{"id":1099451,"date":"2021-12-08T16:14:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T21:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1099451"},"modified":"2021-12-08T16:14:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T21:14:34","slug":"never-forget-all-the-libs-who-fell-for-the-jussie-smollett-hate-crime-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/never-forget-all-the-libs-who-fell-for-the-jussie-smollett-hate-crime-hoax\/","title":{"rendered":"NEVER FORGET: All the Libs Who Fell for the Jussie Smollett Hate Crime Hoax"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fnever-forget-all-the-libs-who-fell-for-the-jussie-smollett-hate-crime-hoax%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=1099451&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 readability=\"30.148867313916\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Democrats, celebs, and journalists jumped to condemn fabricated attack<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/rsz_1gettyimages-1208417291-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/rsz_1gettyimages-1208417291.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/rsz_1gettyimages-1208417291-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/rsz_1gettyimages-1208417291-633x491.jpg 633w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/rsz_1gettyimages-1208417291-225x175.jpg 225w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tActor Jussie Smollett, flanked by attorneys, leaves court in Feb. 2020 \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/andrew-stiles\/\" title=\"Posts by Andrew Stiles\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Andrew Stiles<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/matthew-foldi\/\" title=\"Posts by Matthew Foldi\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Matthew Foldi<\/a> \u2022 December 8, 2021 4:07 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"136.34088630439\">\n<p>Jussie Smollett, the C-list actor best known for his role as Terry Hall in <em>The Mighty Ducks<\/em>, is finally <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/jussie-smollett-hate-crime-hoax\/\">on trial<\/a> in Chicago for allegedly staging a hate crime against himself in January 2019. He is charged with counts of felony disorderly conduct for lying to police about the phony attack, which was widely and credulously &#8220;condemned&#8221; by Democratic politicians, journalists, celebrities, and other liberals. Hardly any have bothered to amend their statements or even remove their initial reactions from social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The following is a (non-exhaustive) list of all the libs who immediately believed Smollett&#8217;s absurd story about being recognized by two white guys in Make America Great Again hats. According to Smollett, his &#8220;attackers&#8221; had been wandering the streets of Chicago in below-freezing conditions at 2 a.m. carrying bleach and a noose with the intention of assaulting an obscure celebrity. In fact, the white guys in MAGA hats were Nigerian brothers who told police that Smollett paid them $3,500 to stage the attack.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joebiden\/status\/1090422326783606784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Joe Biden<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What happened to Jussie Smollett must never be tolerated in this country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris\/status\/1090361495119187969?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kamala Harris<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was an attempted modern day lynching.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/02\/17\/pelosi-deletes-tweet-jussie-smollett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Nancy Pelosi<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The racist, homophobic attack on Jussie Smollett is an affront to our humanity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ewarren\/status\/1090360007353401345?ref_src=twsrc&amp;lang=hi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Elizabeth Warren<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fight for equality isn&#8217;t over\u2014no one should have to live in fear of being beaten on the street because of who they are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sensanders\/status\/1090376521171304448?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bernie Sanders<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The racist and homophobic attack on Jussie Smollett is a horrific instance of the surging hostility toward minorities around the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoryBooker\/status\/1090341255786184704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Cory Booker<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The vicious attack on actor Jussie Smollett was an attempted modern-day lynching. I&#8217;m glad he&#8217;s safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sengillibrand\/status\/1090306824945844225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kirsten Gillibrand<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a sickening and outrageous attack, and horribly, it&#8217;s the latest of too many hate crimes against LGBTQ people and people of color. We are all responsible for condemning this behavior and every person who enables or normalizes it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aoc\/status\/1090491674575454208?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no such thing as \u2018racially charged.&#8217;&nbsp;This attack was not \u2018possibly&#8217; homophobic. It was a racist and homophobic attack.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ericswalwell\/status\/1090374782057676801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Eric Swalwell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What happened to Jussie Smollett is vile and tragic; thankfully, he will recover. But hate crimes like this are happening more frequently, egged on by careless hate-filled rhetoric.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRevAl\/status\/1091839447816122369?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Al Sharpton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/al-sharpton-resurrection\/\">notorious anti-Semite<\/a> compared the Smollett incident to the 2015 mass shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. &#8220;We can&#8217;t make people love each other, but we can sure hold them accountable if they harm each other.