Why the Dems, the Lying Media and the Left instantly pushed the Smollett hoax as real

When gay black actor Jussie Smollett claimed to be the victim of a racist anti-gay attack at the hands of two Trump supporters, virtually the entire entire mainstream media and all the top Democrat presidential candidates for 2020 immediately said they believed him.  

And of course they demanded the rest of us do so as well.

Now, as Smollett's story is completely falling apart, with police sources having found two black Chicago brothers who say Smollett paid them $3,500 to fake the attack, the Lying Mainstream Media isn't retracting their earlier rush to believe the hoaxer, but is now urging "caution:"  We have to wait until the entire investigation is declared complete before we rush to judgment, eh?

So while we wait to learn the full story, it's worth noting that almost 3,000 people were shot in Chicago last year --including women and children.  Something like 700 died--but not one received anything like the attention the media has lavished on a relatively minor assault alleged by Smollett.

The reason none of Chicago's 3,000 shootings got much attention is that they weren't as useful to the Left as Smollett's claimed assault.

The Smollett story was perfect for a national media that long ago gave up the pretense of gathering news.  Journalism today has deteriorated into an explicitly political job, designed to enforce certain beliefs and punish anyone who disagrees.

The Smollett story was perfectly positioned to do both.  Journalists pretended to be horrified as they recounted the alleged attack, but secretly they were thrilled.

MSNBC talking head Miguel Almaguer was typical:

“There are many indications of a hate crime here. They are looking for two suspects who were wearing apparently wearing "Make America Great Again" hats though that has not yet been officially confirmed.”

Vox babbler Liz Plank was sure President Trump had something to do with the attack.

“We don't know what happened to Jussie, but what we do know is that racism is alive and well in this country,” Plank said. “There is real evidence of people who have done these crimes, who cite that the President has inspired them.”

Washington Post babbler Jonathan Capehart agreed with Plank that president Trump was surely to blame.

“The fact that [the attackers] reportedly said, ‘This is MAGA country,’ adds to sort of the atmosphere of menace that African-Americans in particular and people of color in general have felt since the advent of the Trump administration," Capehart wrote.

Finally, CNN’s Brooke Baldwin:

“He said his attackers hurled racial and homophobic slurs at him. This is America in 2019.”

And if you asked pointed questions, much less doubts, the elites were poised to attack you.  Sarah Gilbert (apparently an actress) weighed in:

“And the media has really cast so much doubt on his story which I find so personally offensive that a gay black man is targeted and then suddenly he becomes the victim of people's disbelief.  It is...outrageous....”

To the mainstream media, Smollett's story perfectly showed the expected results of Trump's policies and style--which led them to run with it even though most people suspected a hoax from the outset.  In fact Smollett's account began to fall apart within hours after a series of leaks from the obviously skeptical Chicago Police Department.

Smollett's handlers responded by getting him on a national cable show with an interviewer they knew they could trust:  Robin Roberts of "Good Morning, America."  Roberts surely knew there was ample evidence that Smollett was lying but didn't ask any uncomfortable questions. 

Both Smollett and Roberts turned out to be talented actors. Check out their performance on YouTube before it is scrubbed. You will never watch ABC News again. Virtually every word they utter is dishonest.

It was a great performance.  Here's Smollett:

“If I had said [my attacker] was a Muslim or a Mexican or someone black, I feel like the doubters would have supported me a lot much more [sic], a lot more.  And that says a lot about the place that we are in our country right now.  The fact that we have these fear mongers, these people that are trying to separate us and it is just not okay. [sic]”

Who is dividing us?  Smollett claims he was the victim of a race-based attack, and tells us that the main reason people doubt his story is that they don't like gays or blacks.  And as he relates this tragic story the rest of us nod as if this was true--because we are required to do that. 

This is how dishonest our society has become.  Everyone must lie all the time, pretending that hate crimes against blacks and homosexuals are common in what many Democrats seriously claim is the most racist, bigoted country ever. 

We nod and say nothing to counter the lies, because observant people have learned the unwritten rules:  That in most career fields, if you want to keep your job you have no choice but to nod in agreement.

But the fact is that the much-hyped, alleged epidemic of hate crimes we've all have heard so much about consists almost entirely of hoaxes by the alleged "victims."  The premise is absurd. America is not a hateful country, but is the most welcoming place on Earth.  That's why even as your children are being taught that Americans are bigoted, millions of foreigners continue to come here from around the globe, in search of a better life here.


So why does the left insist on inventing bigoted bogeymen waiting around every dark corner?  It's because stoking race hatred ensures continued power for the Democrat party.  Democrat leaders have gone all-in on socialism, and realize they can win votes by convincing every grievance group that the U.S. is a hateful, awful place. 

This is the point of "identity politics."  It's why they pushed the Smollett hoax--and all the others.  For the Dem politicians, hate crimes--whether real or fake--are a winning tactic

H/T Tucker Carlson.