Rosie O’Donnell Fires Back at Elizabeth Hasselbeck Over #BlackLivesMatter Comments

Rosie O’Donnell Fires Back at Elizabeth Hasselbeck Over #BlackLivesMatter Comments

Rosie O’Donnell has taken offense at her former “The View” co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck’s comments about the #BlackLivesMatter movement.

“Hasselbeck asked, “Kevin, why has the Black Lives Matter movement not been classified yet as a hate group? …” some r slow 2 wake,” the comedian shared on Twitter Monday.

The retort is in response to the comments Hasselback made during the day’s episode of Fox News’ “Fox and Friends.”

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“Why has the #BlackLivesMatter movement not been classified yet as a hate group?” she asked a guest on Monday in response to the shooting death of a Texas deputy on Friday by an African-American suspect.

Deputy Darren Goforth was walking back to his patrol car at a gas station near Houston when Shannon J. Miles allegedly shot him in the back and unloaded his 14-clip pistol. Authorities called it an “execution style” shooting and claim Goforth was targeted because of his uniform.

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“I mean, how much more has to go in this direction before someone actually labels it as such?” Hasselbeck said.

Miles, who was arrested Saturday, has a criminal record that includes convictions for resisting arrest, trespassing and disorderly conduct with a firearm. It is not clear that he has any connection to #BlackLivesMatter protesters.

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O’Donnell and Hasselbeck have a long history of disagreements over political matters, stemming back to on-air screaming matches in 2007 when they were both co-hosts of “The View.”