Chris Christie is a Disgrace to New Jersey

It's one thing to not know facts. It's another thing to be a liar. When you're both? Ouch.

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie blasted President Obama on Sunday for "justifying" the Black Lives Matter movement, which the New Jersey governor says has called for the killing of law enforcement officials.

"The problem is this, there's lawlessness in this country," Christie said. "The president encourages this lawlessness. He encourages it."

"He does not support the police, he doesn't back up the police, he justifies Black Lives Matter," he added.

The president spoke Thursday at a White House forum on the problem of police violence among African-American communities, defending the movement as something that "we, as a society, particularly given our history, have to take this seriously."

But when pressed on whether the Black Lives Matter shouldn't be justified at all, Christie said: "I don't believe that movement should be calling for the murder of police officers."

When host John Dickerson interrupted to say that "they're not calling for the murder of police officers," Christie fired back.

"Sure, they are," the New Jersey Republican responded. "They've been chanting in the streets for the murder of police officers."

The bully who's administration shut down the George Washington Bridge to get back at opponents is calling someone else lawless? He's misquoting the President and making up his own set of facts about the BLM movement. Everything about this is garbage.

Yes, the President showed support for the movement in his comments. What he said was that the Black Lives Matter movement is justified because clearly the statistics show us that African-Americans are more likely to be killed in altercations with police officers, so we should have a discussion on this, and allow the social movement to make change in this country. He did not say he supported lawlessness, or some image that Governor Christie has of "armed thugs" roving our streets, killing cops. The Governor is creating a false narrative, making up charges of people calling for cop killings, to appeal to a racist base of voters who believe anything FOX News tells them. It's disgusting.

Let's not kid ourselves though, who is Chris Christie to accuse anyone else of lawless behavior? Aside from the GW Bridge situation, we shouldn't forget that the Governor got himself tossed off the Amtrak train this weekend for being loud in the quiet car. I guess the rules don't apply to him though. Great example for the public there, Chris!