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Emanuel Blames Trump For Smollett Controversy, 'Toxic Environment', 'Sit On The Sidelines'
Fox News ^ | 3-29-2019 | Barnini Chakraborty

Posted on 03/29/2019 8:17:39 AM PDT by blam

CHICAGO – Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday emphatically urged President Trump to butt out of the ongoing drama over embattled "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett as he blamed him for creating a "toxic environment" where someone would allegedly fabricate such an attack.

“My recommendation is the president go to Opening Day baseball, sit on the sidelines and stay out of this," Emanuel told a group of reporters.

The mayor called Chicago a "Trump-free zone" and blamed the president for creating a "toxic" and "hate-filled" environment that allowed Smollett to think he could get away with faking a hate crime.

“Let me be clear about something. The only reason Jussie Smollett thought he could take advantage of a hoax about a hate crime is because of the environment, the toxic environment that Donald Trump created,” Emanuel said.

“This is a president who drew a moral equivalency between people who are trying to perpetuate bigotry and those who are trying to fight bigotry.

As somebody who has started his own journey in politics fighting the neo-Nazis in Skokie and then down to Marquette Park, President Trump should literally take his politics, move it aside.

The mayor continued: “He's created a toxic environment and now he's created a toxic, vicious cycle in my view. The only reason Jussie Smollett thought he could get away with this hoax about a hate crime is because of the environment President Trump created

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blamegame; boogedyboogedy; chicago; emanuel; gaslighting; rahm; smollett; trump
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To: Jaded

I must have typed in ‘hate crimes’ instead of ‘fake hate crimes’... my mistake.


61 posted on 03/29/2019 9:12:01 PM PDT by GOPJ (FBI: Did the Southern Poverty Law Center assist with organizing(and funding) Charlottesville?)
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To: blam

I’ve seen search results altered before but this one was MY fault. I must have put in ‘hate crimes’... not ‘fake hate crimes’. Sorry ‘bout that...


62 posted on 03/30/2019 6:39:09 AM PDT by GOPJ (FBI: Did the Southern Poverty Law Center assist with organizing(and funding) Charlottesville?)
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