New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) may have been taken hostage by Donald Trump’s campaign on Super Tuesday, at least according to Twitter.
Social media lit up on Tuesday night with merciless mocking of Christie’s stone-faced appearance next to Trump during the real estate mogul’s news conference at his Mar-A-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
After briefly introducing the GOP frontrunner, who he endorsed in a surprise announcement last week, the New Jersey governor stood silently next to Trump through a press event that lasted almost an hour. Twitter users joked that it looked as though Christie was forced onto the stage as punishment for his belated endorsement of a man he once called a “carnival barker.”
View some of the best tweets below:
governor christie, blink three times if trump is holding you hostage
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) March 2, 2016
Gonna need Chris Christie to hold up a copy of today’s newspaper to prove this is not a prerecorded hologram hostage video
— Tim Mak (@timkmak) March 2, 2016
Christie looks like one of those guys on the Death Star terrified of being choked to death by Darth Vader pic.twitter.com/oqkJ2j6fic
— Future Exile 2016 (@Bro_Pair) March 2, 2016
It’s like he’s trying to call for help through the screen pic.twitter.com/XfuEaOR8i1
— Jack Mirkinson (@jackmirkinson) March 2, 2016
This Chris Christie video is perfect https://t.co/snhLeictre
— Rob Tornoe (@RobTornoe) March 2, 2016
That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the spotlight
Losing my religion pic.twitter.com/1ZkAMG9KcV— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) March 2, 2016
when it’s school picture day and you know mom bought the deluxe package but you’d rather be at recess pic.twitter.com/s9X3UdRJeq
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) March 2, 2016
“Are you happy to be up there with Mr. Trump, governor?” pic.twitter.com/IozdXe1uIu
— Dan Eggen (@DanEggenWPost) March 2, 2016
There’s just one question on Chris Christie’s mind. #SuperTuesday pic.twitter.com/sSDnCXgxBE
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) March 2, 2016
I say … Fat Chance ! —
He’d just rather be at the buffet —
Off course not, just taking advantage of the SS to protect him. Christie just made a lot of enemies. Of the foaming in the mouth kind.
Drumpf just dropped him off at a Golden Corral with a gold AMEX.
Big Chicken looked like a Mafia don… Or a bouncer in a bar…Boy, does he want to be Attorney General for Trump…