden White House would have been happier if he had been charged than for that report to have come out in the midst of a reelection campaign.

I think the other politics that people don't think about is the small p -- politics of this.

he thinks it will help him politically against President Biden.