{"id":1404745,"date":"2022-03-28T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1404745"},"modified":"2022-03-28T12:00:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T16:00:30","slug":"report-which-squad-members-defended-will-smith-slapping-chris-rock-at-the-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-which-squad-members-defended-will-smith-slapping-chris-rock-at-the-oscars\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Which \u2018Squad\u2019 Members Defended Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock At The Oscars?"},"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%2Freport-which-squad-members-defended-will-smith-slapping-chris-rock-at-the-oscars%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=1404745&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>Two members of \u201cthe Squad,\u201d a group of left-leaning Congressional Democrats, reportedly deleted tweets praising actor Will Smith after he slapped comedian Chris Rock on stage Sunday at the Academy Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/28\/will-smith-chris-rock-slap-oscars-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">altercation<\/a> between the two celebrities occurred after Rock made a joke about the shaved head of Smith\u2019s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, who suffers from alopecia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c#Alopecia nation stand up! Thank you #WillSmith,\u201d Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/19\/pressley-says-manchin-contempt-for-american-people-build-back-better\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ayanna Pressley<\/a>, who announced she has alopecia in 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenjaminGoggin\/status\/1508275491358261255?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1508275491358261255%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedailybeast.com%2Fayanna-pressley-tweets-then-deletes-praise-for-will-smith-slapping-chris-rock-after-joke-over-jadas-alopecia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/03\/27\/will-smith-slap-chris-rock-pressley-00020786\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to Politico. \u201cShout out to all the husbands who defend their wives living with alopecia in the face of daily ignorance &#038; insults.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yup! Screenshot here <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JRxAjtZ4QT\">pic.twitter.com\/JRxAjtZ4QT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benjamin Goggin (@BenjaminGoggin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenjaminGoggin\/status\/1508275491358261255?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWomen with baldies are for real men only\u2026boys need not apply,\u201d she wrote. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/11\/kamala-harris-space-video-child-actors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018My Agent Called\u2019: Viral Kamala Harris Space Video Featured Child Actors)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jamaal Bowman reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bencjacobs\/status\/1508276185607905282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1508276185607905282%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediaite.com%2Fonline%2Freps-ayanna-pressley-jamaal-bowman-delete-tweets-seemingly-defending-will-smith-smacking-chris-rock-at-the-academy-awards%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> that the incident was a \u201cteachable moment\u201d not to joke about the hair of black women, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/reps-ayanna-pressley-jamaal-bowman-tweet-delete-defense-will-smiths-os-rcna21787\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to NBC News. Both of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/30\/democratic-socialists-of-america-jamaal-bowman-expulsion-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Squad<\/a>\u201d members\u2019 tweets were subsequently deleted, with neither lawmaker providing a reason.<\/p>\n<p>The American broadcast of the event cut the audio, but several foreign broadcasts stayed live, with Rock telling the audience that \u201cWill Smith just smacked the shit out of me.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jamaal Bowman also briefly tweeted about Will Smith assaulting Chris Rock before deleting it <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KLKXbI4o9E\">pic.twitter.com\/KLKXbI4o9E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bencjacobs\/status\/1508276185607905282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cKeep my wife\u2019s name out your fucking mouth,\u201d Smith responded.<\/p>\n<p>Smith went on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/media\/2022\/03\/28\/will-smith-chris-rock-oscars-win-king-richard-orig-jk.cnn\/video\/playlists\/atv-trending-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">win<\/a> the award for Best Actor for playing Venus and Serena Williams\u2019 father, Richard, in the movie \u201cKing Richard.\u201d He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pRaXvJGoQOc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">apologized<\/a> to the Academy for the incident during his acceptance speech, but not to Rock.<\/p>\n<p>Bowman and Pressley did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two members of \u201cthe Squad,\u201d a group of left-leaning Congressional Democrats, reportedly deleted tweets praising actor Will Smith after he slapped comedian Chris Rock on stage Sunday at the Academy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"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-1404745","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\/1404745","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\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1404745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404745\/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=1404745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1404745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1404745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}