Taking in a Brewers game, NJ Gov. Christie confronts heckling fan
Christie, whose son works for Brewers, was getting some nachos.
MILWAUKEE — At least he didn’t spill his nachos.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was caught on video confronting a Chicago Cubs fan at Miller Park on Sunday — a game in which the Milwaukee Brewers lost 4-2.
The video captures just the end of the confrontation — Christie leaning over and nearly in the man’s face, while, perhaps, getting some nacho cheese on his shirt.
At #Cubs #Brewers game. #ChrisChristie was getting razzed by fans, so he got in the face of one of them. 5:30 on @WISN12News pic.twitter.com/sx8euMgFy2
— Ben Hutchison (@BennyHutch) July 30, 2017
WISN12 reporter Ben Hutchinson recorded the end of the confrontation with the fan, Brad Joseph. The two are related and Hutchinson had Joseph fill in the blanks:
“When he initially was going up the stairs I yelled his name. He was quite a bit passed me, and 30 feet away I yelled his name and told him that he sucked. … I called him a hypocrite because I thought it needed to be said. He turned around back towards me and got in my face for what seemed like a long time, but was probably only about 30 seconds or a minute. (He) was yelling at me. First he told me, ‘Why don’t you have another beer?’ which I thought was a decent come back, and I thought that was kind of funny. Then he started calling me a tough guy.”
Christie’s son, Andrew, works for the Brewers. The governor took in two games over the weekend, including Friday’s series-opener.
The heckling is another incident that further’s the argument that Christie isn’t cut out for, if not just sports, perhaps the public eye completely. The governor was a candidate to take over for longtime WFAN sports talk radio host Mike Francesa in New York.
Christie apparently has a hard time dealing with some backlash, whether it’s on the radio, where he told a caller off saying he was a “bum” and a “communist.”
Christie isn’t very popular in New Jersey and it only got worse when he was forced to shut down the government. During that time, New Jersey had to close a beach, in which Christie was spotted using. But that wasn’t the worst part. He then denied that he was ever out there.
https://t.co/x6x6JIQQZt –Residents hate Chris Christie even more after beach day https://t.co/1pRkI3VO0d pic.twitter.com/ExFVvY5sdB
— The GOSS BO$$ (@GossBossFans) July 10, 2017
And, there’s, of course, “Bridgegate.”
But, back to baseball, his getting heckled by a fan isn’t the first incident at an MLB game. Here’s Christie loudly booed July 18 at Citi Field after grabbing a foul ball at a St. Louis Cardinals-New York Mets game.
Chris Christie catches a foul ball at a baseball game & instead of cheers, he was heavily booed. Me likey. ??pic.twitter.com/aNqcIfepnJ
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) July 19, 2017
