Chicago and Camden both have murder problems. Chris Christie only wants Donald Trump to solve one of them.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Donald Trump does not need to do anything to help Camden, New Jersey, despite the fact that the city has more than twice as many homicides as Chicago, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

Christie and other Republicans have blasted Chicago's Democratic Mayor Rahm Emanuel for "liberal policies," which they say have resulted in rampant homicides in the city. Emanuel "has refused to do anything about the fact that's there's over 2,000 of these incidents in a year," Christie said.

The homicide rate in Camden this year is at least 2.3 times what it is in Chicago; Camden has a homicide rate of at least 40 per 100,000, while Chicago, a much larger city, has a rate of 17 per 100,000 residents.

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Still, while insisting Trump will make "safer streets," Christie said the Republican nominee needs to do "nothing" for the city of Camden.

Trump "doesn't have to worry about liberal policies in New Jersey" if he gets to the White House, Christie said. He needs to "worry about places like Chicago" instead.