A former sheriff running for Florida’s 4th Congressional District said Black Lives Matter should be labeled a “hate group” in a debate Thursday.
John Rutherford is running to replace retiring Rep. Ander Crenshaw. He reiterated his belief that Black Lives Matter’s rhetoric causes issues, reports News 4 Jax.
Debate moderator Kent Justice asked Rutherford if he said that Black Lives Matter should be classified as a “terrorist group.”
“Specifically Kent, what I said was they should be labeled a hate group. That’s exactly what I said. And look, I stand by that. This group, if you look at the rhetoric that’s coming out, marching down the streets of New York talking about frying police officers like pigs in a, bacon in a blanket or something like that,” Rutherford said.
