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Can Republicans still enjoy his movies?


despite his outspoken hatred for your supreme leader?

Liberals didn't boycott Clint Eastwood after the infamous chair speech at the RNC, did they?

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Liberals didn't boycott Clint Eastwood after the infamous chair speech at the RNC, did they?

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Who knows? But I recall Matt Damon -- who had been directed by Eastwood in at least one movie -- having to "show respect" to Eastwood after that event. Like "well, I can't agree with him on that, but clearly he's a great actor and director." (Two Best Picture/Best Director Oscars and all.)

I'd have to check imdb to see if -- after that RNC speech -- notable Democrat actors stopped working with Eastwood after that speech in ...2012.

Sean Penn and Tim Robbins worked with Eastwood in...2003 (Mystic River.)
Matt Damon worked with Eastwood in ... 2009 (Invictus) and 2010(Hereafter)
Leo DiCaprio worked with Eastwood in 2011 (J Edgar)
Meryl Streep worked with Eastwood in...1995 (Bridges of Madison County)

AFTER 2012, Director Eastwood only landed these "Hollywood Democrats" to appear his films:

Bradley Cooper 2015 (American Sniper)
Tom Hanks 2016 (Sully)

So: hard to say if Eastwood lost HOLLYWOOD STAR support over his politics..or just his old age and loss of clout.

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I wouldn’t say I’m a Republican, but I’m much more conservative than liberal, because I’m a fan of common sense.

But to answer your question, yes, I still absolutely love all his classic movies, and think he is one of the best actors we’ve ever seen.

Same for Meryl Streep, and a lot of the great actors that live out in La La Land. I can separate talent and art/entertainment from the actual person.

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Yes, unlike you I don’t see everything in terms of politics. Also there is no Republican “Supreme Leader”, that’s just a lie the fake news told you and you were dumb enough to believe it.

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How do you explain Republicans still supporting Trump? MAGA is a fucking cult.

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Supporting a candidate means you’re in a cult? The Democrats support Harris so I guess that means they are in a cult. WTF is wrong with you?

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Supporting someone authoritarian, mentally unfit, narcissistic is being in a cult.

Look at all the people that worked in his administration that called him out https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/kamala-harris-campaigning-bucks-county-pennsylvania/

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You literally just described Kamala Harris and I’d like to add she’s unqualified, brainless and far more dangerous than how you just smeared Trump.

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"I'm no puppet, you're a puppet"

Who am I quoting?

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I didn’t say that. Spewing out disinformation is a common tactic of the modern day left.

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Describing someone isn't smearing.

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You didn’t describe him, you lied and smeared.

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What would you call someone who says he would go after his critics? Someone who cozies up to autocrats? Someone who sells bibles made in China? Someone who talks about a dead man's cock. Huh?

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Before we go any further I want to hear you denounce Kamala Harris for 7-13 and 9-15. Trump never once ordered Kamala or Brandon to be assassinated.

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oh, god, you're one of those nutjobs. i should have known not to waste my time. go back to twitter with your conspiracy bs.

BTW, who did those "assassination attempts" help more? hmmm....

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Can’t even denounce 2 attempted assassinations on a US President, you are one sick piece of garbage.

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Anything you report from CBS News after that Edited 60 MINUTES interview with Harris is suspect at this point and cannot be trusted. Trump wins this soundly in 17 days so get ready for a brand New Daddy Lib

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Facts don't care about your feelings.

Now do Trump rambles.

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Well fact of it is, is that Trump's winning this in 17 days and he doesn't care about your feelings if you don't like it, you'll just have to live with it

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Don’t take anything for granted and never underestimate how low Democrats are willing to stoop to win elections.

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For as much as this man is ahead in the Polls, on the map and in early voting, if this woman wins somehow, America won't stand for this shit and will revolt and say fuck the 2028 Election and it's true. This isn't a case like in 2020 where America was in a Haze and the Democrats took a manufactured Crisis and didn't allow it to go to waste, but in 4 years, America has seen the inflation this Administration has caused along with the rampant crime thanks to the open border and it boils down to the fact that Trump will simply handle this better and America trusts him over a Communist

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That is true, Trump is in the best position he’s ever been in and he did overperform in both 2016 and 2020 (just in 2020 it wasn’t enough, Brandon was supposed to blow him out of the water and only won by a razor thin margin). Election Time (which correctly predicted the 2020 election and the 2022 midterms) is saying that Trump will win so I do have confidence. However as I said the Democrats are going to get desperate and they will pull every trick in the book to try to steal the election, if Trump wins count on the electors being threatened with violence if they don’t change their votes to Harris just like they did in 2016.

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Short answer: yes, Republicans can enjoy his movies. People on the right have been forced to live in a world in which the vast number of entertainers lean left. Most are able to compartmentalize actors from their politics. Well, at least unless you have an uber lefty who become so intolerable as to make their movies rancid.

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Republicans in general probably yes, Hardcore Trump supporters (the two are not synonymous) may have more trouble with it.

I'm not a big fan of Trump, but De Niro's behavior on the subject of Trump is just fucking embarrassing and I'm not surprised if some people are turned off him in all respects.

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Trump won lol

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Other than Meet The Parents, he hasn't done anything good in almost 30 years.

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The Irishman?!

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I forgot all about that one.

So no.

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