Yesterday a jury found Jussie Smollett guilty on five of six counts at the former “Empire” actor’s hate crime hoax trial.
Ever since the time Smollett claimed he was attacked, he stuck to the original story even as the wheels started falling off his claims. Obviously the jury didn’t agree, but CNN’s John Avlon has assigned some of the blame for Smollett’s troubles. This comes with a beverage warning:
"Jussie Smollett’s repetition of a lie did not make it true … It’s a strategy he might as well have learned from Donald Trump: when caught in a lie, double down. Lie more," said @JohnAvlon. https://t.co/7SmYrCpIvb
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) December 10, 2021
TDS remains a cornerstone of CNN.
Gotta make the Trump quota for Jeff.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 10, 2021
Look at what a clown @JohnAvlon is.
Just look at it. https://t.co/JC288McNe8
— RBe (@RBPundit) December 10, 2021
It’s clear that for anybody on CNN, a world without Trump in it is an existence not worth living.
Don Lemon on line 1
— John Cornish (@MunderDifflin64) December 10, 2021
https://t.co/lyl63K9uKE pic.twitter.com/6MBkwDzqMu
— Disobey #WakeUp (@wake_pc) December 10, 2021
TIL that Donald Trump invented lying https://t.co/It75ssryRY
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) December 10, 2021
No presidents lied before Trump, apparently. https://t.co/46lTtxs6VC
— Boo You (@reginaphilanjie) December 10, 2021
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Apparently not. Oh, wait…
Right. Because there isn’t a single other example of lying again and again until evidence proves the lie… https://t.co/iPhOKOE5TQ pic.twitter.com/hpa3ib8z48
— Scott Paterno, Just a Guy (@ScottPaterno) December 10, 2021
Doubling down on a lie is a #Clinton strategy, and it comes from, "I did not have sex with that woman." #JussieSmollett #JUSSIEGUILTY https://t.co/qKz1xIJDjn
— Sally Eastman (@SallyEastman6) December 10, 2021
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