His good morning America quote "if I had said it was a Mexican or a black man..."
The more I think about this, the less sense it makes.
A Mexican or someone black saying "this is MAGA country" would raise more questions about his claim, I think.
And now that the police have two black suspects in custody, what happens to his claim that he was attacked by white guys?
When he says he's sure the guys in the video are his attackers, does it mean he's sure they're white? If so, how does he know?
How did he know his attackers were white, to begin with?
And if he's sure his attackers were white, why hasn't he told the police to stop harassing his black colleagues?
Hell, why isn't the progressosphere up in arms that, a week after a black man reports a hate crime perpetrated by two white men, Chicago's finest have only gotten as far as kicking in the door on a couple of black men?
If it really was these two guys, what made Smollett think it was a hate crime? The "MAGA country" thing? Was that even actually said?
If Jussie had said it was a Mexican or a black man, I think the question would have been "why would a Mexican or a black man be attacking a black man and shouting "MAGA country!" in downtown Chicago at two in the freezing morning?"
Which is probably the big question Chicago PD is asking right now. And I bet the answer isn't "committing a hate crime"*
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* "Hate crime" as the term is conventionally understood by progressives.