Christie: Obama ‘Has Lost His Moral Authority’ To Talk About Law Enforcement

KILMEADE: “Governor I have to ask you to [indecipherable] as a law and order guy by trade, they were going to be letting 6,000 if no more, out of prison that this is not going to be done in an orderly fashion. That the wrong people going to get out. And there is not going to be that transition money or situations in place, where you’re out in the public and I go to get a job with this on your record.”
CHRISTIE: “Yeah. Listen, it is a concern. Because we have a pardon process that works for governors at the state level and should work for the president. He should not be allowing 6,000 people out in one fell swoop. They should be reviewed. Because, each situation is different. Some of them may not be appropriated for release. And yet, he’s going — going passed the normal pardon process and just letting folks out. It is a concern. I’ve pardoned people in New Jersey, you go through a specific process. So we get to know the person, we interview the person.”
DOOCY: “So, if the president of the United States is showing up in New Jersey this week, to take a bow for things that you did, what’s your message to him? Stay home?”
CHRISTIE: “I don’t — listen, he’s the president of the United States and go wherever he wants. But what I want the public to know, is the truth of what’s going on. Which is, he has not done anything in our criminal justice reform in seven years as president. I’ve been governor for six years. We have done significant things on our criminal justice reform, we’re showing results. I will do the same thing if I become president of the United States. And we will be able to do it in a way where we support law enforcement. It is disgraceful. And the president has lost his moral authority — to do this.”
DOOCY: “What do you think about the — regarding police? Quentin Tarantino, last week, came out and called cops, murderers. And now it sounds like he is going to apologize. But there had been boycotts called by all sorts of professional police organizations, to say don’t go to his movies, don’t help him on security, don’t, you know, just don’t budge, this guy’s a jerk.”
CHRISTIE: “If he’s going to apologize, it’s too late. It’s just too late. Because he has a history of this stuff. So, the fact is, we should be standing behind the people who protect us every day. Now, listen, if there’s a bad cop who does something wrong [crosstalk] they deserve to be prosecuted. And I prosecuted a bad police officers when I was U.S. attorney. But the overwhelming majority of our police officers are really good folks that deserve to be supported. And the not being supporting it starts with the top with this president.”
KILMEADE: “‘The Ferguson effect’. Comey says it’s happening, the president says it doesn’t. Who’s right?” 
CHRISTIE: “Comey is right. Comey is right, because, by the way, Comey has actually been in law enforcement. The president’s never done a thing in law enforcement his career. He has no idea. I was Jim Comey’s colleague, when he was U.S. attorney here in Manhattan, he was my boss when he was deputy attorney general.”
KILMEADE: “He didn’t back down from Bush. He’s not going to back down from Obama, I wouldn’t imagine.”