Jussie Smollett was found guilty of five counts of felonious disorderly misconduct in Chicago on Thursday. He was accused of creating a hate crime in January 2019. Democratic presidential hopefuls were quick to express sympathy for him, claiming that he was their victim.
Washington Post correspondent Dave Weigel pointed this out earlier Thursday. In advance of the verdict, “every major 2020 Dem, not Buttigieg, rushed to comment credulously on the Jussie Mollett hoax.”
Some examples were as follows:
Smollett was portrayed by the media as the victim in a hate crime committed by Chicago MAGA-hat-wearing Trump supporters. He happened to be walking by on one of the coldest nights ever recorded.
Smollett blamed Trump supporters for his crimes. His story was believed by the same media that promoted many anti-Trump hoaxes, including the Russia collusion hoax. This would be discredited upon investigation.
President Trump just announced he's offering a million dollars to anyone who can dig up…
Wisconsin's Elections Commission just voted unanimously to block local clerks from verifying whether voters are…
James Comey wants you to believe he's the victim here. Again. The former FBI Director…
President Trump rolled into Mississippi Monday night with something his critics can't stand: proof that…
Let's talk about something the mainstream media would rather bury under a pile of social…
Here's what you need to know about modern political campaigns. They're built on a fiction…