Shocker. Turns out the Gawker story from earlier today reporting that Gov. Chris Christie was kicked out of the “quiet car” on an Amtrak train traveling from D.C. to New Jersey for “screaming” into his cellphone is totally bogus.
Katie Klabusich, a liberal writer and radio host for @NetrootsRadio, is says she was sitting across from Christie when the incident occurred, and it’s not at all as Gawker reported:
Listen. I'm no @ChrisChristie fan, but this @Gawker story isn't close to accurate. He was sitting at my table.https://t.co/7hVBxvoaSs
— Katie Klabusich (@Katie_Speak) October 25, 2015
Obvi he was running late coming from a thing & got on the 1st open car, not realizing it was the quiet car b/c diff location on express.
— Katie Klabusich (@Katie_Speak) October 25, 2015
When the conductor came by to check tickets he just said "sir, this is the quiet car." CC had the same reaction as anyone:
— Katie Klabusich (@Katie_Speak) October 25, 2015
"You're kidding. It's the quiet car? Alright" & to the phone "I gotta go, I'm in the quiet car. Call you back."
— Katie Klabusich (@Katie_Speak) October 25, 2015
Did he appear annoyed? Sure. Apparently having a shit logistics day & someone fucked up. Was he screaming, causing a scene? Hardly.
— Katie Klabusich (@Katie_Speak) October 25, 2015
This shit is why people don't believe anything they hear/read. Who was your source? A dude who snapped a pic hoping you'd pay him? smdh
— Katie Klabusich (@Katie_Speak) October 25, 2015
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Someone with a verifiable Amtrak ticket who I'm sure Christie's people would confirm was sitting across from him. https://t.co/7yDDpJW0d8
— Katie Klabusich (@Katie_Speak) October 25, 2015
There are plenty of valid criticism stories available on @ChrisChristie — it's hardly necessary to make shut up for clicks.
— Katie Klabusich (@Katie_Speak) October 25, 2015
Klabusich’s version of events fits what Christie’s campaign told the New York Times:
Gawker did update their post at 4:34 to take into account Klabusich’s version of events, but the damage is already done with the MSM picking up the story as well as Christie–quiet car jokes all over Twitter. Some examples:
In the quiet car right now, and would like to ? the conductor who kicked out Chris Christie on the train ahead of us https://t.co/8ZhJXVE9zA
— Zach Seward (@zseward) October 25, 2015
Chris Christie in quiet car: What could possibly go wrong? https://t.co/jqbtGRqyXC
— Dana Milbank (@Milbank) October 25, 2015
Chris Christie was ejected from the “quiet car” of an Amtrak train on Sunday for talking too loudly on his cellphone https://t.co/9JRUG072Ce
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) October 25, 2015
Witness: Noisy @ChrisChristie exits Amtrak "quiet car" after complaints https://t.co/u8z8FxkDPw via @ericbradner pic.twitter.com/vHMwhB28ni
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 25, 2015
https://twitter.com/hunterw/status/658345136745680896
chris christie being kicked off the amtrak quiet car may be the most perfect thing to ever happen https://t.co/yMHYD9YRPR
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 25, 2015
From the Dept. of Acela journalism.
Chris Christie kicked out of the quiet car while drinking a pink smoothyhttps://t.co/Zl6rO8iKPW
— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 25, 2015
Now, when will all these journos issue a correction? We’ll wait.
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