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==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 threat 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 threat to draw attention to the bill.]]

According to Jussie Smollett, he was out grabbing a sandwich at 2 am in seven degrees temperature at a Subway sandwich shop in the Windy City when he was set upon by two white thugs. The attackers,  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." (More than one news outlet claimed Smollett reported the alleged assailants were wearing MAGA hats, but Smollett denied ever alleging this.<ref name=ABCvideo>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXLx5OY21Bk "Jussie Smollett FULL Interview on alleged attack | ABC News Exclusive"] (February 15, 2019). YouTube video, 16:35, posted by ABC News.</ref>)

According to Jussie Smollett, he was out grabbing a sandwich at 2 am in seven degrees temperature at a Subway sandwich shop in the Windy City when he was set upon by two white thugs. The attackers,  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. [[Kamala Harris]] immediately tweeted that the attack was a "modern day lynching." (More than one news outlet claimed Smollett reported the alleged assailants were wearing MAGA hats, but Smollett denied ever alleging this.<ref name=ABCvideo>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXLx5OY21Bk "Jussie Smollett FULL Interview on alleged attack | ABC News Exclusive"] (February 15, 2019). YouTube video, 16:35, posted by ABC News.</ref>)

Sen. [[Kamala Harris]], who is running for the [[Democratic party]] nomination in the [[2020 presidential election]], sponsored an "anti-lynching bill" in the Senate to make lynching a new federal crime in late December 2018. 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>Marshall, William (February 19, 2019). [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"]. Townhall website.</ref> Harris finally laid claim to a legislative accomplishment, but the bill has yet to pass the House of Representatives.

Sen. Kamala Harris, who is running for the [[Democratic party]] nomination in the [[2020 presidential election]], sponsored an "anti-lynching bill" in the Senate to make lynching a new federal crime in late December 2018. 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>Marshall, William (February 19, 2019). [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"]. Townhall website.</ref> Harris finally laid claim to a legislative accomplishment, but the bill has yet to pass the House of Representatives.

Chicago Police determined that Jussie Smollett paid two Nigerian-American (''i.e.'', black – not white) brothers, acquaintances $3,500 to "assault" Jussie in a rehearsed "attack." The brothers produced a receipt for purchase of the rope with money they got from Smollett.  

Chicago Police determined that Jussie Smollett paid two Nigerian-American (''i.e.'', black – not white) brothers, acquaintances $3,500 to "assault" Jussie in a rehearsed "attack." The brothers produced a receipt for purchase of the rope with money they got from Smollett.