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Posted on 01/31/2019 10:07:15 AM PST by GIdget2004
President Trump on Thursday condemned the reported attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, which is being investigated as a possible hate crime.
“That I can tell you is horrible. It doesn't get worse,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Smollett has said two men approached him on Tuesday and hit him while yelling racist and homophobic slurs, then placed a rope around his neck. The incident has drawn national attention.
TMZ reported Tuesday that the two suspects referenced Trump’s 2016 “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) campaign slogan during the alleged ambush, yelling, “This is MAGA country.”
"We can not confirm what the offenders stated," a Chicago Police Department spokesman said when asked about any MAGA-related language in the incident.
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He should have waited to comment on this. It is smelling like a hoax.
Don’t get pulled into it Donnie. Its falling apart.
“Don’t get pulled into it Donnie. Its falling apart.”
I don’t think he’s pulled into it. If anything, he shined the spotlight back on it since the mediascum seems to be backing away from the story.
He got pulled into it once the hoaxster mentioned “MAGA”.
It’s an all-out attempt to smear all Trump supporters.
He should have waited but now that he’s commented, at least he can tweet how sad it is that these idiots have to make up such crap. It’s the only publicity it’ll get.
Whether a hoax or real, it doesn’t get worse. The President wins with his statement. .
Nice to see Prez that you pay attention TMZ and now have validated this guy. Really!
Anyone can be fooled, even a President. Is looking that the report is fraudulent.
He got in trouble for telling the truth regarding Charleston, these statements are actually smart politically and if/when the hoax is revealed he can make a real statement.
Oh...it gets worse.
Just ask the MAGA Hat Kid.
Yeah but maybe he is upping the pressure on CPD to get to the bottom of it.
Please don’t call our President Trump “Donnie” !!!
Usually the only people I see using that for him are rabid leftards on Twitter, etc. It is not a mark of respect.
He needs to keep it alive.
Liberals just can't make these slanderous allegations and then hide under a rock when their stories fall part. There needs to be consequences.
His statement is very generic..he could be talking about how horrible tge hoax is.
What he meant is that the lying about being attacked doesn’t get worse.
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