Jussie has hired his Olivia Pope:

 

 

All of this is so bizarre. Fox has denied that he was being let go so if he didn't do this to keep his job there is still the question of why he did do this. Perhaps it was just for attention, but whatever the reason it really is crazy to stage an attack. Politically it won't have any ramifications because it's over a year from the next election and it isn't as if anyone was falsely arrested. It will be as remembered as Morton Downey Jr.'s fake attack.

If it wasn't in order to keep his job, then I have to think he did this to divert attention away from something else, something that might have been on the verge of making news and risking his career and possibly more.

Whether he was going to be fired or not is no excuse for what he did...if what is being reported is true. 

I think the nature of our social media environment today will have people moving on fast, and events will speed along. IMO the election will not be affected. That being said, the right wing and MAGA cult will never, ever forget this and will bring it up constantly, not just this year and next year but for decades to come. The toxic stew of our politics is that much worse because of this.

23 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Whether he was going to be fired or not is no excuse for what he did...if what is being reported is true. 

I'm still trying to figure out what he thought he'd gain from all this...if he is really behind this.

Edited February 18, 20196 yr by amybrickwallace

There is absolutely no excuse for what he did, I was just wondering what his motivation was. Whatever it was it's likely that he will end up claiming that his mental state caused him to behave irrationally and say that he is bipolar or something like that.

 

 

 

EDT.  Ack, I just saw that you posted the video @Faulkner  hours so I deleted mine!  I don't often come to this thread because I haven't watched the show in years!

 

Very interesting that he offered to fly out to Chicago to interview Smollett and never heard back.  Blow, of course is definitely not lacking in compassion but he is not one to softball questions (no offense to  Robin Roberts).

 

Edited February 18, 20196 yr by DramatistDreamer

1 hour ago, DramatistDreamer said:

EDT.  Ack, I just saw that you posted the video @Faulkner  hours so I deleted mine!  I don't often come to this thread because I haven't watched the show in years!

 

Very interesting that he offered to fly out to Chicago to interview Smollett and never heard back.  Blow, of course is definitely not lacking in compassion but he is not one to softball questions (no offense to  Robin Roberts).

 

Apparently Jussie was in touch with Don Lemon a lot in the days following the incident. I just wonder what Jussie was telling him and how Don feels now. 

 

Did they mean they aren't pro-Trump?

4 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

Did they mean they aren't pro-Trump?

IDK, either would make sense given the this set up was a ruse that blamed MEGA people. Maybe they are saying that they weren't in on that part of it?