The left used Jussie Smollett's hate crime hoax for political gain: Eddie Scarry
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Actor Jussie Smollett was found guilty Thursday on five charges related to staging hate crime against himself and lying to police, a complete 180-degree turn from the days and weeks immediately following the 2019 incident in which various members of the liberal media and celebrity figures jumped to the "Empire" star's defense and even blamed former President Trump and his supporters for creating the political climate leading to the fake attack.
Here are just a few of the many examples of media personalities and celebrities who jumped to conclusions about Smollett's accusations and appeared to accept them without question.
Among the most egregious was "Good Morning America's" Robin Roberts, who sat down with Smollett for an emotional face-to-face interview but failed to press him on the more outrageous claims within his story. She instead appeared to be sympathize with him and feed into his phony allegations.
During an appearance on "The Late Show," actor Elliot Page launched a rant against Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence, accusing them of having a direct link to the false attack against Smollett.
"We have a media that's saying it's a debate whether or not what just happened to Jussie Smollett is a hate crime. It's absurd. This s**t isn't a debate," Page said as liberal host Stephen Colbert agreed.
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