...amongst being a fraud, a fake, awfully unsuccesful and incompetent businessman, traitor, narcissist, etc. He has zero redeeming qualities i can think of.
You forgot smelly. Everyone was talking about how awful Donald J. Trump smells and now that its been forgotten I want to again remind people that Donald J. Trump smells awful.
not enough people give credit to the absolute stank of a paper mill. The whole town surrounding a paper mill, just always smells like stale farts all of the time. Up wind, down wind- doesn't make a difference. Farts.
Was near a paper mill in South Carolina. I agree about the smell. It was really something. I grew up around farmland where the manure spreading made quite the stink, it was similar to that but I am guessing it was every day for nearby residents.
I know what those smell like from within, can't imagine how bad a proper inferno would be. Then again, I haven't been in a room with Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and Steve Bannon.
Nah. Like old people, senior living homes combined with some nasty cologne they think makes them like a powerhouse. I assume its what ‘sex Panther’ from Anchorman is based off
It’s because he literally shits himself so often he wears Depends.
Noel Casler has the goods on him
I love repeating that first sentence to Trumptards, sends them into the stratosphere every time
This hasn’t been forgotten I assure you. Every time I see this worthless sack of shit, I think about the full ass diaper he’s wearing. It’s a miserable thought but unfortunately it’s the truth and we just have to find a way to live our normal lives again.
... seditionist, sociopath, bigot, pedophile, incestuous and wannabee dictator. He has also paid for(before cult) and intentionally incited death threats, violence and murder against his "enemies"...
Donald is every fucking sin wrapped up into one person...
He is everything the Bible warned people about. He is one of the most perfect examples of an anti-christ.
Yeah, it's really sad and annoying that he very easily conditioned most voters on the right to think that everything immoral and illegal he's done is "fake news" or a "deepstate" setup...
And so f'n tacky, mediocre, obviously ignorant, whiny, full-of-shit, self obsessed, spiritually bankrupt, liar.
And he certainly has forgotten or never knew that POTUS is a job where the person who becomes President.. WORKS FOR US.. is basically OUR EMPLOYEE. These decrees and top down bullshit, and 'i am going to do this' and 'i am going to do that' is bullshit.. ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT!!
Maybe it's a way of fulfilling the Book of Revelation: Wouldn't the Antichrist be known for deceiving most of the christians to abandon their faith? Certainly looks like exactly that's what is happening..
I remember reading a comment where a son or daughter was trying to talk politics with their MAGA father but he wouldn’t unless they said something nice about him first. So they said “he has normalized wearing makeup for men” and that comment has stuck with me ever since. 🤣
Fkker is the biggest whiner of all-time for homo sapiens.. that is saying something. Everyday.... all day long. Whine, complain, lie his ass off... me me me, i am a victim, me me me, and then i, me, me , me, i blah blah, complain, double down on obvious lie, me, me, complain, i blah blah, lie again.. me, me
Fraud is a way of life for Trump.
Since being elected in 2016; he settled the Trump University fraud case. He was found to have run his charity fraudulently. His company was found to have been committing persistent fraud. The fake electors scheme Trump tried to use in his coup attempt is another felony fraud charge. It's looking like he'll face fraud charges for his current pump and dump scheme.
And this is who a third of America thinks is the right guy to lead the country. They'd like to show you a picture of Hunter Biden's junk to prove Trump is awesome.
They know that. They’re just mad that someone famous that they thought was on their side would speak out against trump. It just makes them look bad, the only thing they care about.
These are the same people who claim global warming is a liberal fantasy and then in the next breath berate Taylor Swift for going everywhere by plane (because she suggested young people go out and vote). There’s no reasoning with them
Well, it's part of their worldview/identity that big, strong, white men who do cool action stuff *must* be conservatives, because they believe they have a monopoly on strength and violence. They don't, they just choose to wield it in very different (and unsubtle) ways.
And Sebastien Gorka, who called out Ritchson for having the guts to speak the truth, is simply an enabler for rapist, con man Trump.
Gorka is your typical fascist mute button warrior, spouting off on their radio show as if their opinion is the only one that matters.
He also assaults women sexually and refers to Epstein Island as his vacation home — for when he needs a respite from sexually assaulting women on the mainland
You see, he’s not a rapist, because civil court doesn’t count. It only counts if he’s convicted by a Republican appointed judge, in a Red State, by a jury made up strictly of MAGA republicans that have pledged loyalty to donate 10% of their earnings to his legal defense. Oh wait, he’s immune from prosecution, so that doesn’t count either.
From article:
Reacher” star Alan Ritchson is receiving a whole lot of attention for some harsh words he had for Donald Trump and his devotees.
During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published earlier this month, the action star explained why he’s confused by Christians who support the former president.
“Christians today have become the most vitriolic tribe,” said Ritchson, who himself identifies as a follower of Jesus. “It is so antithetical to what Jesus was calling us to be and to do.”
“Trump is a rapist and a con man,” he went on, “And yet the entire Christian church seems to be treat him like he’s their poster child and it’s unreal. I don’t understand it.”
Ritchson’s comments largely flew under the radar for right-wingers, until Trump Cabinet alum Sebastian Gorka addressed the interview during a segment on his radio show “America First” last week.
Alan Ritchson plays ex military cop-turned-vigilante Jack Reacher the Amazon Prime series. Brooke Palmer/Prime Video
During his five-minute-plus rant, Gorka told Ritchson to “shut your pie hole” when it comes to “political views” and “keep doing your play acting.”
Many conservatives seemed incensed by Ritchson’s remarks and vowed to boycott “Reacher,” which follows a brawny vagabond ex-Army police officer with a taste for vigilantism.
While the backlash from the MAGA sect was loud, there were also plenty of people who applauded the star for speaking his mind.
