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By MATT SHUHAM Published JUNE 23, 2017 1:36 PM
The White House on Friday called on actor Johnny Depps colleagues in Hollywood to condemn his comment that maybe its time someone assassinated President Donald Trump.
President Trump has condemned violence in all forms and its sad that others like Johnny Depp have not followed his lead, an unnamed White House official told Variety in a statement Friday. I hope that some of Mr. Depps colleagues will speak out against this type of rhetoric as strongly as they would if his comments were directed to a Democrat elected official.
During a speech Thursday night at the Glastonbury Festival, as the BBC first reported, Depp asked When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?
Now, I want to clarify, Im not an actor. I lie for a living, he said. However, Its been a while, and maybe its time.
Depp joined a roiling debate over the relationship between depictions of violence and viable threats made against political figures. Actress and comedian Kathy Griffin faced an uproar over a photoshoot showing her holding a mock bloodied head made to look like Trumps. She later apologized. And conservative provocateurs twice interrupted the Public Theaters productions of Shakespeares Julius Caesar, blaming it for promoting violence against Republicans due to its portrayal of Caeser as Trump-like character.
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angstlessk
(11,862 posts)The president who said he would 'pay the legal fees' for someone to oust a protester? If he did it gently...no legal fees needed, the person who followed his orders is now suing for legal fees...
President Trump has condemned violence in all forms..."
HipChick
(25,485 posts)SharonClark
(10,014 posts)and Depp should shut up.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Floyd R. Turbo
(26,634 posts)BainsBane
(53,074 posts)Can't say as I ever liked him, and that was before he was accused of beating Amber Heard.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,874 posts)They hate Trump. He reminds them too much of all the assholes in Hollywood who are just like him. Greedy, no morals, empty shells.
Vinca
(50,313 posts)The same Ted Nugent who threatened to kill President Obama.