[Huffpoo] Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh accused Black Lives Matter on Friday of being "a terrorist group," claiming the activists are perpetuating a "war on cops" across the country.Limbaugh’s remarks came in response to Thursday’s deadly attack on police officers in Dallas. The "ambush-style" gunfire at a Black Lives Matter protest left five officers dead and seven more officers and two civilians injured. People had gathered to deplore the deaths of two black men, Philando Castile and Alton Sterling, at the hands of cops earlier this week.
Limbaugh was joined on his radio show by Heather Mac Donald, author of The War on Cops, published last month. The book explores the so-called "Ferguson effect," which posits that all the protests over police violence have pressured officers into being less aggressive, thus leading to an uptick in crime. The theory has been widely debunked.
Limbaugh and Mac Donald both claimed it’s a "myth" that black men are disproportionately killed by police, despite actual evidence to the contrary. Mac Donald also criticized President Barack Obama for speaking out on the deaths of Castile and Sterling, suggesting that his rhetoric led to the Dallas attack.
"President Obama lied to the nation last night and he embraced the Black Lives Matter myth that there is a racist war by white officers against black civilians in this country," she said. "And we see the results."
Limbaugh criticized the president for hosting Black Lives Matter leaders at the White House.