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Christie Accuses #BlackLivesMatter of Calling for Murder of Police

HeadlineOct 26, 2015

New Jersey governor and Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie has accused President Obama of advocating “lawlessness” for voicing support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Christie made the comments in an interview on CBS’s Face the Nation.

Gov. Chris Christie: “The problem is this: There’s lawlessness in this country. The president encourages this lawlessness. He encourages it.”

John Dickerson: “Encourages it how?”

Gov. Chris Christie: “Oh, by his own rhetoric. He does not support the police. He doesn’t back up the police. He justifies Black Lives Matter. I mean—”

John Dickerson: “But Black Lives Matter shouldn’t be justified at all?”

Gov. Chris Christie: “Listen, I don’t believe that that movement should be justified when they’re calling for the murder of police officers, no.”

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