Who would’ve thought we’d see the day comedian D.L. Hughley actually admits he was wrong?! The actor is known for his strong and divisive takes, but on the final night of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), Hughley sang a different tune about Vice President Kamala Harris.
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“If you told 15-year-old me that [I’d] be on stage supporting a prosecutor and a teacher... there’s no way that I would’ve believed you,” Hughley said during his Thursday night speech. The actor went on to say he made unfair “assumptions” about Harris without actually doing any research first.
Like many of Harris’ critics, Hughley often repeated the false claim that as district attorney, Harris sent thousands of Black men to prison for marijuana offenses, according to an interview with DJ Vlad. The actor said he was simply repeating what he heard instead of taking the time to fact check.
The truth is out of the total 1,956 convictions for misdemeanor and felony marijuana offenses during Harris’ run, only 45 were sent to prison, many of whom weren’t even Black.
The “Soul Plane” actor told the DNC “I was wrong” about Harris. Apparently, the vice president invited him to her house where “...she put her hand on my...
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