{"id":1064745,"date":"2021-11-29T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T18:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1064745"},"modified":"2021-11-29T13:29:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T18:29:11","slug":"flashback-top-democrats-called-jussie-smollett-hate-crime-hoax-a-lynching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-top-democrats-called-jussie-smollett-hate-crime-hoax-a-lynching\/","title":{"rendered":"FLASHBACK: Top Democrats Called Jussie Smollett Hate Crime Hoax A \u2018Lynching\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflashback-top-democrats-called-jussie-smollett-hate-crime-hoax-a-lynching%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1064745&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Many prominent Democrats have been silent as the trial of former Empire star Jussie Smollett begins, but that wasn\u2019t always the case.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The actor faces six <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/02\/11\/jussie-smollett-indicted-special-prosecutor\/?tx_cleric=robert-barron&amp;_page=37&amp;filter_by=featured&amp;ref=hexometer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">counts<\/a> of felony disorderly conduct stemming from charges that he made false statements to police about an alleged hate crime. Smollett claimed that shortly after leaving his Chicago apartment at 2 a.m. to get a snack, two men yelled racist and homophobic slurs, poured bleach on him, and draped a noose around his neck.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Smollett\u2019s story <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/02\/14\/report-jussie-smollett-case-allegedly-staged\/\">fell<\/a> apart quickly, following questioning from conservative media and reports that he was evasive with police investigators. The actor paid the two men accused of perpetrating the hoax $3,500, which they claimed was for personal training. However, police <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/03\/11\/osundairo-brothers-jussie-smollett-check\/\">asserted<\/a> that Smollett paid them to stage the attack. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/09\/clarkristen-clarke-biden-jussie-smollett\/\"><strong>(RELATED: Biden\u2019s Nominee For Top Civil Rights Post Hyped The Jussie Smollett Hoax, Criticized Police For Seeking Actor\u2019s Cell Phone)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Before police unraveled the hoax, however, many leading Democrats praised Smollett and designated his alleged assault a \u201clynching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker used the \u201cattempted modern-day lynching\u201d to push a federal anti-lynching statute.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cTo those in Congress who don\u2019t feel the urgency to pass our Anti-Lynching bill designating lynching as a federal hate crime\u2013 I urge you to pay attention,\u201d he wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.59880239521\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The vicious attack on actor Jussie Smollett was an attempted modern-day lynching. I\u2019m glad he\u2019s safe.<\/p>\n<p>To those in Congress who don\u2019t feel the urgency to pass our Anti-Lynching bill designating lynching as a federal hate crime\u2013 I urge you to pay attention. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EwXFxl5f2m\">https:\/\/t.co\/EwXFxl5f2m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoryBooker\/status\/1090341255786184704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Also describing the hoax as an \u201cattempted modern day lynching,\u201d then-California Sen. Kamala Harris declared that \u201cno one should have to fear for their life because of their sexuality or color of their skin.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.76\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JussieSmollett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JussieSmollett<\/a> is one of the kindest, most gentle human beings I know. I\u2019m praying for his quick recovery.<\/p>\n<p>This was an attempted modern day lynching. No one should have to fear for their life because of their sexuality or color of their skin. We must confront this hate.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris\/status\/1090361495119187969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After Smollett\u2019s story unraveled, Harris claimed that \u201cpart of the tragedy of this situation is that it detracts from\u201d an increase in reported hate crimes, and \u201chas been seized by some who would like to dismiss and downplay the very real problems that we must address.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.026595744681\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Like most of you, I\u2019ve seen the reports about Jussie Smollett, and I\u2019m sad, frustrated, and disappointed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/91OHOymShi\">pic.twitter.com\/91OHOymShi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris\/status\/1098724827869995009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHomophobia and racism have no place on our streets or in our hearts,\u201d then-candidate Joe Biden declared.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.1379310344828\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What happened today to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JussieSmollett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JussieSmollett<\/a> must never be tolerated in this country. We must stand up and demand that we no longer give this hate safe harbor; that homophobia and racism have no place on our streets or in our hearts. We are with you, Jussie. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o8ilPu68CM\">https:\/\/t.co\/o8ilPu68CM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1090422326783606784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez declared the alleged attack \u201cracist and homophobic,\u201d comments <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/02\/17\/pelosi-deletes-tweet-jussie-smollett\/\">echoed<\/a> by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in a since-deleted tweet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.5\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There is no such thing as \u201cracially charged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This attack was not \u201cpossibly\u201d homophobic. It was a racist and homophobic attack.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t like what is happening to our country, then work to change it. It is no one\u2019s job to water down or sugar-coat the rise of hate crimes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QAi0IYtSeR\">https:\/\/t.co\/QAi0IYtSeR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1090491674575454208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib blamed \u201cdangerous lies spewing from the right wing\u201d for \u201ckilling and hurting our people.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.722891566265\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cWhen one of the most famous black and gay men in America is not safe, the message is clearer than it has ever been.\u201d The dangerous lies spewing from the right wing is killing &amp; hurting our people.<\/p>\n<p>Thinking of you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JussieSmollett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JussieSmollett<\/a>, and my LGBTQ neighbors.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/edtIFWYAX1\">https:\/\/t.co\/edtIFWYAX1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RashidaTlaib\/status\/1090608076015759360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jury selection began for Smollett\u2019s trial on Monday morning. He faces up to three years in prison if convicted on all charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many prominent Democrats have been silent as the trial of former Empire star Jussie Smollett begins, but that wasn\u2019t always the case.The actor faces six counts of felony disorderly conduct &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1064745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1064745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1064745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1064745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1064745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1064745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}