They shouted: “That f----- Empire n-----!” and “This is MAGA country!” — immediately rendering it a political act in a grotesquely polarized nation. “These types of cowardly attacks are happening to my sisters, brothers and non-gender conforming siblings daily,” Smollett had proclaimed. Rewind to earlier days of the Smollett affair, when police were investigating the alleged attack as a potential hate-crime. Freshman Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got right in there, ahead of any police findings: “It was a racist and homophobic attack. Two of Smollett’s siblings this week posted a Malcolm X quote: “This is the media, the irresponsible media.

Source: thestar February 20, 2019 20:03 UTC