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Trump Just Weighed in on the Jussie Smollett Case and Made Everything Worse

Well, we all knew this was coming.

Donald Trump tweeted about the alleged hate crime hoax committed by Jussie Smollett on Thursday.

Trump weighed in on Smollett just minutes after Chicago police eviscerated the actor for what they alleged was a false police report he made, claiming he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack.

Trump tweeted, “Jussie Smollett – what about MAGA and the tens of millions of people you insulted with your racist and dangerous comments!? #MAGA”

The Empire actor was arrested on Thursday and was charged with filing a false police report about his alleged hate crime.

Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said during a press conference Smollett staged the attack because “he was dissatisfied with his salary” on the show.

“To put the national spotlight on Chicago for something that is both egregious and untrue is simply shameful,” Johnson continued. “I am also concerned about what this means moving forward for hate crimes. Now, of course, the Chicago Police Department will continue to investigate all reports of these types of events with the same amount of vigor that we did with this one. My concern is that hate crimes while now publicly be met with the level of skepticism that previously didn’t happen.”

Twitter had some thoughts:

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