cover something up or a secret trump supporter? this is nonsense. this is nonsense on stilts. i thought, frankly, the police superintendent gave a superb statement just in general about all of this kind of thing and how damaging it it has been. laura: real victims of crime. and the focus should be on the real victims of crime. not on fake crime which are completely choreographed for political purposes or career purposes. all right, let s mov move on toe night. stephen colbert finally, finally hold out smollett last night. let s watch. this story unfolds race, sexuality, politics and violent so i need to tread lightly here and simply say, what a belief. cast himself as a fake national symbol for a real racial and political divide. laura: mollie, somehow he failed to address his gift, actress ellen page comment earlier this month accusing trump and vice president pans of
despicable, however, don t forget that we believe he was the victim of such horrendous hate crime because it is the type of thing that happens way too often, especially into trump era. he may have taken advantage of a very realistic fear. and the queen of racial fearmongering mad maxine waters freely admits she believes jussie s ridiculous story because his views checked all the liberal boxes. he is a friend. he was at my office. we marched in a pride parade together. he introduced me up black girls rock. and so, i believed him when i heard about it. laura: welcome if congressman waters wanted to learn something, she might try to engage with black americans who see this all very. they are not looking to blame for trump or conservatives for all their wills passed her presence. what they are looking for are
inciting violence against people. it is so interesting to me laura: where is ellen page by the way has even spoken out? she said it is deplorable. mollie: this story ran because of who we were told were the aggressors. maga hat, and a guy targeting him because he was black and. in the story falls apart and we don t have those details. and that significance was of him saying this is who attacked him. it is an important part of the story and why the story was such a big deal in addition to being a celebrity and to ignore that part of the story as colbert is an appropriate. laura: jeffrey, really quick, the idea of a noose around someone s neck boy, that can take us back to the precivil rights south and horrific acts of violence being committed against black americans. you are a young kid and you see a guy celebrity with a noose around his neck. what does that make you feel?
you should be stupid for believing him or sometimes you jump to conclusion, which is not what is happening. i feel bad for the people who did not go to that empathy and thinks this is a game and floating loading today. they have something fundamentally wrong with them. laura: i would talk to mike i just want to point out, mollie this was after he was charged. mollie: you should absolutely be empathetic towards victims. but reporters have obligation to be skeptical and the old adage if your mother says she loves shoot my check it out. in this case, there were many reasons why the story should not have been bullied from the outset and no evidence to support it. so this is just journalism. laura: where you amazed how quickly the response became? yes, if what he did he did is despicable but trump people are racist are racist anyways. were you surprised how quickly they reverted back to trump supporters are no?
not in the least and frankly i think that is one of the reasons behind what happened in the first place, i mean, if you are going to do a phony crime, you could pick any number of people that would ask you specifically trump supporters were picked. i would suggest that they were picked because he knew the reaction from the meeting would be exactly what it was. they would believe him instantaneously and blamed the president himself and blame his supporters. and i think there are a lot of people out there utterly sick of this after this, after the covington situation, after the bos feed story. over and over and over again the same old thing and i can tell you people out there, gave the talk last night and i mentioned this lawsuit for the covington attorney there for nick sandmann. all of a sudden, the washington post for $250 million in the entire audience spontaneously burst into a thunderous applause. they have had it to the max. laura: yeah, litigation