CNN’s John Avlon: ‘Donald Trump Is The Jussie Smollett Of American Politics’

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Avlon noted that Smollett’s repeating the lie is a strategy he might as well have learned from Donald Trump

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South Lawn to Marine One as they depart from the White House for a weekend trip to Mar-a-Lago on January 31, 2020 in Washington, DC. Senators are expected to debate and then vote on whether to include additional witnesses and documents today in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump.

Smollett told police after the supposed attack near downtown Chicago in 2019 that two men attacked him, using racist and homophobic slurs. Those men, Smollett claimed, also poured bleach on him and wrapped a noose around his neck. “Throughout his trial, Smollett continued to insist that he was telling the truth, as if repetition of the lie would somehow erase the overwhelming evidence,” Avlon said....

trial on new disorderly conduct charges on November 29, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. - Former"Empire" star Jussie Smollett is accused of making false reports to authorities that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in 2019. Avlon noted that Smollett’s repeating the lie—and believing that being seen as a victim would lead people to support him—“is a strategy he might as well have learned from Donald Trump: when caught in a lie, double down. Lie more. Play the victim.

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