{"id":397078,"date":"2019-02-24T18:14:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T17:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/trump-to-blame-for-liberals-believing-smollett-hoax\/"},"modified":"2019-02-24T18:14:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T17:14:05","slug":"trump-to-blame-for-liberals-believing-smollett-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/trump-to-blame-for-liberals-believing-smollett-hoax\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump to Blame for Liberals Believing Smollett Hoax"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/brad-wilmouth\/2019\/02\/23\/capehart-trump-blame-liberals-believing-smollett-hoax\"><strong>Newsbusters<\/strong><\/a><br \/>February 24, 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Appearing as a guest on Saturday\u2019s <em>AM Joy<\/em>, MSNBC contributor Jonathan Capehart blamed President Donald Trump for liberals believing Jussie Smollett\u2019s hoax claims of being attacked by Trump supporters as the liberal <em>Washington Post<\/em> columnist charged that the President \u201cstokes\u201d feelings of \u201cmenace\u201d in minorities. He also complained that conservative reaction to the hoax has been \u201cdespicable.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"video-filter video-mrctv video-center vf-537385 embed-responsive-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrctv.org\/embed\/537385\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As the group suggested that there was a double standard in conservatives criticizing prominent liberals for believing the Smollett hoax when Trump had also seemed to believe it early on, the group ignored the fact that many liberals spoke out and tweeted (sometimes melodramatically) about the story without even being asked about it whereas the President was responding to a question.<\/p>\n<p>Capehart then blamed the President for liberal gullibility:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The reason why so many people were so quick to believe Jussie Smollett and what he said and his version of events before they all unraveled was because that man (Trump) who you just played feeds into and actually stokes the atmosphere of menace and insecurity that millions of Americans feel across this country, whether they are people of color, LGBTQ, trans people, immigrants, Dreamers. You just go down the list.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/brad-wilmouth\/2019\/02\/23\/capehart-trump-blame-liberals-believing-smollett-hoax\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Sunday, February 24, 2019  at  5:08 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/msnbc-trump-to-blame-for-liberals-believing-smollett-hoax.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/msnbc-trump-to-blame-for-liberals-believing-smollett-hoax.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NewsbustersFebruary 24, 2019 Appearing as a guest on Saturday\u2019s AM Joy, MSNBC contributor Jonathan Capehart blamed President Donald Trump for liberals believing Jussie Smollett\u2019s hoax claims of being attacked by Trump supporters as the liberal Washington Post columnist charged that the President \u201cstokes\u201d feelings of \u201cmenace\u201d in minorities. 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