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(57,073 posts) Wed Aug 5, 2020, 07:16 AM Aug 2020

Tennessean Bill Hagerty, who is seeking to be the Republican candidate in the U.S. Senate, compares

https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/politics/elections/tennessean-bill-hagerty-who-is-seeking-to-be-the-republican-candidate-in-the-us-senate-compares-black-lives-matter-movement-to-marxism/522-613510cd-db45-4378-8777-44e69bbe9794

Bill Hagerty and Nashville surgeon Manni Sethi face off in the primary election August 6

Author: Local 24 Staff (Local 24)
Published: 10:42 PM CDT August 4, 2020
Updated: 10:41 PM CDT August 4, 2020

MEMPHIS, Tennessee — TV airwaves are clogged with attack ads in the Republican U.S. Senate primary in Tennessee ahead of Thursday's primary election. Polls show a tight race between two men: former ambassador Bill Hagerty, who President Trump endorsed and Nashville surgeon Manny Sethi.

Whoever wins will be favored to take outgoing GOP Senator Lamar Alexander's seat in November.

Hagerty stopped by Local 24 News Tuesday for a wide-ranging interview. He was asked if he stood by his remarks calling Black Lives Matter “a radical political movement to overthrow the government.”

“If you look at their manifesto, this is Marxism. The Black Lives Matter movement wants to do away with the police. They have a five-year plan to defund and dismantle the police. They're anti-Semetic. They want to do away with the nuclear family. They'd rather have the state raise your children, and if you disagree with them they will not hesitate to use violence,” Haggerty claimed.

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