{"id":1109597,"date":"2021-12-11T16:59:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T21:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1109597"},"modified":"2021-12-11T16:59:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T21:59:50","slug":"psaki-grilled-on-biden-harris-smollett-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-grilled-on-biden-harris-smollett-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki grilled on Biden, Harris Smollett tweets"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fpsaki-grilled-on-biden-harris-smollett-tweets%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=1109597&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 id=\"attachment_2609748\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2609748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki holds a press briefing the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on December 10, 2021. (Photo by SAUL LOEB\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:49 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, December 11, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki evaded a question regarding Kamala Harris and Joe Biden\u2019s original reactions to the Jussie Smollett hoax.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki was asked if Biden or Harris regretted their initial tweets in light of Smollett\u2019s guilty verdict. Both declared the incident was evidence of broader American racism in 2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jury finds Jussie Smollett guilty of five felonies for staging a fake hate crime in Chicago. Look forward to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VP<\/a>\u2019s apology for this Tweet calling what happened to Jussie a lynching. And for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a>\u2019s apology for calling this an example of homophobia and racism. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JZgx7wMmjV\">pic.twitter.com\/JZgx7wMmjV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1469087398629883904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Psaki first deflected, claiming President Trump took the occurrence seriously, but later admitted Smollett wasted public resources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s also true and important to note that accusations of hate crime should be taken seriously and they need to be fully investigated, but that\u2019s where everybody was looking at it at the time. But certainly, knowing what we know now it\u2019s important to also note the danger of lying to police, and lying about hate crimes and the fact that it diverts important resources,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, neither Biden nor Harris have publicly commented on Smollett\u2019s verdict.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"12\/10\/21: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZqnAvfaklf8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/colo-gov-polis-says-covid-19-emergency-is-over\/\">Colo. Gov. 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