OF COURSE IT IS: Police: Reported hate crime against woman in Muslim headscarf was a hoax. “A young Muslim woman claimed she was attacked and robbed of her headscarf and wallet by two men, one of whom wore a Trump hat, but police are now saying it was a hoax. The attack supposedly took place in Louisiana where the woman is a student.”

NBC fell for it, of course. “This story really checks all the boxes. It took place in the south. It appeared to involve obvious bigotry by the thieves. And, of course, there’s a connection to Trump. The ACLU of Louisiana quickly put out a statement condemning the attack.”

But it never happened. Maybe the ACLU shouldn’t be so quick to make unfounded accusations that smear people based on their political affiliations, since they’re a civil liberties organization. . . .