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'''Jussie Smollett''' (b. 1982) is a [[Hollywood]] actor, singer, director and photographer.  

'''Jussie Smollett''' (b. 1982) is a [[Hollywood]] actor, singer, director and photographer.  

==Alleged attack==

==Alleged attack==

[[File:Kamala and Jussie.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Kamala and Jussie. Kamala introduced legislation to make lynching a federal crime; Jussie allegedly faked his own lynching attempt to draw attention to the bill.]]

[[File:Kamala and Jussie.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Kamala and Jussie. Kamala introduced legislation to make lynching a federal crime; Jussie allegedly faked his own lynching attempt to draw attention to the bill.]]

According to [[Jussie Smollett]], he was out grabbing a sandwich at 2 am in minus 9 degrees temperature at a Subway sandwich shop in the Windy City, when he was set upon by two white thugs. The attackers, wearing MAGA hats in uber-blue [[Chicago]], allegedly called him a “f****t”, “n****r”, and told him “This is MAGA country!” before punching him, kicking him, dousing him with bleach and putting a noose around his neck. Harris immediately tweeted that the attack was a “modern day lynching.”

According to Jussie Smollett, he was out grabbing a sandwich at 2 am in minus 9 degrees temperature at a Subway sandwich shop in the Windy City, when he was set upon by two white thugs. The attackers, wearing MAGA hats in uber-blue [[Chicago]], allegedly called him a “f****t”, “n****r”, and told him “This is MAGA country!” before punching him, kicking him, dousing him with bleach and putting a noose around his neck. Harris immediately tweeted that the attack was a “modern day lynching.”

Sen. [[Kamala Harris]], who is running for the [[Democartic party]] nomination in the [[2020 presidential election]], sponsored an “anti-lynching bill” in the Senate in late December 2018 to make lynching a new federal crime. The bill had always previously stalled in the Senate, because it was seen as an unnecessary political gimmick, meant to remind people of historical black oppression in [[the South]]. Murdering people with a rope has always been a crime under state law. In the wake of Smollett’s faked “noose assault” in Chicago on January 29, Harris’s anti-lynching bill unanimously passed the Senate on February 14, 2019.<ref>[https://townhall.com/columnists/williammarshall/2019/02/19/jussie-smollett-a-case-study-in-modern-liberalism-n2541670 Jussie Smollett: A Case Study in Modern Liberalism], William Marshall, ''Townhall'', Feb 19, 2019</ref> Harris finally laid claim to a legislative accomplishment.

Sen. [[Kamala Harris]], who is running for the [[Democartic party]] nomination in the [[2020 presidential election]], sponsored an “anti-lynching bill” in the Senate in late December 2018 to make lynching a new federal crime. The bill had always previously stalled in the Senate, because it was seen as an unnecessary political gimmick, meant to remind people of historical black oppression in [[the South]]. Murdering people with a rope has always been a crime under state law. In the wake of Smollett’s faked “noose assault” in Chicago on January 29, Harris’s anti-lynching bill unanimously passed the Senate on February 14, 2019.<ref>[https://townhall.com/columnists/williammarshall/2019/02/19/jussie-smollett-a-case-study-in-modern-liberalism-n2541670 Jussie Smollett: A Case Study in Modern Liberalism], William Marshall, ''Townhall'', Feb 19, 2019</ref> Harris finally laid claim to a legislative accomplishment.