about trump supporter and what i think that says about them, it says more about them and their own biases and their own intolerance and the way they viewed 63 million americans. i say shame on them. martha: i just want to bring up this woman tang because she represents so many other people in chicago who are fighting to have their cases be the focus of attention. her son was murdered, shot in chicago, shot and killed in chicago. where is his national media attention, she says. parents and families of gun violence matter, too. can we please get the same efforts and national media attention that smollett got with his alleged attack? jessica, there comes a point obviously a big story, people are interested in it across the nation. almost comes a point i don t want to say his name anymore because it is horrible that he has gotten more attention than these stories. that s what the team behind empire felt when they cut him out of the last two episodes. not only was this very upsetting fo
way. martha: kamala harris agrees hate crimes on the rise just last year fbi released statistics that revealed a 17% increase in the number of hate crimes in america. smollett is hardly the only hoax perpetrated on the public in the name of gaming the ora of what is known as victim hood sheik or convincing the trumpism bigotry. here are just a few of the similar acts since president trump was elected. indiana hitler references and gay slurs spray painted on saint episcopal church right after the election. trump backers were blamed but turned tout was the ohr begannist at the church a gay man who said he was fearful about the outcome of the election and wanted others to be scared with me. in new york, 18-year-old shocked the city in 2016 with a terrible story about trump supporters had had screamed at her on the subway and frida tried to rip of