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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.<ref>https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/1096974254392762368</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>) The attackers wore red hats.
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>) The attackers wore red hats.