Despite a jury finding actor Jussie Smollett guilty of fabricating a racist attack against him last year, tweets sent by then-candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in support of the disgraced actor remain up.
Shortly after the hoax went public, Biden tweeted, “What happened today to [Jussie Smollett] must never be tolerated in this country. We must stand up and demand that we no longer give this hate safe harbor; that homophobia and racism have no place on our streets or in our hearts. We are with you, Jussie.”
What happened today to @JussieSmollett must never be tolerated in this country. We must stand up and demand that we no longer give this hate safe harbor; that homophobia and racism have no place on our streets or in our hearts. We are with you, Jussie. https://t.co/o8ilPu68CM
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) January 30, 2019
Harris went even further, calling Smollett “one of the kindest, most gentle human beings I know. I’m praying for his quick recovery. This was an attempted modern-day lynching.”
.@JussieSmollett is one of the kindest, most gentle human beings I know. I’m praying for his quick recovery.
This was an attempted modern day lynching. No one should have to fear for their life because of their sexuality or color of their skin. We must confront this hate.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) January 29, 2019
Well, it turns out that Smollett actually set up the attack against him, hiring two black men to dress up as Trump supporters, beat him, throw bleach on him, and place a noose around his neck.
A jury on Thursday found the actor guilty of 5 of 6 charges he was slapped with over lying to police about the incident, and he now faces up to 3 years in prison.
Let’s hope Jussie isn’t beating himself up over the conviction.
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6 Responses
The privileged white male, Biden, is in the back pocket of BLM and Antifa. Anyone with black skin can do no wrong. In Bidens pea brain, it is always WHITE man’s fault, except for him of course. Every black thug is a little choir boy angel at heart. Biden is constantly trying to stir up hatred between the races. Divide and conquer. Anything to deflect the bought off media from investigating his own crime family.
She’s not all that wrong. Just need to change one word:
This was an attempted modern day lynching. No one should have to fear for their life because of their political opinion . We must confront this hate
man this is another level. the guy is convicted on literally fabricating a racist situation. of course it was a modern day lynching. only issue is a modern day lynching only exists on the history channel
Since when are the liberal Democrats bothered by reality, the truth or justice?
truth is meaningless to democrats
he paid to have to fear his life
this a disgrace