12 Noteworthy Tweets About GOP Presidential Hopeful Chris Christie

Neil Cavuto, Cher and others have taken to Twitter to express their views about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a potential candidate for the 2016 presidential Republican nomination.

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Here’s what they had to say:

Fox Business Network commentator Neil Cavuto suggested Dec. 19 that Christie was losing support for his presidential bid to Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

Money guys shifting to @JebBush, did the "shift" just hit the fan for @GovChristie? @JrzyJoePiscopo joins me now on #CAVUTO
— Neil Cavuto (@TeamCavuto) December 20, 2014

Philadelphia City Councilman Jim Kenney generated media attention with this tweet he posted Dec. 15 after Christie created an uproar by being seen celebrating the visiting Dallas Cowboys’ win over the Philadelphia Eagles with team owner Jerry Jones.

Chris Christie is sitting on his very fat ass next to Jerry Jones in his box at the Linc. You suck! Kissing Texas ass for 2016! Awful!
— CouncilmanJimKenney (@JimFKenney) December 15, 2014

Matt Arco, who covers Christie for The Star-Ledger tweeted Dec. 16 about Christie’s response to Kenney.

.@GovChristie says @JimFKenney criticized him for the media attention: "He’s got to get somebody besides his parents to know who he is."
— Matt Arco (@MatthewArco) December 16, 2014

Troy Singleton, a New Jersey assemblyman, sent out this positive tweet regarding Christie on Dec. 11.

Thrilled beyond words that Governor Christie signed my proposal to provide a means to support ALS research and... http://t.co/DZ5IzcG4ag
— Troy Singleton (@LD7Singleton) December 11, 2014

International Business Times reporter David Sirota tweeted on Dec. 11 about allegations that Christie violated a law he’d personally signed regarding pension payments.

Heres provision @GovChristie signed into law that outlaws @GovChristie's subsequent refusal to make pension payments pic.twitter.com/hWhORWqPJR
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) December 11, 2014

Beth Chow, who identifies herself as being a Kansan, tweeted on Dec. 9 about his veto of a bill that would have banned the use of pig gestation crates in New Jersey.

Can we put @GovChristie in one of these? #factoryfarming #pork http://t.co/OYnWsnjXJd pic.twitter.com/XpGIVP7RCI
— Beth Chow (@bethchow) December 9, 2014

Jon Levinson, who has 156 Twitter followers and lives in Boston, tweeted Dec. 11 about Christie.

Props to @NYGovCuomo and #NY for bringing gov websites into the 21st century. @GovChristie step it up big man. pic.twitter.com/sCJmKoEpm5
— Jon Levinson (@levinsonJon) December 11, 2014

WNYC & New Jersey Public Radio reporter Matt Katz tweeted on Dec. 9 about the tax incentives Christie championed.

$1.17 million for every new job created by Subaru, which moves HQ 4 miles from Cherry Hill, NJ, to Camden b/c of @GovChristie tax incentives
— Matt Katz (@mattkatz00) December 9, 2014

Pop icon Cher tweeted about Christie for vetoing that bill on Dec. 3.

can’t Bear Insane torture of animals.Kill if you must,(if you can’t live w/o bacon)but WHY TORTURE THEM BEFORE HAND ! Wait Chris Christie?
— Cher (@cher) December 3, 2014

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Progressives Today mentioned Christie in this Dec. 9 tweet.

When @GovChristie closes a bridge it's a national scandal. When #progressive goose steppers close a bridge it's patriotism! #hypocrites
— Progressives Today (@ProgsToday) December 9, 2014

Milt Shook, who has 7,565 Twitter followers and lives in Denver, sent out this tweet Dec. 6 comparing Christie to a “Mafia don” after an investigation was unable to directly connect him to last year’s scandal involving the closing of the George Washington Bridge.

So, like a typical Mafia don, Gov. Christie was able to create "plausible deniability" re "Bridgegate." Who expected less?
— Milt Shook (@MiltShook) December 6, 2014

Ann Coulter, conservative commentator who once championed Christie as the only Republican capable of winning the 2016 presidential election, tweeted this about Christie in June 2013 after the senator he appointed to temporarily fill the late Frank Lautenberg's seat voted to end debate on an immigration bill.