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. 

“Get In The Plane And Go Home. It's Over There. Go Home.”

Millington, TN—At a Trump rally yesterday, Chris Christie climbed the steps of the stage set up inside a hangar with Trump’s corporate airplane in plain view.  After about two minutes of praising the presidential front-runner and poking fun at rival Rubio, an open mic caught Trump telling Christie to “get in the plane and go home.  It’s over there.  Go home.”  It was a humiliating way of saying that the also-ran was nothing more than an opening act.  As someone on Twitter opined, “…the political equivalent of leaving the money on the nightstand.”

A Trump spokesperson did not respond to requests for an explanation.  Hours later, however, Trump Social Media Director and Senior Adviser Dan Scavino tweeted:

.@realDonaldTrump told @ChrisChristie to go home (as was planned) to be with family tonight. Being blown out of proportion, BIG LEAGUE!!

— Dan Scavino (@DanScavino) February 28, 2016

All Trump needs to do to win my vote is tell Christie to go get his shinebox. And you know what? He might do it.

— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) February 28, 2016

Even better than Trump not offering Christie a job would be watching him get Borked for AG

— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) February 28, 2016

@allahpundit If Trump wins it all and then doesn't give Christie a job, I may die of laughter.

— Harold Stickeehands (@StickeeNotes) February 28, 2016