--- title: Chris Christie Endorses Donald Trump: How Twitter Reacted description: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie endorsed businessman Donald Trump for president Friday, and political insiders took to Twitter to vent. canonical: https://time.com/4239215/chris-christie-donald-trump-endorsement-twitter/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-26T18:58:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T17:24:48.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Chris Christie Endorses Donald Trump: How Twitter Reacted og:description: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie endorsed businessman Donald Trump for president Friday, and political insiders took to Twitter to vent. og:url: https://time.com/4239215/chris-christie-donald-trump-endorsement-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chris Christie Endorses Donald Trump: How Twitter Reacted twitter:description: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie endorsed businessman Donald Trump for president Friday, and political insiders took to Twitter to vent. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's How Twitter Reacted to Chris Christie Endorsing Donald Trump  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:24 PM CUTPublished: Feb 26, 2016 6:58 PM CUT  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Updated: Dec 13, 2023 5:24 PM CUTPublished: Feb 26, 2016 6:58 PM CUT New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie [endorsed businessman Donald Trump](http://time.com/4239160/chris-christie-endorses-donald-trump-for-president/?5&xid=homepage "undefined") for president Friday, and political insiders took to Twitter to vent. Tim Miller, who ran communications for Jeb Bush, insulted both Trump and Christie for their new partnership: > [](https://twitter.com/Timodc/status/703277219079180289) > [](https://twitter.com/Timodc/status/703285939909566465) As did David Kochel, also formerly of Bush’s campaign: > [](https://twitter.com/ddkochel/status/703286311810048000) Ohio Gov. John Kasich, one of Trump’s rivals for the nomination, seemed to reference Christie’s endorsement of Trump when he touted his own endorsement by a former New Jersey governor: > [](https://twitter.com/JohnKasich/status/703284727009185792) Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich tweeted about what the news meant for the GOP as a whole: > [](https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/703283538288836608) Trump’s campaign manager was understandably jubilant about the news: > [](https://twitter.com/CLewandowski%5F/status/703291081815781377) The publisher of the New Hampshire Union Leader, the influential New Hampshire paper which had endorsed Chris Christie, was less thrilled: > [](https://twitter.com/deucecrew/status/703285260113592320) And Fergus Cullen, the former leader of the New Hampshire GOP, was also disappointed: > [](https://twitter.com/FergusCullen/status/703281380306780160) Alice Stewart, the new communications director for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, seemed shocked by Christie’s praise: > [](https://twitter.com/alicetweet/status/703276625379483648) And Ines de la Cuetara from ABC tweeted out a statement from Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s adviser Todd Harris saying the alliance with Christie shows Trump “is incapable of explaining any of his ideas”: > [](https://twitter.com/InesdLC/status/703296791232446464) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4239215/chris-christie-donald-trump-endorsement-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4239215/chris-christie-donald-trump-endorsement-twitter/"},"headline":"Here's How Twitter Reacted to Chris Christie Endorsing Donald Trump","datePublished":"2016-02-26T18:58:21.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T17:24:48.000Z","description":"Politicians and insiders took to Twitter to give their thoughts on the endorsement","url":"https://time.com/4239215/chris-christie-donald-trump-endorsement-twitter/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Chris Christie"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4239215/chris-christie-donald-trump-endorsement-twitter/","name":"Here's How Twitter Reacted to Chris Christie Endorsing Donald Trump"}}]}] ```