It snowed in the northeastern part of the country on Thursday, causing traffic and mass transit problems for millions of people. And former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wasn’t happy about how it affected his commute.
“It took me 5 hours and 40 minutes to travel from Piscataway to Mendham. #snowmess,” he tweeted on Thursday night, quote tweeting current New Jersey governor Phil Murphy.
It took me 5 hours and 40 minutes to travel from Piscataway to Mendham. #snowmess https://t.co/7jhstTjfgX
— Chris Christie (@GovChristie) November 16, 2018
Of course, Christie complaining about traffic problems was considered ironic by many people given the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal—which was known as “Bridgegate” and featured the “time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee” email—mired much of Christie’s second term as governor.
The need to dunk on Christie for complaining about traffic appears to be widespread.
As of Friday morning, the former governor’s tweet had been thoroughly ratioed—with more than 2,000 replies compared to just 178 retweets and 690 likes.
Wow, traffic jams really suck, huh? https://t.co/8JrerWpONL
— jordan (@JordanUhl) November 16, 2018
Bridge closed? https://t.co/aVTgheXdGb
— Polly Sigh (@dcpoll) November 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/EvanRomano/status/1063447317209075713
Self awareness not his strong suit. https://t.co/qDksxcr5bx
— John James (@musicman495) November 16, 2018
almost as bad as the traffic in Fort Lee, (former) Gov https://t.co/ZFQkmVeM5i
— Drord (they/he) (@Polit_eurOpines) November 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/vonHoodrich/status/1063445256551702529
https://twitter.com/pjschrenk/status/1063432522699284480
Like the streets of Fort Lee, NJ on September 9, 2013. https://t.co/zBsxpJXbVb
— JHWBB 🇺🇦 (@JaneHWBB) November 16, 2018
Might as well just tweet asking people to ratio you. https://t.co/0cJ5toYxeT
— Machine Pun Kelly 🇺🇦 (@KellyScaletta) November 16, 2018
I bet most everyone in NJ can agree on one thing this morning…you sitting in 5+ of traffic is the one bright spot in the nightmare that was yesterdays commute. https://t.co/33hrCdYfFM
— Cyndi Cicero (@CynCi) November 16, 2018
Because of the snow, the George Washington Bridge did also have traffic problems on Thursday.
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