THIS FLASHBACK:

We say: The two men Jussie Smollett accused of attacking him in a hate crime testified this week that the actor paid them to “fake beat him up.” Smollett is facing felony charges for staging the hoax. Yet back in 2019, after Smollett made his allegations, then-soon-to-be-veep Kamala Harris raced to call it a “modern day lynching.” No need to wait for the facts; the story fit her narrative — America is filled with violent misogynistic, homophobic racists — much in the way that President Biden painted Kyle Rittenhouse as a white supremacist.

This was an attempted modern day lynching. No one should have to fear for their life because of their sexuality or color of their skin. We must confront this hate. 4:30 PM · Jan 29, 2019