{"id":1103747,"date":"2021-12-09T18:43:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T23:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1103747"},"modified":"2021-12-09T18:43:31","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T23:43:31","slug":"joe-biden-kamala-harris-democrat-politicians-rushed-to-defend-guilty-jussie-smolletts-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-kamala-harris-democrat-politicians-rushed-to-defend-guilty-jussie-smolletts-hoax\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Democrat Politicians Rushed to Defend Guilty Jussie Smollett&#039;s Hoax"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fjoe-biden-kamala-harris-democrat-politicians-rushed-to-defend-guilty-jussie-smolletts-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=1103747&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jussie-Smollett-Getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Jussie Smollett was convicted of five counts of felony disorderly misconduct on Thursday in Chicago for faking a hate crime in January 2019 \u2014 when Democratic presidential contenders rushed to declare their sympathy for him as a purported victim.<\/p>\n<p>As&nbsp;<em>Washington Post<\/em> correspondent Dave Weigel <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daveweigel\/status\/1468603773308350469\">pointed out<\/a>&nbsp;earlier Thursday, in advance of the verdict, \u201cevery major 2020 Dem (not Buttigieg) rushed to comment, credulously, on the Jussie Smollett hoax.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Some examples were as follows:<\/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<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<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.6120996441281\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The racist and homophobic attack on Jussie Smollett is a horrific instance of the surging hostility toward minorities around the country. We must come together to eradicate all forms of bigotry and violence. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2accVEJrCG\">https:\/\/t.co\/2accVEJrCG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSanders\/status\/1090376521171304448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.34628975265\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Racism, homophobia, &amp; all forms of bigotry &amp; hate have no place in this country. The fight for equality isn\u2019t over \u2013 no one should have to live in fear of being beaten on the street because of who they are. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CF0G95CkTc\">https:\/\/t.co\/CF0G95CkTc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ewarren\/status\/1090360007353401345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.776315789474\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is so heartbreaking. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JussieSmollett?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JussieSmollett<\/a>, you are not alone \u2013 we are with you. We must stand up and condemn this hate, bigotry &amp; violence wherever it rears its ugly head. No one should live in fear because of the color of their skin or who they love.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TulsiGabbard\/status\/1090427157300592641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The media rushed to portray Smollett as the victim of a hate crime perpetrated by MAGA-hat-wearing Trump supporters in Chicago who happened to be strolling by in the wee hours of one of the coldest nights in living memory.<\/p>\n<p>Because Smollett blamed Trump supporters as the perpetrators, his story was all too readily believed by the same press that eagerly promoted a variety of anti-Trump hoaxes, most notably the \u201cRussia collusion\u201d hoax, which would fall apart upon actual investigation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of <\/em>Breitbart News Sunday<em> on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the recent e-book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Neither-Free-nor-Fair-Presidential-ebook\/dp\/B08PNN54BB\">Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election<\/a>. His recent book, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centerstreet.com\/titles\/joel-b-pollak\/red-november\/9781546099840\/\">RED NOVEMBER<\/a><em>, tells the story of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary from a conservative perspective. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joelpollak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@joelpollak<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jussie Smollett was convicted of five counts of felony disorderly misconduct on Thursday in Chicago for faking a hate crime in January 2019 \u2014 when Democratic presidential contenders rushed to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"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-1103747","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\/1103747","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\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1103747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103747\/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=1103747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1103747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1103747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}