Far right wing Fox News pundit Tomi Lahren is furious that "Empire" star Jussie Smollett has just been entirely cleared by Cook County prosecutors. All 16 charges against him were dropped Tuesday, and prosecutors also in court praised him as a good citizen of Chicago.
Lahren has been ramping up her homophobia of late, posting tweets attacking the LGBT community.
For example, just weeks ago Lahren sided with an anti-gay baker who thinks he should be able to use the Bible as a permission slip to discriminate against same-sex couples:
I personally have nothing against the LGBT community and neither do most Christians. Some just don’t want to be for… https://t.co/76zPpTVlRA— Tomi Lahren (@Tomi Lahren) 1551904768
And out of the blue last month Lahren posted this attack:
I just don’t get this ongoing and continual assault on masculinity by the Left. You can be a proud part of the LG… https://t.co/rKMoBRzImh— Tomi Lahren (@Tomi Lahren) 1551125618
A few weeks ago Lahren attacked and mocked Smollett, saying, "You're lying Jussie, I can Smollett." It was one of several tweets she's posted attacking him.
In honor of Jussie’s indictment. 💋https://t.co/94RiucEoyl https://t.co/Mz1INOLAbQ— Tomi Lahren (@Tomi Lahren) 1552087686
Tuesday afternoon Lahren posted these tweets showing she believes Smollett is guilty as charged – and staged a "faux" hate crime attack, despite all charges being dropped.
Hate crimes are unacceptable and so are fake hate crimes. Charges dropped for Jussie? Really?— Tomi Lahren (@Tomi Lahren) 1553616690
Justice FAUX Jussie!!!— Tomi Lahren (@Tomi Lahren) 1553618573
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