"Fox & Friends" host Elisabeth Hasselbeck interviewed commentator Kevin Jackson on Monday, and created a lot of controversy when she asked him, "Why has the Black Lives Matter movement not been classified yet as a hate group?"

Jackson, who is an African-American national speaker and author of "The BIG Black Lie," appeared on Monday's "Fox & Friends" to discuss the movement's response to the fatal shooting of a white Texas deputy on Friday by a black suspect.

Shannon J. Miles, who has a lengthy criminal record, was arrested on Saturday for allegedly shooting Deputy Darren Goforth as he walked to his patrol car at a gas station near Houston. Authorities deemed the killing "execution style" and claim that the deputy was targeted because of his uniform.

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

Jackson surprised many by supporting Hasselbeck's assertion. He suggested that "leftists," such as George Soros, are funding the #BlackLivesMatter movement.

"Ironically, it's people who have nothing, really no concern at all about black lives. People like George Soros," he said.

Black Lives Matter leaders have created public disturbances at presidential campaign rallies and other events to push the group's agenda forward this summer.

Hasselbeck is not the first Fox network host to suggest the Black Lives Matter movement has a negative impact on society. In July, Bill O'Reilly accused the group of trying to intimidate reporters with "gestapo tactics."

"Their message means nothing if they do these gestapo tactics -- they lose all credibility," he said to political commentator and activist Jehmu Greene, referring to an event where the movement organizers told a white reporter to "move to the back."

Greene said the group's anger stems from the media and politicians focusing their attention more on white people who are murdered than black people.

"The reporter in this country who has shed the most light on young black men being killed is... that would be me," O'Reilly told Greene.

Update:

Following a backlash, Hasselbeck provided a statement via Twitter, which can be found below: