Jesse Smollett has been found guilty of committing a hate crime hoax, but I think that hate crime is a crime in itself, and should be charged as such. Plus, Simone Biles is named Athlete of the Year for quitting, and we ll talk about that and so much more today on The Matt Walsh Show.
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00:00:08.780We'll talk about that today. Speaking of hate crimes, my best-selling LGBT children's book, Johnny the Walrus, has been removed from Amazon's LGBT list.
00:00:17.000I'll have something to say about that today, and a fair warning, I might get a little emotional about it because I'm pretty upset.
00:00:22.320Also, a male college swimmer is dominating female swimming. Outkick has an interview with one of his teammates, and she is not happy.
00:00:28.460Plus, Simone Biles is named Athlete of the Year for quitting. We'll talk about that and so much more today on The Matt Wall Show.
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00:02:02.760It should not really be a surprise that con artist and now convicted felon Jussie Smollett was found guilty of committing a race hoax.
00:02:09.560The evidence against him was overwhelming.
00:02:11.180You know, they say that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, but in the case of a hate crime hoax, that's often not true.
00:02:18.520If Smollett was really accosted and assaulted by a roaming gang of militant, bleach-wielding white supremacists, there would have been lots of positive evidence to support that claim.
00:02:27.460The fact that there was no such evidence was reason enough to conclude that the claim was a fabrication.
00:02:30.900That along with the fact that the story was absurd and implausible and ludicrous on its face on every level.
00:02:36.900Except in this case, there was not only absence of evidence to support his version of events, but positive evidence disproving it.
00:02:42.860Since his co-conspirators admitted their role in the plot and produced documentation to show that there was a plot.
00:02:48.120All of this to say, there should not have been any suspense.
00:02:51.640A guilty verdict should have been a foregone conclusion.
00:02:53.820But as the jury failed to reach a verdict somehow on the first day of deliberation, and the hours ticked by during the second day, it started to seem quite possible that they would maybe come back with an acquittal.
00:03:05.960Jussie Smollett's defense team certainly didn't do anything to convince them of his innocence, but they played the victim card, constantly reminding the jury that Smollett is a gay black man.
00:03:15.220That indeed was their whole defense, that he's a gay black man.
00:03:18.460The victim card shouldn't be worth anything at all, especially in court, and especially when it's played by a wealthy actor.
00:03:26.080But in our country today, it can unlock many doors and get you out of many jams.
00:03:31.760And it could well have done that here.