The rabid media took it hook, line and sinker.
Via Fox News:
A former aide to President Trump admitted that he made up a story about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie being sent to pick up a McDonald’s for the president.
A 2016 story by Ryan Lizza in The New Yorker said that Christie “transformed himself into a sort of manservant” who is “constantly with Trump at events.”
“One Republican told me that a friend of his on the Trump campaign used Snapchat to send him a video of Christie fetching Trump’s McDonald’s order,” Lizza wrote.
Christie’s office denied that he ever picked up McDonald’s food for Trump, and now we know that it was literally fake news.
Former Trump aide Sam Nunberg told Politico that he simply wanted to embarrass Christie.
The tale of Christie, who is often shamed by comedians and liberal pundits for his appearance, quickly spread and many people assumed it was a fact since it appeared in the prestigious New Yorker.
“The sad reality is that it was believable,” Nunberg told Politico, which added that he was “chuckling” as he came clean.