Chris Christie Gets Booed ‘Loudly’ During Actual Horse Race In New Jersey

Aug. 2, 2015 - Oceanport, NJ, U.S. - NJ Governor CHRIS CHRISTIE speaks with owner AHMED ZAYAT in the paddock before 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah with Victor Espinoza up and trained by Bob Baffert wins th... Aug. 2, 2015 - Oceanport, NJ, U.S. - NJ Governor CHRIS CHRISTIE speaks with owner AHMED ZAYAT in the paddock before 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah with Victor Espinoza up and trained by Bob Baffert wins the William Hill Haskell Invitational (Grade 1), Monmouth Park Racetrack, Sunday August 2, 2015. (Cal Sport Media via AP Images) MORE LESS
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It was not a good day at the races Sunday for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R).

The Republican presidential candidate was on hand for the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey, where he presented a trophy to first-place finisher American Pharoah’s handlers. While the crowd of more than 60,000 cheered for the Triple Crown winner, the governor elicited “long,” “loud,” “sustained” booing, according to NJ.com.

The record-setting crowd booed yet again when Christie’s name was brought up in the American Pharoah team’s victory speech, according to the news site.

Twitter was alight with schadenfreude:

The booing reflected a spate of bad polls for the New Jersey governor in recent months. An April Quinnipiac poll showed that 65 percent of New Jersey residents thought their governor wouldn’t make a good President. In response, Christie told Fox News’ Megyn Kelly that “a lot of those people in that 65 percent want me to stay” on as governor.

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  1. You knew who this buffoon was, but you re-elected him in a landslide anyway. Your crappy state got what it asked for.

  2. He thought they were oohing and ahing over his tan…

  3. But people don’t want him to run for president because they want him to remain in New Jersey…right?

  4. They weren’t booing. They were chanting, “Get lost you fat piece of shit.”

  5. This is schadenfreude on steroids. But all of them are acting out in the craziest way possible because August 6. LOOK AT ME!

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