{"id":1404990,"date":"2022-03-28T13:45:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T17:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1404990"},"modified":"2022-03-28T13:45:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T17:45:48","slug":"reps-ayanna-pressley-jamaal-bowman-delete-tweets-supporting-will-smiths-oscars-slap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reps-ayanna-pressley-jamaal-bowman-delete-tweets-supporting-will-smiths-oscars-slap\/","title":{"rendered":"Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Jamaal Bowman Delete Tweets Supporting Will Smith&#039;s Oscars Slap"},"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\">24<\/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%2Freps-ayanna-pressley-jamaal-bowman-delete-tweets-supporting-will-smiths-oscars-slap%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=1404990&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 class=\"subheading\">Far-left Democrats Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) initially showed support for Will Smith after the famed actor slapped Oscars cohost and comedian Chris Rock onstage, only to later delete their apparent support of violence.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, who won an Oscar for his lead role in <em>King Richard<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/03\/27\/watch-will-smith-smacks-chris-rock-on-stage-at-oscars\/\">stunned<\/a> viewers Sunday night after walking onto the stage and slapping Rock across the face \u2014 a reaction apparently triggered by a joke about Smith\u2019s wife\u2019s bald head, as the comedian jokingly referenced \u201cG.I. Jane 2.\u201d Smith\u2019s wife, actress Jada Pinkett Smith, apparently has alopecia, which causes hair loss, and looked visibly annoyed by Rock\u2019s joke.<\/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>After sitting down after the slap, Smith shouted, \u201cKeep my wife\u2019s name out of your fucking mouth\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Full video\/audio of Will Smith vs. Chris Rock. (NSFW language obviously.) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscars?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Oscars<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k7pX27lI3J\">pic.twitter.com\/k7pX27lI3J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Silverstein (@SilversteinAdam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SilversteinAdam\/status\/1508271139461771271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While the internet debated whether the moment was staged or not, Pressley and Bowman used the opportunity to show their support.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c#Alopecia nation stand up!\u201d Pressley, who has the same condition, said, thanking Will Smith and giving a \u201cshout out to all the husbands who defend their wives living with alopecia in the face of daily ignorance &#038; insults.\u201d She later deleted the tweet:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just-deleted tweet from Rep. Ayanna Pressley <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mapoli?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mapoli<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oscars?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Oscars<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gGFlStTQ3D\">pic.twitter.com\/gGFlStTQ3D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Grace Panetta (@grace_panetta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grace_panetta\/status\/1508274988792655872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bowman took to social media, writing, \u201cTeachable Moment: Don\u2019t joke about a Black Woman\u2019s hair.\u201d He later deleted that tweet as well:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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>It remains unclear if the left-wing lawmakers experienced a sudden change of heart or still support Smith\u2019s public assault. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2022\/03\/27\/oscars-on-will-smiths-attack-the-academy-does-not-condone-violence-of-any-form\/\">released<\/a> a statement noting that it does \u201cnot condone violence of any form,\u201d although it did not withdraw Smith\u2019s award.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), Rock is not pressing charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Far-left Democrats Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) initially showed support for Will Smith after the famed actor slapped Oscars cohost and comedian Chris Rock onstage, only to later<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"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-1404990","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\/1404990","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1404990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1404990\/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=1404990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1404990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1404990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}