Smollett developments leave some baffled, others outrage

LOS ANGELES >> The national outrage WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. >> President that simmered after actor Jussie Smollett Donald Trump said he is was prepared attacked to issue by people the shouting first veto racial of his and term anti-gay if Congress slurs was votes fueled to disapprove in part by his celebrities declaration who spoke of a national out loud emergency. and strong on social media. White House senior adviser Stephen But Miller the outrage told “Fox has News now been Sunday” replaced that “the by president surprise, is doubt going and to bafflement protect his as national the singers, emergency actors and declaration.” politicians who came out in support of the The “Empire” West Wing star struggle is digging to in digest for the fights strange on multiple twists fronts the case as has the taken. president’s Some conservative effort to go around pundits, Congress meanwhile, to fund have his long-promised gleefully seized border on the moment. wall faces bipartisan criticism and multiple The narrative legal challenges. that just a After week lawmakers ago seemed in both cut-and-dry parties blocked has become his messy requests and for divisive billions — of and dollars it’s all to playing fulfill his out signature again on social campaign media. pledge, Trump’s Smollett, declared who is national black and emergency gay, said he was Friday physically shifts attacked billions last of federal month by dollars two masked earmarked men for shouting military racial construction and anti-gay to the slurs border. and “This is MAGA country!”— California a Attorney reference General to the Make America Xavier Becerra Great Again told ABC’s slogan “This used in President Week” that Donald his state Trump’s would election sue “imminently” campaign. to block the order.