--- ---  # Watch Chris Christie Bear Hug Jerry Jones After the Dallas Cowboys Win  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Jan 5, 2015 1:41 PM UTC  New Jersey governor Chris Christie, center, greets Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant and owner Jerry Jones prior to the game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 4, 2015 New Jersey governor Chris Christie, center, greets Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant and owner Jerry Jones prior to the game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 4, 2015Matthew Emmons—USA Today Sports  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.” Watch Chris Christie Bear Hug Jerry Jones After the Dallas Cowboys Win ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3653411/chris-christie-dallas-cowboys/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3653411/chris-christie-dallas-cowboys/"},"headline":"Watch Chris Christie Bear Hug Jerry Jones After the Dallas Cowboys Win","datePublished":"2015-01-05T13:41:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:16:10.558Z","description":"The governor of New Jersey likes the team from Texas","url":"https://time.com/3653411/chris-christie-dallas-cowboys/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75fcb794cb9d05b2/6987780ecd6848c94f098e88/chris-christie-dallas-cowboys.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75fcb794cb9d05b2/6987780ecd6848c94f098e88/chris-christie-dallas-cowboys.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chris Christie Dallas Cowboys","caption":"Chris Christie Dallas Cowboys","creditText":"Matthew Emmons—USA Today Sports","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3653411/chris-christie-dallas-cowboys/","name":"Watch Chris Christie Bear Hug Jerry Jones After the Dallas Cowboys Win"}}]}] ```