--- title: Watch Chris Christie Bear Hug Jerry Jones After the Dallas Cowboys Win description: Add Chris Christie's enthusiastic support of the Cowboys to the list of the presidential hopeful's wisecrack-inducing traits. canonical: https://time.com/3653411/chris-christie-dallas-cowboys/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-05T13:41:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-01T09:02:26.048Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Chris Christie Bear Hug Jerry Jones After the Dallas Cowboys Win og:description: The governor of New Jersey likes the team from Texas. og:url: https://time.com/3653411/chris-christie-dallas-cowboys/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75fcb794cb9d05b2/6987780ecd6848c94f098e88/chris-christie-dallas-cowboys.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Chris Christie Dallas Cowboys og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Chris Christie Bear Hug Jerry Jones After the Dallas Cowboys Win twitter:description: The governor of New Jersey likes the team from Texas. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75fcb794cb9d05b2/6987780ecd6848c94f098e88/chris-christie-dallas-cowboys.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Chris Christie Bear Hug Jerry Jones After the Dallas Cowboys Win > Sponsored content. 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Chris Christie and Jerry Jones Hug_  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jan 5, 2015 1:41 PM UTC Chris Christie and Jerry Jones Hug  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jan 5, 2015 1:41 PM UTC New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s is catching heat for his enthusiastic support of the Dallas Cowboys. Television cameras captured Christie, a longtime Cowboys fan, gleefully hugging team owner Jerry Jones after the squad came back to win their first-round playoff game Sunday. The mockery of the 2016 presidential hopeful began immediately. > [](https://twitter.com/WFAN660/status/552081272294883328) > [](https://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status/551908321654210560) > [](https://twitter.com/wingoz/status/551908842431598592) > [](https://twitter.com/katienolan/status/551903151717367808) > [](https://twitter.com/MikeSielski/status/551921652255449088) But Christie’s supporters didn’t take the criticism lying down. His brother Todd dismissed the critics “who have their panties in a ringer” with a [post](https://www.facebook.com/todd.j.christie/posts/10205566876520454) on his Facebook page. “GET A LIFE !!!” he wrote. “The Gov has been a Cowboys fan for his entire life and ALL of you would sit with the owner of your favorite team in a heartbeat if given the chance.” ## Transcript [00:00] [ APPLAUSE ] Ball out Dallas gonna win. 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