This wasn’t the way Chris Christie wanted to make headlines on Super Tuesday
Since New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie endorsed Donald Trump last week, the two have campaigned around the country together.
On Tuesday night, Christie introduced Trump at a victory party in Palm Beach, Fla., after the billionaire businessman had put at least five more states into his victory column.
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For the next half-hour or so, while Trump conducted a free-wheeling news conference, Christie stood just behind him, staring at the side of Trump's head with a mournful look that led to several jokes on Twitter.
But Christie, who dropped out of the race last month after coming in sixth in New Hampshire, faces more serious problems back home.
In a joint editorial, six New Jersey newspapers called on Christie -- who is serving his second term -- to resign.
"We’re disgusted with his endorsement of Donald Trump after he spent months on the campaign trail trashing him," the editorial reads.
"And we’re fed up with his continuing travel out of state on New Jersey’s dime, stumping for Trump."
In New Hampshire, the Union-Leader newspaper, which had endorsed Christie's presidential bid, wrote an editorial saying it had been "wrong" to support Christie.
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