--- title: Jindal Joins Democrats in Criticizing Christie Outburst description: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal criticized New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for his approach to a protester at a Hurricane Sandy event. canonical: https://time.com/3552018/chris-christie-bobby-jindal-bully/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-01T01:15:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T11:09:53.779Z article:section: Politics og:title: Jindal Joins Democrats in Criticizing Christie Outburst og:description: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal criticized New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for his approach to a protester at a Hurricane Sandy event. og:url: https://time.com/3552018/chris-christie-bobby-jindal-bully/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf12a32605e341e1f/6986887906f2c15b6132e2bb/bobby-jindal.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: National Harbor, Maryland, USA. 6th March 2014. Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana speaks during an address to delegates at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). © Trevor Collens/Alamy Live News og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jindal Joins Democrats in Criticizing Christie Outburst twitter:description: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal criticized New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for his approach to a protester at a Hurricane Sandy event. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf12a32605e341e1f/6986887906f2c15b6132e2bb/bobby-jindal.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jindal Joins Democrats in Criticizing Christie Outburst by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Nov 1, 2014 1:15 AM UTC  Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana speaks during an address to delegates at the Conservative Political Action Conference, National Harbor, Maryland, March 6, 2014. Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana speaks during an address to delegates at the Conservative Political Action Conference, National Harbor, Maryland, March 6, 2014.Trevor Collens—Alamy by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Nov 1, 2014 1:15 AM UTC New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s “bully” image is coming under bipartisan attack this week, as the likely 2016 hopeful is crisscrossing the nation this weekend in a final campaign to help elect Republican governors before Tuesday’s midterm elections. An incident Wednesday when the outspoken governor told a protester to “sit down and shut up” at an event marking the anniversary of Hurricane Sandy quickly became cable news fodder and fed into Democratic attacks. But it has also exposed a gap on his right flank, with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal distancing himself from Christie on Fox News Friday. “I do things differently,” Jindal, another likely presidential candidate said. “Look here in the South we do things maybe a little differently.” As host Neil Cavuto pressed, Jindal continued his critique. “Chris can explain his own words,” he said. “I did say after the last presidential election, if we want voters to like us, we have got to like them first.” There is little love lost between the two ambitious governors, who clashed over the chairmanship of the Republican Governors Association, and Christie’s brash persona has been essential to his political identity on the national stage. His clashes with public employees as he pushed through pension reform legislation in his first term made him a household name across the country. Meanwhile, Democratic opposition research group American Bridge released a video Thursday collecting many of Christie’s outbursts. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3552018/chris-christie-bobby-jindal-bully/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3552018/chris-christie-bobby-jindal-bully/"},"headline":"Jindal Joins Democrats in Criticizing Christie Outburst","datePublished":"2014-11-01T01:15:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:09:53.779Z","description":"Little love lost between the two 2016 Republican contenders","url":"https://time.com/3552018/chris-christie-bobby-jindal-bully/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Chris Christie","Bobby Jindal"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf12a32605e341e1f/6986887906f2c15b6132e2bb/bobby-jindal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zeke Miller","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf12a32605e341e1f/6986887906f2c15b6132e2bb/bobby-jindal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"National Harbor, Maryland, USA. 6th March 2014. 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