After one heck of a long haul, Super Tuesday ended with a few surprises, but still landed in Donald Trump’s favor. Trump proclaimed victory in Palm Springs, Florida with Chris Christie doing the introductory honors: “It’s not a campaign, it’s a movement.” The endorser seemed depressed enough last week after the “big announcement,” and he’s since grown defensive. Perhaps that attitude switch had something to do with this “get in the plane and go home” directive from Saturday night. Trump didn’t let him spend the night!
Now, Christie’s moved to the next stage of political grief. He did his intro duty, but Christie appeared to have misplaced his soul. So, as Trump yammered on about “very nasty” Rubio, who’s “the big loser of the night” (despite winning Minnesota), Christie looked like he wanted the Earth to open, vomit up those spidery critters from Cloverfield, and put him out of his GOP misery. Trump told a reporter, “I feel awfully good” about being the presumptive nominee, and folks assume that Christie is the presumptive vice-presidential nominee. As Trump vowed to get along with Paul Ryan’s poker face (“or he’s gonna have to pay a big price”), Christie’s morbid realization came full circle.
https://twitter.com/nately/status/704878018402062337
An even closer look will make Christie’s feelings undeniable.
https://twitter.com/JGreenDC/status/704865295274545152
What’s that? Right. Will Arnett has a good take on this moment.
I've made a huge mistake https://t.co/0SmXvCM9Rm
— Will Arnett™ (@arnettwill) March 2, 2016
Chris Christie appears to be marinating in a stew of remorse.
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) March 2, 2016
Chris Christie, blink twice if you need someone to come save you.
— Lauren Kelley (@lauren_kelley) March 2, 2016
Christie enthusiasm level: hostage video.
— Matt Duss (@mattduss) March 2, 2016
Christie’s normally boisterous mood has disappeared, which makes this ‘shop job seem all too accurate yet hilarious.
https://twitter.com/BenHowe/status/704866184030769152
Make no mistake, the dude looks seriously depressed.
Chris Christie on the inside. pic.twitter.com/PyL8HPaSce
— Adam Smith (@asmith83) March 2, 2016
Perhaps there’s some honest-to-god mind control at work.
https://twitter.com/xeni/status/704863531686977537
https://twitter.com/germanrlopez/status/704860131482275841
Christie introducing Trump like… pic.twitter.com/8uzehlVpdh
— Noah Mallin (@NoahMallin) March 2, 2016
Things only got worse for Christie as Twitter kept the reactions going.
It's like he's trying to call for help through the screen pic.twitter.com/XfuEaOR8i1
— Jack Mirkinson (@jackmirkinson) March 2, 2016
Christie's face. Dear God.
— Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) March 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/BobbyBigWheel/status/704860580016988161
Right below the chyron, Christie holding today's newspaper, says Trump is treating him well. pic.twitter.com/w5nurq4sfD
— Adrian Carrasquillo (@Carrasquillo) March 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/resnikoff/status/704859734332063744
Christie has the look of the damned.
— Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) March 2, 2016
What in the world is going through this man's head right now? pic.twitter.com/Pei7KgGNLg
— Joe Posnanski (@JPosnanski) March 2, 2016
#FreeChrisChristie RT @Khanoisseur: “MY GOD WHAT HAVE I DONE?”https://t.co/vXKz2wnLqu
— Ryan Molnar (@Ryan_Molnar) March 2, 2016
https://twitter.com/erikmal/status/704859326280654849
If you missed the full Trump victory speech, here’s further video evidence that Chris Christie regrets everything.