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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Fri Feb 22, 2019, 10:08 AM Feb 2019

Gabbard: If guilty, Smollett should apologize, 'be prosecuted to fullest extent'

BY TAL AXELROD - 02/22/19 07:44 AM EST

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), who announced last month she is running for president, said that if “Empire” star Jussie Smollett is found guilty of staging an assault he should apologize to the American public for diminishing the accounts of assault victims and be prosecuted.

Link to tweet

Smollett was arrested Thursday and charged with felony disorderly conduct for allegedly filing a false police report about a January assault in which he said assailants hurled racial and homophobic slurs and poured a chemical on him. Police said he paid two brothers $3,500 to stage the attack in order to boost his salary on the show.

The actor could face one to three years in prison and was released on $100,000 bail.

The case has become a lightning rod among 2020 Democrats after several presidential candidates were quick to denounce the January incident, with Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) calling it a “modern day lynching.”

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Gabbard: If guilty, Smollett should apologize, 'be prosecuted to fullest extent' (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2019 OP

I'm sure Gabbard posted this.... doompatrol39 Feb 2019 #1

Crickets... HopeAgain Feb 2019 #2

That guy isn't be prosecuted? Jose Garcia Feb 2019 #3

What guy isn't be prosecuted? doompatrol39 Feb 2019 #4

And, Thank You for doing So! Cha Feb 2019 #5

Can anyone actually disagree with this? Polybius Feb 2019 #6

I want to know what his mental and emotional state is now and was then before I begin... DonViejo Feb 2019 #7

Of course it's The Hill amplifying zero-supporters Tulsi EndGOPPropaganda Feb 2019 #8

Appropriate response n/t Devil Child Feb 2019 #9

No one should comment on this Trenzalore Feb 2019 #10

doompatrol39

(428 posts)

1. I'm sure Gabbard posted this....

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Feb 22, 2019, 10:26 AM

Feb 2019

....right after her much longer post condemning the MAGA coast guard criminal, right?

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HopeAgain

(4,407 posts)

2. Crickets...

Reply to doompatrol39 (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 22, 2019, 10:32 AM

Feb 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

Jose Garcia

(2,593 posts)

3. That guy isn't be prosecuted?

Reply to doompatrol39 (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 22, 2019, 10:38 AM

Feb 2019

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

doompatrol39

(428 posts)

4. What guy isn't be prosecuted?

Reply to Jose Garcia (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 22, 2019, 10:56 AM

Feb 2019

My point is that she felt that this Smollet situation of a guy lying about a MAGA attack was important enough a story for her to comment on it. I'm assuming she felt that way about the other situation which involved her Democratic colleagues being threatened by a terrorist?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided