Posted on 02/17/2019 1:02:03 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Police sources believe that, as many had suspected, "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett perpetrated an enormous hoax on the American public by staging a phony hate crime.
Now we're waiting for apologies from the celebrities and top Democrats who not only expressed sympathy for the supposed victim of violent hate, but turned around and cited President Trump and his supporters as having somehow inspired the attack.
Which was itself pretty foolish, since much of his story seemed implausible from the start. For one thing, Smollett's account of what took place in the frigid early-morning hours of Jan. 29 kept changing.
Smollett claimed he was set upon at approximately 2 a.m. on a freezing night by two white men who recognized him and began beating him while uttering anti-black and anti-gay slurs, as well as "this is MAGA country" -- and also draped a rope around his neck.
Yet surveillance cameras showed there was at most a 60-second window for the attack, which is highly unlikely. He also waited 40 minutes before calling police, later claiming he didn't want to further the stereotype of gay people being "weak."
Moreover, he refused to hand over his cellphone (he said he'd been talking to his manager when the attack occurred), eventually turning over only "heavily redacted" phone records.
That's a whole lot of red flags -- especially considering the not-inconsiderable number of similar hoaxes, also widely publicized, perpetrated in recent years.
Yet Democratic presidential hopefuls jumped on the hysteria train.
As National Review's Jim Geraghty notes, it's one thing to be sympathetic to an apparent victim -- and quite another to hold a large group of people, including the president of the United States, responsible without any factual basis.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
The vicious attack on actor Jussie Smollett was an attempted modern-day lynching. I'm glad he's safe.
To those in Congress who don't feel the urgency to pass our Anti-Lynching bill designating lynching as a federal hate crime– I urge you to pay attention. https://t.co/EwXFxl5f2m— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) January 29, 2019
Nope.
When will he be arrested?
Fake MAGA hat
Fake noose
Fake white hate
Fake white racism
Fake MAGA country
Fake accusation
Fake beating
Fake police report
Fake interviews
Fake "pissed off!"
Real sandwich.
Take a look at Jussie Smollett’s friends!
Maxine Waters
The Obamas
Kamala Harris
Valerie Jarrett
Sheila Jackson Lee....
https://twitter.com/CharlieDeMar/status/1096933982481117184
I’m wondering if @KamalaHarris still wants #JusticeForJussie? Will she be as vocal about it now or has she moved on?
Kamala Harris: Attack on Jussie Smollett was ‘modern day lynching’ https://t.co/jjMzdejZbF— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 17, 2019
Whoopi Goldberg asked last week following the Covington story why the media and left in general keep jumping to conclusions and then being wrong...
So no they will not admit it, other than a few, because they’d have to call themselves on it and they are in severe TDS.
Insanity is repeating the same mistake over and over and never learning and the left is in a vicious cycle.
Kamala Harris tore into and condemned Brett Kavanuagh without a shred of evidence and a very questionable witness, then she falls for a total hoax by Jussie Smollett. How the hell was she ever a prosecutor?— MARK SIMONE (@MarkSimoneNY) February 17, 2019
This is a 'teachable moment'.'
Do a search on “list of hate crime hoaxes” and you’ll find several links.
NO..being a commie means that EVERYTHING is justified in order to fulfill the “Common good” and that is destroying anyone that believes in Conservatism, we are evil in their mind..we are all racists and must be destroyed
The “Post Editorial Board” is as dumb as posts. Everybody knows the answer is “No. Hell No.”
Everybody on FR knows this is all about pushing the narrative, getting the base all riled up, getting politicians and celebrities to spout off. Then, when the hoax is proven, it just quietly fades away.
But the damage has been done and simply will not be undone. Which was the real objective in the first place.
I’m actually surprised the natives didn’t immediately start burning down cities.
when was the last time a loony leftist apologized for spreading lies and hoaxes? I’m still waiting for the first apology, and I know for sure they won’t apologize for spreading this hoax, they’ll just move on to the next hoax.
That would be http://www.fakehatecrimes.org/
No. Because even though no white redneck Trumpers assaulted poor Juicy, you know there are white redneck Trumpers who would assault poor Juicy if given the chance.
No.
There is no wrong in liberalism, there are only at most an “unfortunate circumstance”. And conservatives caused it because >insert illogical argument here<.
I think she did a lot of, uh, undercover work...
Liberals and those horrible ‘journalist’ who ran with this irrational story before getting their facts straight - need to apologize.
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