Amtrak sent a tweet Friday winking at a recent incident in which notorious loud-talking New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) got booted from the train’s quiet car on a New York-bound train for speaking too loudly.
Retweet if you still love riding/working/sleeping in the now #Twitter famous #QCar. pic.twitter.com/DYfKkSVPql
— Amtrak (@Amtrak) October 30, 2015
Christie was asked to leave the quiet car, which prohibits cell phone use and loud noise of any kind, for carrying on animated phone conversations that disturbed other patrons.
Amtrak’s social media team weren’t the only people amused by the incident. Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) gave the New Jersey governor some unsolicited advice on Twitter on Monday, telling him to “keep quiet in quiet car.” He also knocked Christie—who was reportedly drinking a McDonald’s strawberry smoothie at the time of the incident—for his beverage choice. Rangel advised Christie to stick with “real fruit.”
Unlike @GovChristie I keep quiet in quiet car & blend my own smoothie w/ real fruit (tho it 2 may not go smoothly) pic.twitter.com/lrKy0bdplr
— Charles Rangel (@cbrangel) October 26, 2015
Christie’s Quiet Car routine has got to be one of the most egregious unforced errors in American politics.
Large McDonald’s McCafe Strawberry Banana Smoothie:
344 calories
I have no love for Christie, whom I voted against twice, but Amtrak seems to be “piling on,” or gilding the lily, or whatever the appropriate saying is. Christie made a mistake, it was brought to his attention, and he addressed it by leaving the Quiet Car. Christie’s escapade can be fodder for comedians and his political opponents, but Amtrak doesn’t need to be saying anything.
You clearly have never ridden Amtrak in the Northeast Corridor. Being loud in the Quiet Car is really really unforgivable. People sometimes fight for seats in that car just to get away from big mouths like Christie.
I wish Christie would be quite all the time.
Wonder if Rangel adds Mannatech and if so will admit it?