Why isn’t the media bombarding us with the recanted story.
In the headline it doesn’t even say alleged. This is full on fakenews no denying that.
The President was right. fakenews
Have you corrected this story! Fake news!
Do you even understand that there is a word “allegedly” that could have been inserted to make your tweet accurate.
There is No Video footage or proof at All!
'Smells like bull sheit', but as far as free publicity goes, playing the victim is as good as it gets.
Somehow the earlier reporting that they yelled “MAGA country” being scrubbed. Along with carefully constructed messaging to avoid the words “racist” or “homophobic” - what is a “racial” slur? Someone declaring (gasp) that they see color while the rest of polite society...
I completely believe he was attacked, and that's bad enough. Really no need to embellish the story and add the MAGA part. This will turn out to be fake controversy 4 for the MSM, and it's not even February yet.
Pure insidious, demonic evil
blackfedexman 😱🥺🤬😭😡Smh
Let me get this straight two masked men at 230 in the morning walking downtown Chicago in -10 degree weather with no witnesses attack a black gay man yelling MAGA...🤔🤔
Blame Trump......
Terrible situation. I hope he gets well soon. It must’ve been a horribly traumatic experience. :(
You minions are so gullible.
ClintSmithIII 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
We have a Bully, who’s supposed to be a Leader. He’s a corrupt liar breaking laws and violating ethics. MAGA is a slogan from KKK in the 1920’s. This hat has replaced Hoods and sheets. This is a hate crime. The hat proves it by promoting white hate group slogan
So who the hell walks around a major city with a length of rope in their pocket. Were these fuckers caught?
Oh you want the whole world homosexual don't you - and this is how you want to paint Trump supporters, Christians, etc. - nice try - we barely believe the story.
Hoax
How in the hell does this still happen in America?! Absolutley no excuse for this kind of behavior in this country.
What kind of people walk around with rope? They were looking for someone.
This makes me so sad! When are we going to accept each other. There is no reason for this to happen. Please work to lift each other up. We will all be better for it. Feel better, Jussie!
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Taking bets now that the 'details' will be dramatically different than the original story....CorruptMedia
They also told him 'This is MAGA country!'
How shameful. I would think we would be getting over things like the. We fought the Cuvil War, had marches, still racism lives on in America.
Here’s the real question that the media forgot to report—what race are the perpetrators?
JussieSmollett this is disgusting. Praying you are ok. Sending love.
LIVING CHRIST WHAT IS GOING ON!!! ENOUGH!!!! Enough. Holy God. STOOOOOOOP!!!!!!! Please!!! OMG.
Saw this earlier and almost couldn't bare to read it, then knew I had too. Absolutely abhorrent and I can't imagine how frightening that would have been. I hope they catch and prosecute these hateful people, to the full extent of the law.
So where are the people who say they witnessed the attack and it was just a bunch of boys letting off steam? why they're making such a big deal out of it we don't know.
Terriblle, any witnesses
50-50 this story if fake
Awful stuff here. Hopefully he heals quickly and justice is brought to the perpetrators.
Attackers in Chicago must be identified, arrested, and prosecuted. No tolerance
Do they work for you guys? Asking for a friend.....🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
did you purposely leave out “This is MAGA Country!” & other MAGA slogans shouted during this Hate Filled Brutal Racist attack by MAGA thugs as they put the Noose around his neck? Dare I call your headline Whitewashed? POTUS SonOfAKlanMan
That’s horrific. Praying for Jussie Smollet.
'Possible'
I am so sorry this happened to him. My God, what is this world coming too?
No witnesses. How schocking.
Please don't let this stop you from being who you are and what you represent... I'm gay and Boricua and I'm proud of my heritage and where I come from...
My prayers are with you and your family... I love your voice and I love the role you play and I hope they get what they deserve... I wish all these racist assholes would disappear... This world would be better off without all this hatred.... Love you Papa...😕😕
This kind of situation should NEVER happen in the USA...so sad and we love you Jussie❤️. Aren’t we beyond barbaric!!!?!?!?!
On behalf of all the good people of Illinois, our sincere apology. This heinous act is not how we feel or act.
Don’t you get it? He’s just an actor!!!!
