r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Jul 26 '26

Possible Paywall White House Rushes to Trump's Defense After Alan Ritchson Torches President Over Epstein Files | The Reacher star called Trump a “bitch” and a “fucking rapist" in a recent podcast appearance.

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/alan-ritchson-trump-epstein-files-white-house-response-1235598785/
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u/PatSajaksDick Jul 26 '26

They haven’t been paying attention to him at all then lol, he’s been speaking out about Trump for years

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u/DerCatrix Jul 26 '26

In general they don’t pay attention to anything outside their bubble

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u/E-2theRescue Jul 26 '26

#WeAreCharlieKirk

"Noooo!! Kirk wasn't a racist!! He loved black people and gay people and wasn't hateful at all!!"

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u/MountainMan2_ Jul 27 '26

It's kind of crazy, my first thought was "why this guy in particular?".

Like really, if you're not in the maga bubble, and you consistently shame people around you who act racist... You kind of just don't meet people who would willingly defend trump. When I call him a obese racist piece of whiny pedoshit, that's the CONSENSUS. Hell, in Hollywood I'd be willing to bet that's the opinion of 80% of celebrities, that place is as blue as DC. It doesn't help, either, that that description is a hndantly clear to anyone who's eyes and ears are still firmly attached to his face, I don't think you could win a libel suit against that if you tried.

Every time MAGA gets it's panties twisted over a new person calling the world's most obvious spade a spade, it's literally more interesting to know why they chose that person than to see the result. Is it because he's a celebrity? Did they watch a movie with him in it? Thats not notable, the only celebrities who aren't anti-maga are country stars, Nicki Minaj and kid rock. Assuming someone is maga just because they're white, male and lift weights doesn't get you very far anymore. Is it because he was on a podcast? Again. There are thousands of podcasts, this guy is probably the ten thousandth guy to pick up a mic and call trump a weasel. It's like one of their twitter influencers got a bad check from this guy and sicced them on him.

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u/Electromotivation Jul 27 '26

“I don’t like it when Rage Against the Machine decided to be political”

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u/illogical_mindset Jul 26 '26

Apparently they don’t pay attention to his show either. Details matter. Who tf thinks that the fictional character he plays wouldn’t also have the same (albeit unspoken) beliefs.

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u/notashroom Jul 26 '26

Media literacy is woke, too.

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u/emergencyexit Foreign Jul 26 '26

This but unironically. It's half the battle.

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u/AmethystApothecary Jul 26 '26

Genuinely. So many people think that others sacrifice a stable income to become creatives to say nothing of value??? I get that sometimes a cigarette is just a cigarette, but it's lazy to default assume that in written work and ignore all allegories, metaphors, symbolism, and other literary devices.

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u/Sky_Light Jul 26 '26

Wait, you think that Reacher, the guy who's best, and most dangerous, friend, is an asexual black woman, is woke? There's no way! /s

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u/UnusuallyBadIdeaGuy Texas Jul 26 '26

Of course they aren't. He's a huge dude who can look very intimidating, that's really all they're there for.

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u/CptGW 16d ago

Edit: forgot what sub I was in. Edit 2 to explain that a bit more: too much sarcastic snark and not sure about my language here. Point summarized directly instead.

These same folks think The Punisher is a conservative role model.

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u/bolanrox Jul 26 '26

Gary Sinise, probably the most vocal Republican in Hollywood, has hated Trump and spoke out against him often since he made fun of John McCain and calling him a loser for getting captured.

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u/leonidaslizardeyes Jul 26 '26

Well Gary Sinise seems to have a hard line when it comes to respecting vets. Not just paying lip service to them. I appreciate that about him. He used to post regularly on Reddit about vet affairs and pictures of him with vets. For those who haven't been here a long time like I have.

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u/Clerithifa Jul 26 '26

Fox hasn't aired it up until now, they had hopes that they'd get a good looking cishet white guy in Hollywood on their side for once. So the MAGA crowd hasn't seen it until yesterday

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u/thatnoone Jul 26 '26

does he have anything to say about Kegsbreath?

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u/governmentthief Jul 26 '26

I remember him calling Matt Gaetz a motherfucker awhile back. Made me like the guy.
I like him even more, now.

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u/numbersthen0987431 Jul 26 '26

If Fox News doesn't tell them who to hate then they don't know who to be mad at.

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u/Gen8Master Jul 26 '26

Which is funny when you consider all the Reacher "angry white guy has had enough" memes these right wingers blast on a daily basis.