In a video posted to Twitter, Christie leaned over into a fan's face calling him a "big shot" before storming off.
The man who got the whole spat on tape was local news reporter Ben Hutchinson, who said he was a relative of the man — Brad Joseph — who Christie confronted, the Huffington Post reports.
Joseph said he yelled Christie's name and told him "that he sucked," which is when things escalated, the article says.
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