ChicagosMayor
So he was assaulted but can’t give any detail of the suspects that assaulted him. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm🤔🤔 not going to say it could be fake, but who knows cause who ever else was around would’ve said they saw him and seen the individuals too that did the assaulting?
With a noose, it was more racially motivated or they wouldn't use a noose. Im so sorry Jeremy
Trump mirrors the worst in us all! He's the monster WE created. My inner Trump is hating when people don't like me. Why? Fear of unlovability. I'm not. No one is. Now heal it w love. Change the within to change the without. Do you hate Trump? Who does he remind you of? Dig.
This sounds suspect
So he just walks around Chicago with no security guards? GTFOH
This is why karenpence, the wife of a prominent national leader, should never be associated with any organization, especially one that educates/nurtures kids, that denigrates gay Americans by exclusion. VP GOP
Y’all forgot to say two white men.
Smells fishy to me. Just saying...
I have no words...
Praying for a speedy recovery. God bless n protect you always. With love.
If they never Spoke to him and ran up on him how did they know he is Gay? FAKE
The national emergency America needs to be focused on...homegrown terrorists.
Where is the security camera footage? People walking around at 2 am on Monday night with below zero temps with 'chemicals' and Rope hunting Gay Black people. These stories are never verified. To ask that they are you will be Attacked. Already blaming Whites. You don't even know
Let us know when you interview the perpetrators and show them as victims...maybe they got a hang nail while they brutally assaulting a man for being black and gay.
“Being investigated as...” insults us all.
KeirJ4A That's disgusting
My BS detector is going off....
Chicago is an unmitigated disaster under Dem leadership
Oh my god! Whom ever did this should get 20 yrs or more in jail. What the fuck is wrong with people
weird stuff to be dragging around at 2 a.m. when its -10 outside
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Trump supporters attacked him?
These maga men are trump's men. He should be ashamed, but of course he's as tone-deaf and blind as ever.
Right! But this is not an emergency. The real emergency is at the border and made up of families 😒
Disgusting. Tell me again how MAGA doesn’t equate to white hate? I’ll wait.
We are going to get photo evidence of injuries right?
Prayers and love 🙏❤ to JussieSmollett This is horrific!
😰😢😩 this is horrendous!!! Is this the U.S.!?!? JussieSmollett is so talented and such a good singer. I hope he comes back as strong as ever!
Omg 🙏🏽🙏🏽😞😞
Horrifying! Praying for his recovery.
Waiting to get the full story....
blackfedexman Rather you are for or against his lifestyle this is sickening and extremely uncalled for. This will not be tolerable on any shape form or fashion. This is a hate crime and I hope these people get what they deserve. What’s this world coming to. Good Lord
Folks, be careful about this story that TV personality Jussie Smollett was hurt in a homophobic attack in Chicago. This whole story sounds EXACTLY like the sort of stories that are later identified as a hoax.
MAGA_Racist_Evil AmericanAssholeCulture MAGA_Hat_IsTheNewWhiteHood
what the fuck-
Chicago d has admitted there is no report of the incident. The amount of people who believed this article is astonishing.
Lies I'm certain that this is made up🙄
Unfuckingbeleiveable
Horrendous. Looks like hate is becoming more accepted in today's vile political arena.
This sounds like a hoax.
Rhetoric has consequences. Hold the president accountable for the increased hate crimes in this country! What red hat were they wearing? Whose campaign slogan did they shout?
We need to get these people who hurt him and lock them up under the jail and not let them out ever again cause this is just horrible and sickening to hear this happened to my favorite actor this city is sick and the two Grown men who hurt him gonna pay for this for sure
Hope he HAS PROOF!!! of some kind!!!
SavannahGuthrie will you be interviewing his attackers?
BigSto Yalll ain’t shit.. grow up
I can save you some time: definitely a hate crime.
Horrible event, if true. Waiting for more facts is prudent here. It seems strange that a lynch mob was roving the Chicago Streets at 2 a.m. with hanging rope and bleach and just happened upon Jusse. My blessings for a full and speedy recovery.
Have the attackers been invited to the White House yet?
So when do we hear SavannahGuthrie interview the attackers?
