Mortal Again: Christie Blocked at VIP Entrance to Newark Airport

[brooklynite]

Source: Bloomberg

Meet Chris Christie, former New Jersey governor and current nobody at Newark Liberty International Airport.

The two-term Republican, who left office on Jan. 16, was blocked from a VIP entrance he had used for eight years, and directed to stand in Transportation Security Administration screening lines at Terminal B like anyone else, according to a person familiar with the incident.

The order came from police for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport, according to the person, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly about security matters. The Port Authority also operates the George Washington Bridge, the target of a plot by Christie aides and allies to tie up traffic for political punishment in 2013.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-18/mortal-again-christie-blocked-at-vip-entrance-to-newark-airport

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The question being: why did he think he deserved to use the "VIP" entrance?

[lagomorph777]

1. Perhaps when he got the Port Authority tangled up in Bridgegate, he made a few enemies.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/26/politics/bridgegate-chris-christie-port-authority-fort-lee/index.html

Newark (CNN) — Former Port Authority executives and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie staffers planned to make the traffic from the September 2013 lane closures at the George Washington Bridge "as bad as possible," according to testimony heard in federal court Monday.

David Wildstein, former Port Authority director of Interstate Capital Projects, testified that in June 2013, Bridget Kelly, Christie's former deputy chief of staff, was upset that their office had not secured the endorsement of the Democratic mayor of Fort Lee New Jersey, Mark Sokolich, for Christie's reelection campaign.

Wildstein, who has previously pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to commit fraud on federally funded property and one civil rights violation, told Kelly that shutting down access lanes to the George Washington Bridge to put some political pressure on Sokolich was an option, according to his testimony.

[BigmanPigman]

18. That is what I thought of immediately.

That is perfect Karma! Love it!

[Merlot]

56. Karma? christies aids go to jail and he gets off scott free?

[TrollBuster9090]

41. Alternatively, they might have been worried he was carrying some disease...

He'd just been to a Trump rally. Since he hadn't had his shots, they turned him around, and made him stay in a TENT in the parking lot for a month.

[not fooled]

43. And I remain convinced

that christie knew all about Bridgegate while it was unfolding. He just managed to slither away, leaving his subordinates to face the consequences. Typical puke rat bastard.

And never forget that at one point the media was lionizing this guy and making him out to be presidential, when he actually was just a bully and tool.



And, yeah, I'd bet the Port Authority would have continued to extend VIP access as a courtesy to a former governor, if he hadn't screwed with them. Yes, karma is sweet!

[LakeArenal]

50. Supported by Anne Coulter....

You know that’s a curse.

[shenmue]

2. Haaaaahaaaa

[Baitball Blogger]

4. +1

[Afromania]

8. I would like to add a hearty

muwaaahaahahahahahhahahhahhahahahahhaa............................................(deep breath) muwaaahaahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaahhhhaaaaaaaaaa. Yea...

[FreepFryer]

3. I wont deny I just experienced a major schadenfreude happy dance. (n/t)

[Cha]

23. Ha.. I find myself smiling

reading the news..

poor Christie.. how long have we waited for this?

[FreepFryer]

24. My man Chris will never catch a flight on time out of Newark ever again...

...Might as well move to Long Island.

[Weed Man]

34. I would suggest a long and thorough cavity search every time Christie flies out.

Make him feel, um, very uncomfortable.

[FreepFryer]

35. My favorite part of that article is the deliciously deadpan last sentence...

The Port Authority also operates the George Washington Bridge, the target of a plot by Christie aides and allies to tie up traffic for political punishment in 2013.

Jersey sweet

[Weed Man]

37. I fly to and out of LGA

So I have a lot of respect for their hard work.

[FreepFryer]

38. Same here, and lately it's a WAY safer bet than JFK (n/t)

[FreepFryer]

28. Q: WHERE ARE THE BEACH CHAIR / TSA RUBBER GLOVE WAITING IN LINE MEMES?!?!?!?! (n/t)

[hibbing]

5. I'm suprised there isn't video of him bullying the employees n/t

[They_Live]

33. Yeah, really

and with his gloating wife standing next to him as bullies and yells at people.

[C Moon]

42. The look on his wife's face would be priceless.

[mpcamb]

6. Do a cavity search.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

11. It would take too long

Think of the other people in line having to wait all that time.

[Duppers]

30. Good one!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

12. Cruel and unusual punishment!

For the person performing it!

[Norbert10]

22. Check between the rolls!

[not fooled]

44. Hahaha good one

[Marie Marie]

32. ...

