The New Jersey governor, again out of the state, watched Notre Dame edge Stephen F. Austin in an NCAA Tournament game at Barclays Center.
Gov. Chris Christie, home (sort of) from playing Donald Trump's campaign caddie, spent his Sunday afternoon watching NCAA Tournament action at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Christie -- who skipped Trump's events in Arizona, passing off The Donald to Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- took in Notre Dame's 76-75 victory over Stephen F. Austin, which followed Villanova's 87-68 victory over Iowa in the East Region game.
While Trump was in Arizona without Christie, the Republican front-runner picked up the endorsement of one of New Jersey's most infamous bullies.
So, who was Christie -- likely campaigning for Notre Dame in the second game because his daughter goes there -- rooting for in the opener?
Well, Christie didn't do well in the Iowa caucuses, so he had to be pulling for Villanova, right?
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Then again, he's hardly beloved by the Philadelphia mayor and other Philly and South Jersey sports fans, who caught him hanging with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones when the Eagles hosted the Cowboys in December 2014.
As Eagles fans attacked Christie on social media, Mayor Jim Kenney, who was a councilman at the time, called Christie a "fat-assed ... creep."
Christie, of course, has been ridiculed for his January 2015 awkward group hug with Jones and his son during the NFL postseason.
Tempers flared at Trump's large gathering in Phoenix, but without the violence that marred his event in Chicago a week before, according to the Associated Press.
For hours, about two dozen protesters parked their cars in the middle of the main road to the event, unfurling banners reading "Dump Trump" and "Must Stop Trump," and chanting "Trump is hate." Traffic was backed up for miles, with drivers honking in fury.
The road was eventually cleared and protesters marched down the highway to the rally site, weaving betweenTrump supporters who booed and jeered them.
(The AP contributed to this report.)
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