First his dad put him in a trash can now he gets a rope around his neck dam
Possible? No. Definite.
menjicm this is absolutely horrible.. people are just horrible
Are there even any white dudes that live in Chicago? I mean not many
JussieSmollett Prayers for a speedy recovery both physically and mentally. This is horrible and should never have happened to you, or anyone else! God bless! 🙏🏼💕
I assume they were wearing MAGA hats. Am I right?
seabethree damn man, ppl fucked up out there.
Jennifer_Resist “This is MAGA country” deserves to be in the headline
Sounds made up.
no one carries this stuff around. This would have had to have been a planned targeting. I hope they find who's responsible.
When a story is this cliché sounding, I wait for the revelation that it was made up. I do the same thing when I hear about 'messages' on bills in restaurants. I'm sorry, but the times we live in make me cynical.
OMG! SENDING PRAYERS HIS WAY😢
This is a horrible crime for anyone to have happen to them.the media will bombard us with every detail . The media wants a race war in America, they work on it every day to whip up divisions between the races, doesn’t matter what race , just want to create divisions
Pretty wild that some redneck Drumpfsters apparently know enough about Empire to recognize and target him
Don’t know if u saw this Alyssa_Milano !!
These are THE MAGA Deplorables. They are all now newly empowered under trump. What a sad state of affairs we now have in America.
This is horrible!! This is so heartbreaking. No one should be put through that, ever!
HORRIBLE COWARDLY Racist attack!!! We MUST fight back against these insecure degenerates who want to keep us in the 1930s!! WILL👏🏽NOT👏🏽HAPPEN!!!
Wtf
I look forward to your feature interview with his white attackers, where they explain how they were just misguided and made a mistake they very much regret.
Disgusting!!! My heart continues to break over how racism has become increasingly prevalent in the world today. Get well JussieSmollett 💙
Probably should wait for the facts to come out. Not doubting that he was attacked, but I agree it should be investigated as a hate crime and then we see where the investigation lands.
Oh, hey! Will SavannahGuthrie interview the MAGA perpetrators for this too? TODAYshow
bryanboy When will AMERICA stand up to the bullshit he spews from the WH? When will AMERICA be tired of stepping in the blood puddles of her hateful past and carrying it into our present day? When will AMERICA tell ameriKKKa she has had enough and there is no room for hate here? ENOUGH
The assailants were African-American... how could this be racist?
in my home town! 💔
This is an act of terrorism. When are moderate republicans going to stand up to RadicalRepublicanTerrorism? The RNC is a terrorist organization.
There’s nothing more hard-core than homophobic racist who hang out side subways with rope and bleach on the coldest night of the year in Chicago. They must be really dedicated.
realDonaldTrump I expect to hear the condemnation of this attack from you very soon. Since MAGA is your tagline...then you have a responsibility to condemn actions when it is used incorrectly.
He was attacked by 2 people 2am who just happened to have a rope and bleach...at 2 in the morning.
Is SavannahGuthrie preparing to interview the attackers so we can have “their side of the story?”
As opposed to a 'love crime'?
Absolutely disgusting and shocking
Do u know if the recent Birmingham AL cop murder is being investigated as a hate crime?
bryanboy My trump supporters let’s get all the facts straight
Himerozzz this is what I try to tell you.
Hoax
I'm praying for you! It saddens me that things like this still happen. It's so terrible and senseless!
A couple months ago my friend was jumped in cedar falls Iowa, gay black man, had to be kept sedated hospitalized for many days, many injuries. There was no confrontation, argument. Just jumped. Month later happened to someone else. Targeted
Disgusting...what has happened to humanity? Sad days indeed
At least they didn’t try to call Chicago “maga country” like tmz did
If these type of cowards & monsters can be this bold and attack someone as prominent as him because of hate-what chance does the less prominent have?
This is an example of privilege in this nation. No amount of money, fame or talent is enough to make you safe if you're black or gay in straight white America.
But but but MAGat hats are just innocent! Will the TODAYshow interview the accused attackers to get their side? Both sides you know....
Will SavannahGuthrie interview the attackers once they’re identified? Will you give them soft lighting, make up to make them look like Shirley Temple and small chairs?
