Kayleigh McEnany Tangles With ABC Reporter Jon Karl About Trump Calling BLM Mural A ‘Symbol Of Hate’

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany argued with ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jon Karl about President Donald Trump’s criticism of a Black Lives Matter mural.

Trump, on Wednesday, called the mural, painted outside of Trump Tower in New York City, a “symbol of hate.”

….horrible BLM chant, “Pigs In A Blanket, Fry ‘Em Like Bacon”. Maybe our GREAT Police, who have been neutralized and scorned by a mayor who hates & disrespects them, won’t let this symbol of hate be affixed to New York’s greatest street. Spend this money fighting crime instead!

“Why is the president calling Black Lives Matter a symbol of hate?” Karl asked during Wednesday’s White House press conference.

“What the president was noting is that simply when you look at some of the things that have been chanted by a black lives matter like ‘pigs in a blanket fry ’em like bacon,’ that is not an acceptable phrase to paint on our streets,” McEnany replied. “He agrees that all black lives matter including those of officer David Dorn, Patrick Underwood, two officers whose lives were tragically taken during these riots.”

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