New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is steadily gaining a reputation for his outspokenness.
In the latest development, Christie told veteran journalist Diane Sawyer in an interview on ABC News that the teachers' union leaders in New Jersey are "political thugs.''
The interview was conducted in the library at a school in Kearney, and Christie focused squarely on the union.
"I believe the teachers in New Jersey in the main are wonderful public servants that care deeply,'' Christie said in the interview. "But their union, their union are a group of political thugs.''