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Independence24\/status\/1090651902742851585\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Nikole Hannah-Jones&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Promoted tweet that asserted Smollett &#8220;was attacked because he is both black and gay at the same time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brianstelter\/status\/1110589787541520384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian Stelter<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We may never know what really happened.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRC\/status\/1091792119126286343?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Human Rights Campaign<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cited Smollett&#8217;s allegations as evidence for why &#8220;we must address the epidemic of violence that disproportionately targets Black LGBTQ people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aclu\/status\/1090363213840044032\"><strong>American Civil Liberties Union<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This isn&#8217;t the America we want to live in.&nbsp;Our thoughts are with Jussie Smollett and all survivors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnlegend\/status\/1090306177102098432\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>John Legend<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sending love to Jussie and the Smollett family after this horrific attack. We support you and pray that you find peace and justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Andy\/status\/1090335087239917568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Andy Cohen<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;THIS IS FUCKED UP TO THE CORE. CATCH THESE EVIL HOMOPHOBES AND LOCK THEM UP FOREVER.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shondarhimes\/status\/1090337790670315522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Shonda Rhimes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We ALL have a responsibility to rise up against the ignorance and hate out there. If you know who did this, REPORT THEM TO THE POLICE.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deray\/status\/1090311442161721344\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DeRay McKesson<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was just in Chicago with Jussie a few days ago &amp; we talked about the threats. Today feels surreal. I&#8217;m speechless.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/morganmurrell\/celebrities-react-jussie-smollett-brutal-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Reese Witherspoon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is beyond upsetting. What happened to Jussie Smollett is a truly horribly racist, homophobic hate crime. I hope we can find an end to the hate and fear that plagues this country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kevinbacon\/status\/1090346295301001216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kevin Bacon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jussie you are in our thoughts and we are hoping for a speedy recovery. Hate will not win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillieJeanKing\/status\/1090371466380627968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Billy Jean King<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The racist, homophobic attack on&nbsp;Jussie Smollett&nbsp;reminds us that crimes targeting people for the color of their skin and who they love still happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kerrywashington\/status\/1090310169542615042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kerry Washington<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;DEAR GOD! Prayers and justice for Jussie Smollett.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/violadavis\/status\/1090335099525234689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Viola Davis<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We ALL have to take this racist and homophobic act of violence very personally! My arms are around you&nbsp;Jussie Smollett. You are loved!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mindykaling\/status\/1090348980007886849\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mindy Kaling<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am disgusted and horrified to hear of the homophobic and racial attack on Jussie Smollett last night. Unfortunately, these hateful attacks happen way too often.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oliviamunn\/status\/1090342691030806528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Olivia Munn<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jussie Smollett was violently attacked by two white men who poured bleach on him and put a noose around his neck. He was targeted for being black and for being gay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guybranum\/status\/1090347601256361984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Guy Branum<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The attack on Jussie Smollett, like all hate crimes, is an attempt to silence and intimidate marginalized people so we won&#8217;t demand equality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redsteeze\/status\/1097179067659550720\">New York Times<\/a><\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redsteeze\/status\/1097176305001525248\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/redsteeze\/status\/1097181874110296065\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News, ABC News, BuzzFeed, <em>Vox<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These media outlets, among others, credulously reported Smollett&#8217;s allegations as fact.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats Democrats, celebs, and journalists jumped to condemn fabricated attack  Actor Jussie Smollett, flanked by attorneys, leaves court in Feb. 2020 \/ Getty Images &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":280,"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-1099451","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\/1099451","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\/280"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1099451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099451\/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=1099451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1099451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1099451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}