Dejected Chris Christie: I’m Not Livid At Being Passed Over For VP

Chris Christie was spotted near the front row on the floor of the RNC Convention in Cleveland yesterday.  Because John McCormack of The Hill had reported overhearing a conversation with an unidentified man and Trump Campaign Manager Paul Manafort in which Manafort said Christie was “livid” he’d been passed over for the VP slot, CNN’s Dana Bash interviewed him for his reaction.  

Our cub reporter juuuust happened to be there moments before the cameras started rolling and captured poor Chris with his shinebox just before putting it down to make nice for the televised interview.

Watch pitiful "Shinebox" Christie interview with CNN https://t.co/bHTQiD9piC

— PoliticalClownParade (@Carry_That_Load) July 19, 2016

He thinks he's going to be Trump's transition manager.  Meh. 

“Kiwi” Christie

Is this all I get for selling my soul?

I read with great amusement the story told at The Weekly Standard by John McCormack who was minding his own business at the Starbuck’s inside the Westin Hotel only to overhear a conversation with Trump’s campaign manager Paul Manafort about his VP pick.

"Christie was livid, right?" the man said at one point. "Yeah," Manafort replied.

I remember last March when poor “Kiwi Chris” fell into a kind of “cupcake trance” as he stood behind Trump at a rally in Florida.  From that point forward Christie was mercilessly mocked as “Shinebox”.

Chris Christie is awkwardly adapting to a new role: Donald Trump’s Yes Man https://t.co/CckEAwx8t6 pic.twitter.com/EMcytbI23P

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 2, 2016

Chris "Shinebox" Christie looks like he's reading a hostage statement.

— jon gabriel (@exjon) March 2, 2016

Doesn't Gov Christie kind of look like Stains the #cupcake dog? Aa! pic.twitter.com/iep6bomXds

— Alex Almendrades (@alexalmendrades) March 2, 2016

Christie has made no secret that he was disappointed he wasn't chosen to be Trump's running mate. "[I] don't like coming in second. Ever." But the conversation overheard suggests Christie's feelings were far more intense than mere disappointment.