New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, seen last week asking a Chicago Cubs fan if he wanted to “start something” at a Milwaukee Brewers game, is saying that he handled himself quite well — and that things could have been a lot worse.
Christie brought up the altercation during a news conference in his home state and said that he was proud of how well he handled the situation.
“For those of you who know me, I was very restrained,” Christie said, according to a Politico report. “I didn’t dump the nachos on him or anything, which I think was an option.”
“When I’m at a baseball game with my son on a Sunday afternoon, I do have a right to sit there and enjoy the game,” he added. “You get one shot to call me a name or curse me out. And I gave him that first shot to do that, but when you go at it a second time, you’re going to get a response.”
Christie added that he’d still be attending baseball games, despite the embarrassing altercation.
But Christie’s admission is stunning, if you think about it: The sitting governor of a state considered assaulting a baseball fan who heckled him. Although Christie would have had to put down his nachos to do that — and watching the video, Christie appears unwilling to set down the nachos.
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 (@Ben__Hutchison) July 30, 2017
That’s one way to throw yourself out of the old ballgame. But maybe it’s time for Christie to just be the bigger man.
