His departure could make room for Nikki Haley to grow her support in New Hampshire, where Christie had grabbed a slice of anti-Trump Republican voters.
Y'all talking shit about the man yet he's the only candidate up there calling out the others for their subservience to Trump and their march towards fascism, I appreciate Christie, he still sucks as a person, but far less than any of these Republican Trump Qultists.
Of course, but he's been especially strong in his statements that he was going to stay in the race no matter what. It's not hard to pivot away from questions about your viability, and he chose to go completely the other way.
Not really going away though, he already started his 'Ronald Reagan was great' book tour in the last debate by plugging it hard in his closing argument (or his whole run was part of the book tour, does anyone really care)