“The racist and homophobic attack on Jussie Smollett is a horrific instance of the surging hostility toward minorities around the country.”

— Bernie Sanders

29 January 2019 https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1090376521171304448 in regard to Jussie Smollett 2010s, 2019, January 2019

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