Christie spokeswoman Sam Smith told CNN the governor didn’t mean to board the quiet auto.
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It took 10 minutes for a conductor to ask the 53-year-old to leave his seat. Mann described Christie’s behavior nearly like someone would describe a tyrant, reporting that Christie was yelling at his secret service agents.
According to Gawker, Christie, 53, was asked to leave the quiet vehicle on his train ride from Washington, D.C., to NYC for screaming on his cell phone.
A spokesperson for the GOP presidential candidate apologized in a statement, and said the governor did not intentionally board the quiet auto.
Apologetic Update Below Everything we’ve ever learned about bullying aficionado and presidential nopeful Chris Christie has led us to believe he is the kind of person who angrily shouts over his cell phone on the quiet auto of a train while sipping on a pink smoothie from McDonald’s. I am inspired by Amtrak and Chris Christie to implement a few order in the women’s locker rooms at health clubs I manage all over the city. Why? But as soon as he realized he had “broken the cardinal rule of the quiet vehicle”, he left on his own and changed seats to another part of the train.
Mann not only reported that Christie was on the phone, he also reported what he was saying over the phone.
But before the train even got to New Jersey, the website Gawker had been tipped off by Alexander Mann, a passenger who sent a few pictures of the governor.
However, a woman who allegedly sat across from Christie said the reports were exaggerating the incident and that it wasn’t really a big deal. He then moved into another vehicle to finish his business.
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But there’s usually no sign in the vehicle (sometimes there might be a lone piece of paper that says “QUIET!” in scrawled ballpoint pen, taped to the wall), providing ample opportunity for people to stumble in innocently, fire up their cellphones and be met with a blaze of hostility and outrage.