[Old Vet]

7. Whoa, That had to hurt. Karma is a bitch......

[jmowreader]

9. Terminal B?

Uhh...folks...there are three terminals at Newark.

Terminal C is 100-percent taken up by United Airlines, who manages Terminals A and C.

Terminal A is domestic service for all other airlines.

Terminal B is 100-percent international service.

https://www.airport-ewr.com/newark-terminals

Why, exactly, is Chris Christie leaving the country?

[BeyondGeography]

14. Thats not quite right

https://www.airport-ewr.com/newark-departures-terminal-B

I’ve used that terminal for domestic flights before. It’s all domestic until the evening, then it’s international. Looks like flights that originate from overseas and connect through EWR to other destinations in the US also go through there.

[BobTheSubgenius]

31. Who knows, and, really...as long as he does leave...

...who cares why?

[longship]

10. MWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAAA!

One can presume that the odds of him getting a cavity search were not zero.

[Pachamama]

29. +1000 more MWA-HA-HA'S!

[Liberalagogo]

13. He can always use the entrance

where they load cargo. They might have a crane or three.

[Gothmog]

15. This makes me smile

[ToxMarz]

16. He believed that VIP stood for

Voluminous Ill-tempered Persons

[herding cats]

17. This brought a smile to my lips. 😄

Poor Christie, no more VIP treatment for you. Oh, and those private beach parties are a thing of the past now, too.

[left-of-center2012]

19. "Don't you know who I am?"

"Yes. That's why you have to get in line like everyone else."

[lagomorph777]

21. Yes, but we'll let you through anyway, if you wait your turn.

[Weed Man]

36. ...after we let everyone more important through

*lets homeless guy through because *somehow* he got a ticket to an exotic location*

[Le Gaucher]

20. Really?? It's a scandal. It's a VIP Gate-gate !!!

[NastyRiffraff]

25. All I can do is snicker

Schadenfreude feels great!

[montanacowboy]

26. Karma for Bridgegate

The arc of justice you know

bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[topnotch62907]

27. Blocked the entrance?

Was it because he couldn't fit through the security?

[TrollBuster9090]

39. Time For Some Traffic Problems In Atlantic City.

And no, I don't think Christie bullied the employees that blocked him. I think he's going to be the NICEST MAN in Jersey, now that his security detail is no longer standing behind him.

No more chasing after people, shouting "You're a real BIG SHOT" while dressed as TWEEDLE-DEE, and carrying an ice cream cone.

[MrPurple]

51. 'You're a real big shot' is the same thing he yelled at the guy he argued with at the Cubs game

Crispy Creme at least needs some more comebacks. Because now that he has to go in public as a private citizen, he's going to need them.

[NBachers]

40. Ship him out through the Cargo Terminal.

[crazycatlady]

45. If he's flying coach

I feel for the person sitting next to him.

[DoctorJoJo]

46. Wish I Had Been There To Taunt Him!

[tanyev]

47. Like a common prole?

That's got to hurt.

[Honeycombe8]

48. Hmmm. Wouldn't being a former Guv qualify you as a VIP?

In any case, time for the special to be treated like what they really are: just people like the rest of us. This isn't a kingdom, and NJ wasn't his fiefdom.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

49. Nice.

I used to work at DCA, Washington National Airport, and certain politicians were total assholes. Not to mention some of the aides and assistants to some of them likewise total assholes.

It occasionally gave us great satisfaction to be able to apply the rules to those jerks.

[PatrickforO]

52. How the mighty have fallen.

I keep waiting to see how Christie looks in that orange jumpsuit.

[yurbud]

53. blocked or stuck in?

[MaryMagdaline]

54. Sometimes I love Jersey 💕💕

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[NNadir]

58. I love it all the time, having moved here in 1993 from California.

Best place ever, especially after getting rid of Christie.

[MaryMagdaline]

65. Congratulations on being Christie-free!!

[BobTheSubgenius]

55. He should get back on that chair

and see if he can stop the tide from rolling right over him. Canute got nothin' on our boy Chris.

[DFW]

57. In 1962, Nixon told the press they wouldn't have him to kick around any more

Less than 7 years later, he was inaugurated.

Never forget--good things (far more than they deserve) happen to bad people, too.

[diva77]

59. I wonder what other expired perks he'll try to take advantage of ...

[Upthevibe]

60. THIS MAKES MY DAY!!! n/t

[Nitram]

61. Yes!

[samplegirl]

62. Welcome to

Being nothing more than the big fat blob that you are!

[dlk]

63. Couldn't Happen to a More Deserving Guy

[SummerSnow]

64. Cause he is self absorbed, bully,narcissistic, evil vile person