Indiana Gov. Mike Pence touched down in Zionsville, Ind., Saturday evening to announce briefly that he had formally accepted Donald Trump’s offer to serve as his running mate. He then dismissed the crowd early so that everyone could make it home for “family pizza night.”
Is Pence still hungry? His speech at the Indianapolis Executive Airport was short and sweet, but it was his lunch at Chili’s that got social media talking. No, really: one tweet from Pence managed to send Chili’s trending:
I just got off the plane and don't know why everybody is tweeting about Chili's but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say shame on you
— Matt Pearce ? (@mattdpearce) July 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/754437633900580864
Pretty dramatic stuff, this.
Busy weekend in NY! Enjoying a quick dinner with the family at @Chilis. Looking forward to getting back to Indiana. pic.twitter.com/SUFjYcvQpH
— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) July 16, 2016
Lunch out is actually a bit of a campaign tradition. Remember when vice presidential candidate John Edwards kicked off his bus tour by dragging John and Teresa Heinz Kerry to Wendy’s to partake in a bowl of anniversary chili? Good times. And of course there was Hillary Clinton stopping by Chipotle in the much-hyped “Scooby van.” Does anyone remember where she parked that thing?
So, while the usual suspects were shouting about Pence joining the front lines in Trump’s war on women …
The nightmare the Trump-Pence ticket is offering? To unite their party against women. #TrumpPence
— Planned Parenthood Action (@PPact) July 16, 2016
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I cant have an old white man who is excited about CHILIS tell me what to do about my uterus. https://t.co/zT7SXepD21
— KERIN ROSE GOLD (@KERINROSEGOLD) July 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/754427554086264832
… others were serving up takes hotter than a green chile chicken enchilada.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/754410268902453248
Bravo for @GovPenceIN at @Chilis.
Troll Level 10+@instapundit— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) July 16, 2016
.@mattyglesias
Worked like a charm
MSM fell for it hook line and sinker
Trying to out-tweet each other with snarky disdain
Exposed as snobs— John (@JohnPena03) July 16, 2016
Pretty much. A real New Yorker would have had lunch at [insert name of super-secret indie restaurant where tens of thousands dine each year]. Besides, tweeting pictures of your lunch? Who does that anyway?
In NYC With some of the best food in the world, and he eats at Chilis?! https://t.co/k4RIgB0W18
— Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) July 16, 2016
You're in the world's dining capital and chose Chilis.
What should we read into this about your judgement? https://t.co/MlOa0pVZJn
— David Catanese (@davecatanese) July 16, 2016
In NYC w/ amazing food at all price points EVERYWHERE & you eat at Chilis? Seriously? https://t.co/Pwvi0ztKwE
— JoAnn Ross (@JoAnnRoss) July 16, 2016
Good lord he's a dolt. It's NYC and he went to Chili's. https://t.co/RxPR20hik5
— ahow628 (@ahow628) July 16, 2016
I love Chilis, it's just for the same price, within a few blocks of the Hilton, you have Ma Peche, Joe's Shanghai, the secret burger place..
— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) July 16, 2016
There is no Chilis in Manhattan, which means he must have hit the Chilis in Paramus on the way to Teterboro. #sigh https://t.co/7WuZRXrqa5
— Julie Roginsky (@julieroginsky) July 16, 2016
PolitiFact? Are you on this?
Dying reading NYers losing their mind over Pence tweeting from a Chili's…
— David Edward ? (@_David_Edward) July 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/jamiepastore/status/754455641356316672
Did you know it’s easier for a child to get his hands on a Glock than a Chili’s cheese quesadilla? It’s a documented fact.
COASTAL ELITE: a chain restaurant? oh dear
OTHER COASTAL ELITE: pardon, but I have it on authority that Chili's is emblematic of America
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) July 16, 2016
"Ha ha Mike Pence eats at Chili's," I thought to myself while finishing my Taco Bell combo meal.
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) July 16, 2016
Chili's is a serviceable, moderately-priced casual restaurant full of middle class people of all races, SO IT MUST BE DESTROYED
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) July 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/fmanjoo/status/754415862816223233
Quite a scandal that Pence ate at Chili's. Every sophisticated New Yorker knows the authentic Mexican is Chipotle. pic.twitter.com/8O1mKpF4Vy
— jon gabriel (@exjon) July 16, 2016
Hillary Clinton might have compromised national security to dodge FOIA laws, but at least she didn’t reach over the sneeze-guard.
https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/754431933870813184
Maybe we should stop shaming people who eat at Chili's, and start shaming people who shame people who eat at Chili's.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) July 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/TheoTypes/status/754421954724126720
Better keep those pitchforks and torches close for the rest of the election cycle.
I like Chili's. #ConfessYourUnpopularOpinion
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) July 16, 2016
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