{"id":1404248,"date":"2022-03-28T08:46:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T12:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1404248"},"modified":"2022-03-28T08:46:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T12:46:19","slug":"squad-rep-ayanna-pressley-tweets-and-deletes-support-for-will-smith-assaulting-chris-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-rep-ayanna-pressley-tweets-and-deletes-support-for-will-smith-assaulting-chris-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSquad\u201d Rep. Ayanna Pressley Tweets and Deletes Support for Will Smith Assaulting Chris Rock"},"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%2Fsquad-rep-ayanna-pressley-tweets-and-deletes-support-for-will-smith-assaulting-chris-rock%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=1404248&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=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., a member of &#8220;The Squad,&#8221; rushed to celebrate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/will-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Will Smith<\/a> when he slapped Chris Rock after Rock made a joke about Smith&#8217;s wife, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/jada-pinkett-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Jada Pinkett Smith<\/u><\/a> at the Oscars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Yet Pressley appears to have deleted the tweet mere minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>After Rock made a joke about a sequel to &#8220;G.I. Jane,&#8221; apparently referring to Pinkett Smith&#8217;s bald head, Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/oscars-2022-will-smith-slap-chris-rock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly rushed on stage<\/a>, slapped Rock in the face, and then returned to his seat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/oscars-2022-will-smith-slap-chris-rock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>OSCARS: WILL SMITH SLAPS CHRIS ROCK OVER JADA PINKETT SMITH JOKE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pinkett Smith has been open about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/jada-pinkett-smith-buzz-cut-inspired-daughter-willow-50th-birthday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>her struggle with hair loss<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1239558965.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"US actor Will Smith (R) slaps US actor Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      US actor Will Smith (R) slaps US actor Chris Rock onstage during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 27, 2022.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Photo by ROBYN BECK\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pressley appeared to identify with Pinkett Smith in her tweet. She used the word Alopecia, the medical term for bald.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;#Alopecia nation stand up!&#8221; the congresswoman tweeted. &#8220;Thank you #WillSmith Shout out to all the husbands who defend their wives living with alopecia in the face of daily ignorance &#038; insults.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/640\/320\/Ayanna-Pressley.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"US Representative Ayanna Pressley, Democrat of Massachusetts, joins House Democrats at a news conference on the \" Women \/>((Photo by SAUL LOEB\/AFP via Getty Images))<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Women with baldness are for the real men only only [<i>sic<\/i>],&#8221; Pressley added. &#8220;Boys need not apply.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pressley&#8217;s office did not immediately respond to an after-hours request for comment from Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1388062703.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith attend the Oscars 2022.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith attend the Oscars 2022.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Photo by Emma McIntyre\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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