Christie: ‘A Disgrace’ Obama Is Coming to N.J. to ‘Take Credit’ for Crime Reduction

CHRISTIE: “And I think also the resent law enforcement issues are very important to Iowa —“ [crosstalk]
SCARBOROUGH: “Can you talk about that for a second? Because, I’m starting — the kind they hear that more and more, its sounds more like 93-94. The first time I ran people were talking about policing issues. I’m hearing it more and more that they feel like their streets weren’t as safe as we were even a year ago.”
CHRISTIE: “Well, you remember we started this conversation at this table when I followed Mayor de Blasio, a few months ago, and he was sing that baloney tune at this table, about how New York was safer. Now we have another police officer who’s murdered in New York. We have incredible unrest here. We have a murder rate its up 11 percent, 90 percent in Chicago. People feel that in this country.”
SCARBOROUGH: “Why is that happening?”
CHRISTIE: “Because, we have liberal policies that tie the hands behind police officers and when incidents happen, accuse them of misconduct first, and then do the investigation later. And you got a president of the United States who does not support law enforcement. He simply doesn’t. He’s going to come today to new Jersey, in a place where under my tenure, we have reduced crime 20 percent and reduced the prison population 10 percent. And he’s going to come to New Jersey today, to take credit. Because it’s one of the few places in the country where that actually is happening. But he has absolutely nothing to do with it.”
SCARBOROUGH: “[indecipherable] over the past year?”
CHRISTIE: “Yes.”
SCARBOROUGH: “What needs to be done, that reverse that trend. Because if I’m a police officer, and I put my life out on the line every day. And I know that I may not come home to my four kids at night. And I see somebody that was in the wrong place at the wrong time when there was police misconduct by somebody else. And suddenly, I have to hire a lawyer.” 
CHRISTIE: “That’s — listen —“
SCARBOROUGH: “And I’m going to have — like spend legal fees [crosstalk] and maybe lose my house, lose my profession. Why am I going to take the risk, take the chance every day?”
CHRISTIE: “Well, the FBI director has said, there’s a chill wind blowing through. [crosstalk] He’s blown through — and I’ll tell this you need a president and the United States attorney general, who are willing to back up law enforcement.” [crosstalk]
SCARBOROUGH: “But — but, the president actually, at the White House actually, was angry at the FBI director, for defending caps.”
CHRISTIE: “Right. Of course, because that’s not the president’s agenda. And it’s a disgrace that he’s coming to New Jersey today, to take credit for this stuff. When he’s been someone who’s undercut it and by the way, our criminal justice reform has done nothing for 7 years. And now wants to let 6,000 people out [indecipherable]”