Christie: At least I didn't dump nachos on Cubs fan

<p>Gov. Chris Christie is reminding people he didn't dump nachos on a Chicago Cubs fan who heckled him.</p>

News 12 Staff

Aug 3, 2017, 12:53 AM

Updated 2,722 days ago

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Gov. Chris Christie is reminding people he didn't dump nachos on a Chicago Cubs fan who heckled him.
Speaking Wednesday at an event in Trenton, the Republican governor said he won't quit attending baseball games. The declaration came three days after he confronted a heckler at a Milwaukee Brewers-Cubs game.
Christie was carrying nachos when he was caught on video calling fan Brad Joseph a "big shot." Christie says Joseph heckled him once, and that he confronted him after a second jibe.
“For those of you that know me…I think I was fairly restrained. I didn’t dump the nachos on him or anything,” Christie said.
The governor said that he understands and accepts that he may get heckled or criticized when he hosts events like town hall meetings. But he said that he takes issues with people making constant comments when he is out with his family, especially from someone who isn’t a constituent.
Christie also said that 99.9 percent of the interactions he had with Milwaukee residents were pleasant.
This wasn’t the governor’s only altercation at a baseball game. Christie was loudly booed at a recent a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets after snagging a foul ball.
The Associated Press wire services contributed to this report.