Dallas Cowboys won the game, but Chris Christie lost the next election
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The New York Giants play their games in New Jersey.
Philadelphia, home of the Eagles, is across the bridge from New Jersey.
So it’s probably safe to say that New Jersey governor Chris Christie’s appearance in Cowboys owner Jerry Jones’ suite at Sunday’s Dallas-Detroit game didn’t sit well with some people.
Not that it mattered to Christie. He tweeted this on Monday:
For all the flak I get on my orange sweater, it’s now a perfect 5-0 @dallascowboys games. I'm not breaking that Karma http://t.co/07Dw4vpwW9
— Governor Christie (@GovChristie) January 5, 2015Christie may be an unabashed Cowboys fan, but there is a strong anti-Cowboys sentiment in the country. That could be troublessome for Christie, whose name has been floated as a potential Republican candidate for president in 2016.
As a New York Giants and Chris Christie fan, I'm very confused right now
— Dave Anastasia (@danastasia12) January 5, 2015Bookmark this Chris Christie-Jerry Jones hug for the Michigan GOP primary pic.twitter.com/m3Acq54OIx http://t.co/fuyMmzT2vv
— Adam Pasick (@Adampasick) January 5, 2015Today Chris Christie lost the vote of every South Jersey/Philly native forever. #EaglesNation MT @TotesMcGotes pic.twitter.com/g4AV9deEtc
— Las Vegas Locally (@LasVegasLocally) January 5, 2015Projected '16 electoral map for US Pres after tonight's Chris Christie appearance in #Cowboys box. #NFL @drewmagary pic.twitter.com/XyFmgqUjkO
— Matt Sabuda (@MattSabuda) January 5, 2015Chris Christie and Jerry Jones leave the Cowboys game pic.twitter.com/MTqDAnr5Fc
— Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) January 5, 2015No better reason to want the #DallasCowboys to lose than the sight of Chris Christie celebrating with Jerry Jones. pic.twitter.com/ksRkIvv47v
— ChristianChristensen (@ChrChristensen) January 5, 2015You don't win or lose a game on one bad call, but man was that a bad [non]call. You can lose a presidential election on one ugly hug though.
— Dan Wetzel (@DanWetzel) January 5, 2015Of course, Lions fans had plenty of reason to be angry after the 24-20 loss. The biggest play was the pass interference call that was rescinded for reasons unknown.
Heck, even a Cowboys player said it was a penalty:
Barry Church of the Cowboys on the pass interference called back: "I would have called it if I was the ref."
— Ebenezer Samuel (@ebenezersamuel) January 5, 2015There’s a lot of bitterness from Detroit fans.
I knew it @nfl refs after @dallascowboys game vs @Lions pic.twitter.com/JPqjRlA6wf
— hornetssuperfan (@Hornetssuperfan) January 5, 2015Refs At The Lions/Cowboys Game. pic.twitter.com/cxVSuCo8S4
— Mike Foley Jr (@MikeFoleyJr) January 5, 2015Refs at the Lions/Cowboys game like pic.twitter.com/MSRRuy2NSv
— BOH MAB (@Agent191914) January 5, 2015The referees reversed themselves and picked up the flag, still lose their game. #DETvsDAL #NFLPlayoffs #Lions pic.twitter.com/UvblpxdMh3
— Paul Walker (@PKWalk) January 5, 2015National Fixed League
— Pride Of Detroit (@PrideOfDetroit) January 5, 2015To reach Pete Grathoff, call 816-234-4330 or send email to pgrathoff@kcstar.com. Follow him at Twitter.com/pgrathoff
This story was originally published January 4, 2015 at 8:44 PM.