Tucker Carlson: Why the left so desperately wanted to believe in Jussie, and not in America

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Tucker Carlson: Why the left so desperately wanted to believe in Jussie, and not in America

By Tucker Carlson

Published February 19, 2019
Fox News

When TV star Jussie Smollett claimed to be the victim of a racist anti-gay attack at the hands of two Trump supporters, virtually the entire news media and a parade of politicians immediately believed him and demanded the rest of us do so as well.

Now, that story is coming completely apart, with police sources saying Smollett likely orchestrated the entire attack himself. But while we wait for the facts to come to light, it is worth remembering that almost 3,000 people were shot in the City of Chicago last year -- women, small children -- sometimes alone and sometimes in groups. Many hundreds of them died, and not a single one received anything like the attention the media has lavished on a relatively minor assault alleged by Smollett.

On the other hand, none of Chicago's 3,000 shootings were even half as useful as Smollett's story.

 
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Now, that story is coming completely apart, with police sources saying Smollett likely orchestrated the entire attack himself. But while we wait for the facts to come to light, it is worth remembering that almost 3,000 people were shot in the City of Chicago last year -- women, small children -- sometimes alone and sometimes in groups. Many hundreds of them died, and not a single one received anything like the attention the media has lavished on a relatively minor assault alleged by Smollett.

Apparently the Left, Democrats, and their publicists in news media believe that Chicago’s black lives are unimportant. What’s most important to them is holding on to racial grievances. So let’s hold the presses...we have Jussie Smollett.

Racial politics will surely destroy America.