New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) brother Todd fired back Sunday night at local football fans who were angered by Christie’s support for the Dallas Cowboys NFL team.
“To all of those non Cowboy fans who have their panties in a ringer because the Governor of NJ is a Cowboys fan—GET A LIFE !!!” Todd Christie wrote in a Facebook post. “The Gov has been a Cowboys fan for his entire life and ALL of you would sit with the owner of your favorite team in a heartbeat if given the chance.”
He added that the governor’s critics should be more worried “about the fact that your sorry ass team has never won a Super Bowl and less about who’s rooting for which team.”
Christie previously leapt to his brother’s defense amid the ongoing coverage of last year’s scandal involving lane closures on the George Washington Bridge in September 2013.
He was motivated to take to social media again Sunday when social media erupted over a hug the governor shared with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones (after failing to complete a high-five) at AT&T Stadium in Texas while celebrating the team’s playoff win over the Detroit Lions.
Chris Christie has been a lifelong Cowboys fan, which puts the potential 2016 presidential contender at odds with New Jersey residents who root for the New York Giants, the New York Jets or the Philadelphia Eagles.
For anyone NOT from NJ wondering about Gov Christie?? North Jersey roots Jets/Giants, South Jersey roots Eagles..WHOLE state hates Cowboys!
— Bob Wischusen (@espnbob) January 5, 2015
Christie’s Monday checklist: close down NJ Turnpike by burning Springsteen CDs, celebrate by hugging Jason Kidd/buying Red Sox season tix
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) January 5, 2015
Projected ’16 electoral map for US Pres after tonight’s Chris Christie appearance in #Cowboys box. #NFL @drewmagary pic.twitter.com/XyFmgqUjkO
— Matt Sabuda (@MattSabuda) January 5, 2015
I agree with Christie’s brother. Anyone who goes to social media to hurl insults is a fat loser.
Well if the best one’s bro can do is a string of 1970’s platitudes he ought to tell the fool to shut up. But if Christie wants anything close to a fighting chance in 2016 he NEEDS to tell the fool to shut up. You’d think the Cowboy’s thing would be kept on the hush. He can meet the owner privately and tell his brother not to put his out of state loyalties on a billboard. That’s ‘presidential’.
Other than to serve as a max calibration standard for a stupid meter I cannot see what bro thought he was doing.
Actually, no, I have no interest in sitting next to the owner of my football team. Why sit with a rich, out-of-touch old man? I think most fans would jump at the chance of sitting with a team’s players. But the owners? Really?
I don’t particularly care who Christie roots for in the playoffs, but I did find that “dancing man sandwich” after the winning touchdown a tad revolting.
You know, that footage is really, really bad for Christie. Not because the Governor of NJ is a Cowboys fan. There are Cowboys fans all over, including throughout New Jersey. No, it’s because…
… completely mischaracterizes what you see there. Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey and potential candidate for President of the Unites States, glomming onto someone else’s celebratory hug after being dissed on the high-five. And the guy he’s hugging, Jerry Jones, clearly doesn’t give a rat’s ass about celebrating with him. This guy wants to be in charge - of a State, of the Country, either way, he wants to be in power over other human beings. And here he is acting like a kid who doesn’t have a lot of friends, and is desperately seeking the popular kid’s approval. The popular kid, of course, is ignoring him, and all anyone else will see is ‘yup, he’s a loser’.
These optics are terrible for Christie.