Investigated as a hate crime ? Noose around neck = hate crime!!!!!
karenaboylan WTF ! Now this is very serious! Wish him a speedy recovery. 🙏🙏 I hope the perpetrators are caught. StopTheHate BlackLivesMatter gaypride EndHomophobia Dax_x98
ClintSmithIII Wonderful actor, beautiful guy, heartthrob. This would be unimaginable if it hadn’t happened. This MUST become a turning point. We can’t live this way.
OMG. Utterly disgusting. Praying for his recovery 🙏🏻
This will turn out to be a hoax.
Question homophobic jaketapper .... stat!!
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ClintSmithIII 😡😡😡
They just happen to have ski masks, bleach and rope. FakeNews
That's messed up!
ClintSmithIII Oh my goodness that's disgusting I pray for a speedy recovery and I pray God heal your heart , your mind and your body in Jesus Name Amen .
This is horrible and sickening 😡
Disgusting...this is truly to be blamed, in part, on that idiot they call President (not mine,). He has created more hate than I'd ever thought i'de experience. I know I'm name calling so contradiction. But my intolerance is only to and about Trump!
How do we know that this is a hate crime if all we have to go on is his word? With the recent stories where the liberal media has been jumping to conclusions only to look like fools days later, don't you thin you should be a little more careful in what you report right away?
ClintSmithIII Possible? Do better NBC.
ClintSmithIII It’s also reported they hurled ‘This is MAGA Country’ then tied a noose around his neck. Why was this left out?
😪horrible
people wearing MAGA hats
Omg! This is horrible. Hope he gets wellsoon.
More Trump supporters. MAGA Red Hat, the new swastika
“This is MAGA country”.... sickening what the GOP and DonaldJTrumpJr have done to this country
Thinking this might not be true. Let’s wait.
... sounds like a crock...!
All the sheep will eat this fake story right up.
Another staged publicity stunt...
It's so sad that we can't just live and let live. What right do you have to physically attack someone just because they are different than you?! Seems like those 2 attackers are in the closet and ashamed of themselves so they attack someone that is NOT ASHAMED TO BE HIMSELF.
Trump's AmeriKKKa
This sounds like a planned attack.
EvBenjamin Holy shit. 👀
Everyone should be given ample opportunity in life to leave their life on their own discretion, not by someone else's policy. Cause after all life is too short, it's goal should be used for a better of the present and the future of the world.
I doubt he gets an invite to the white house
Yeah but, THE WALL!!
Probably didn’t even happen Hate crime hoaxes are common these days
I thought racism was gone?
No room in this Country for those who would do that. Country is so divided & both sides have those who resort to slurs & violence. Media & Hollywood perpetuates this behavior.
Omg!!! Praying for him. How horrible!
This should scare and infuriate everyone. Everyone. Please let there be peace and justice for JussieSmolllet
This is tragic JussieSmollett is a national treasure !!!!
MicahGrimes 'Possible'
If the story he tells doesn’t wind up being accurate will the media cover that ?
Heartbreaking and infuriating all at once
This is caused by extremism and anti-black that has returned to America again.
That’s terrible! The ignorance and hatred is alive and well.
My God! People’s racism needs to go back in the closet where it belongs.
Dreadful 💔
This is sad and disgusting. Things like this should not be happening in our country, in our world. We can't let hate win.
Catch the SOB’s !!!!
I believe they also yelled, “This is MAGA country.”
JussieSmollett I am so sorry that this happened to you, and that this happens to anyone at all. These people are disgusting monsters! I'm wishing you a speedy recovery and I'm hopeful these a$$holes will be caught soon. ❤️
Can we assume they weren’t trump supporters as nbc would have included that in the headline? And probably not white either, they would’ve also featured that prominently as well.
The “incident” will later be revealed to have been a hoax.
Sure this wasn't out in the burbs? hmmmm.
Terrorists
You forgot to mention they yelled 'this is MAGA country' while doing it.
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These suspect white terrorists are getting out of control. Actually they've been outta control it's just nowadays social media gives us access to the news in real time.
This is so sad
Were they Trump supporters?
good people on both sides
Wow,that's heavy stuff but the caravan are the real threat to America don't forget
WTF is wrong with people.
Please don’t say possible it WAS a homophobic and racist attack. He was called both racial and homophobic slurs while being attacked and he was attacked for both being black and gay
Chain them outside in the snow.
Walls won’t stop homegrown MAGA hate.
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