'The View' hosts erupt on anti-Trump Chris Christie refusing to back Biden: 'You cannot throw away your vote!'

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Former New Jersey Republican governor and longtime Trump critic Chris Christie faced backlash from co-hosts of "The View" after declaring that he would not vote for either former President Donald Trump or President Joe Biden.

In the wake of Trump’s choice of JD Vance as his running mate and his RNC acceptance speech on Thursday night, Christie argued on Friday that the former Republican president had failed his "chance to be unifying," arguing he could have picked someone like Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin as his vice president.

"I know you’re not voting for Trump, would you vote for a Democratic ticket?" show co-host Ana Navarro asked shortly afterward.

"Right now, I’m not voting for either. I’m just not. I can’t. One guy is completely mentally incompetent to do the job —" Christie replied as the co-hosts erupted.

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"But you have to vote!" co-host Joy Behar argued.

"No, I’m gonna vote down ticket. I don’t have to vote [for president], no!" Christie said, standing his ground, as one co-host could be heard telling him, "Yes, you do."

"You cannot throw away your vote! I asked you the last time you were on, Chris, and you’re gonna sit this one out?" co-host