Chris Christie may have BridgeGate, but Bill de Blasio just got slammed by PizzaGate.
The New York City mayor was caught eating pizza in a very un-New York fashion during lunch Friday at Goodfellas Pizza on Staten Island. de Blasio was seen eating the pie with — GASP — a fork and knife.
Note: @BilldeBlasio is eating his pizza with a knife & fork. pic.twitter.com/tM7btCB1B3
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) January 10, 2014
#SCANDALO "@grynbaum: Fork in action pic.twitter.com/HhJoOc4uuO"
— Josh Robin (@joshrobin) January 10, 2014
See also: Sir Patrick Stewart Eats Pizza for the First Time
At times, de Blasio even flip-flopped between utensils and his hand. Apparently no one informed the good mayor about New York's fold-and-consume method.
Pizza-gate update. BdB eats half slice at SI's Goodfellas pizzeria w/fork; half w hand. Acceptable, friends? #SCANDALO
— Josh Robin (@joshrobin) January 10, 2014
Back to hand. I'm done now guys. #billspizza pic.twitter.com/g5ZrM5vpbj
— Gloria Pazmino (@GloriaPazmino) January 10, 2014
The mayor, originally hailing from Cambridge, Mass., clearly hasn't shed his roots yet. Cries for impeachment have already been heard far and wide on Twitter.
@GloriaPazmino if he starts using a spoon, that's when it's over
— Yoav Gonen (@yoavgonen) January 10, 2014
IMPEACH NOW RT @GloriaPazmino Back to fork! Pizza on the Rock pic.twitter.com/uGR1tmRjKg
— Jacob Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) January 10, 2014
Recall Election RT @JonLemire: Note: @BilldeBlasio is eating his pizza with a knife & fork. pic.twitter.com/mCWlELONC3
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) January 10, 2014
It seems de Blasio, aware of the outcry, tried to get ahead of PizzaGate with this tweet:
Staten Island's Goodfellas Pizza — good however you slice it. pic.twitter.com/MxKhHaf1ID
— Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio) January 10, 2014
He also tried to dispel critics by saying he picked up on the utensil habit in Italy.
.@BilldeBlasio explains pizza-eating strategy by saying he's visited Italy several times and they use fork there. Then, he switches to hands
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) January 10, 2014
No word yet if constituents have been appeased by his attempts to diffuse the sticky situation. Check back for updates on PizzaGate as news surfaces.
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