Gov. Christie: 'Phillies suck,' fan base 'angry, bitter'

It's not always sunny in Philadelphia, at least not for Chris Christie.

The 55th governor of New Jersey wants everyone to know he isn't a fan of the Philadelphia Phillies and their faithful.

"The Phillies suck. Let's just start with that," Christie said Wednesday on SNY TV, according to Enrico Campitelli of CSN Philly. "They're from Philadelphia. They're an awful team. They're an angry, bitter fan base and it's not safe for civilized people to go to Citizens Bank Park if you want to root for the other team. Ya gotta believe what? Ya gotta believe we're awful people."

It wasn't the first time the governor blasted Philadelphia sports fans. Christie, who cheers for the Dallas Cowboys but was born and raised in Newark, N.J., didn't hold back on his hate for the Philadelphia Eagles in a January interview on WFAN's "Boomer and Carton" radio show.

"They're interested," Christie said, according to Andrew Porter of CBS Philly. "But the hostility, I will tell you, that I take for being a Cowboys fan, and this is what I say to Giants fans all the time, and Eagles fans. Now Eagles fans I can understand it from a little more because the Eagles do suck and they've sucked for a long time. And their fans are generally angry, awful people."