Doesn’t get worse.”At a Thursday press conference at the White House, April Ryan, Washington bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks, asked the president about the assault, but he offered just a short response. President Donald Trump had little to say with regard to Tuesday’s attack on “Empire” star Jussie Smollett, which Chicago police are investigating as a racist and anti-LGBTQ hate crime. The president did not address police reports that Smollett, who is gay, was addressed with “racist and homophobic slurs” during the attack. “If we had the simplicity of a well-constructed, beautiful barrier or wall, they wouldn’t be able to come into our country.”“That, to me, is the great sin,” he added. Prior to Thursday, the White House had been criticized for staying silent on Smollett’s attack.

Source: Huffington Post February 01, 2019 16:07 UTC