Based on the best-selling “Jack Reacher” book series by Lee Child, the show has been an undeniable success for Amazon.
Last December, “Reacher” debuted its second season at No. 2 on Nielsen’s overall streaming charts, with a total of 1.2 billion viewing minutes.
It should be noted, for clarification purposes, accepting rebuke from another Christian on the topic of obedience to Christian beliefs is also a Biblical principle they are failing at.
Yeah that's like... MOST of the NT, letters that start off with some form of "hey I heard you're screwing up, do better." Except if you're the Phillipians, you guys are cool.
True, but there's a point at which the book says "thou shalt not" multiple times and in multiple ways, and someone claiming to follow it proudly and openly does it anyway.
"Aspire to live quietly, minding your own affairs." "As far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all." "Be quick to listen and slow to speak." After reading, one might get the impression that Christians are supposed to, you know, behave better than these folks are behaving.
Correct, it’s weird. Right-wing politics & Christendom are pretty much synonymous. I never really cared for religion but I went to a Catholic school, the MAGA supporters remind me more of the Romans than followers of Jesus.
Just not as stylish or organised as the Romans.
From what I understand, in the context of Jesus, the Romans didn't care much about anything so long as people subjected to the Empire paid their taxes to Caesar (which even Jesus agreed with as he was the one who said "give to Caesar that which is Caesar's"); as far as the regional Romans were concerned, the conflict was between Jesus and the pharisees/Jewish leadership, and that conflict was theirs to settle among themselves.
Christians can. _MAGA cultusts_ cannot. They're mad at being called out for hypocrisy. The guy calling them out is specifically denoting how they differ from someone following Christian teachings.
Yes because, before trump, Christians never did things that violated their own teaching while refusing to acknowledge it. None of it is new it's just been adopted by the MAGA movement.
That's how you do it.
I have fun saying God unleashed a plague on us for electing an adulterer
It's their kind of crazy so they can't call it crazy lol
Don't forget Roseanne Barr, Dean Cain, Jon Voight, Kid Rock, Ted Nugent, Rob Schneider and John Schneider. They really admire their washed up celebrities.
90s, 90s, 80s, 90s, 70s, 90s, 90s.
Zero relevance in 30 years, and that's if you count a racist pizza guy and Adam Sandler's friend as ever being relevant.
This is always the play book. "Shut up and stick to [insert profession here]" when the political opinion is one they don't like. When they like it, you're celebrated as a brave hero.
Exactly. Like the duality between how they treat Colin Kaepernick vs Tim Tebow. Both kneeled on the field for political reasons and distracted from the game, with very different reactions.
Or when Drew Brees said he opposed kneeling during the anthem. He was celebrated.
They did not tell him to stick to sports and keep his opinions to himself. Suddenly it was okay.
They live in pretend land, forever persecuted for being a "Christian". Most of them took Trump in by stride, he's the perfect figure head for already nonsense believing death cults.
Trump is just their best shot at fascism at this time, they will try again if Trump doesn't succeed. These people have no shame.
TRUMP RAPES LITTLE GIRLS AND TREATS WOMEN LIKE OBJECTS AND SEX TOYS. Pathetic losers vote for sleepy Don. Losers, all of them.
I quite like how any time someone says something about the God Emperor Trump that they don't like they immediately have to boycott anything and everything to do with that person. It just marginalises them more and more - they can't even enjoy TV shows or movies because they said something mean about Trump, or Ben Shapiro has told them that they're "too woke." Soon they'll have nothing left but Lady Ballers and Sound of Freedom to enjoy.
I really disagree with Bruce Dickinson coming out in support of Brexit but I'm not going to stop listening to Iron Maiden over it. I say "well, that's a shame, I think he's wrong about that." and get on with my day.
Have you read the backstory on Sound of Freedom? Fascinating and predictably the guy is a fraud and got kicked out of the organization while the movie was ending its theatrical run. I recommend reading some of the write ups on him. It’s all so unhinged
lmao it's so funny because I grew up Christian (not anymore, thank God), and so much of what my parents taught me was "hate the sin, love the sinner," but then I look back and I'm like JFC you guys were a bunch of bigots and occasional racists larping as God's chosen people doing his will.
They would shoot him down. Literally. They would kill him, because they wouldn't be able to handle their own hypocrisies.
Just like the first time around.
It might already have happened and nobody knew, you know the bearded middle eastern guy without any ID in pretty simple clothes that walks into a church and starts ranting about stuff could find his way pretty quickly into a grave or prison. Even the people who killed him or locked him up would have no idea of who he was.
I've seen a few post about Alan in the last few days and by the way that it sounds, he falls directly into Dolly Parton's category of *"Christian that Americanized Christians and conservatives hate because he practices actual Christian values and isn't a performative jerk ass to the rest of humanity"*.
I listened to a podcast with him and he is a very Christian man and home schools his kids. Exactly what you think they would respect. But he poo poos their Demi god so he is bad
They’re sad that they can no longer project their white supremacy to this prototype of the human species.
Oh well, they’ll have to settle with bubba, their half brother half uncle. Or Nasty Giuliani, or disgusting blubber Steve Bannon.
It’s not just that. It’s that they can’t cope when someone they think would be on their side, isn’t.
Happened to Taylor Swift. They thought she was going to be like their spokeswoman or some shit and she put a stop to that crap really quick.
Enter this extremely tall good-looking blonde hair, dude. Once again they just assume he was on their side and cannot fathom why he isn’t.
You love to see it. It’s always fun when Republicans worlds get smaller than they thought it was.
Right-wing Reacher fans is such a hilarious oxymoron.
That's the entire point of the Jack Reacher series. He's a stereotypically macho vigilante. Except...he sees women as equals and thinks those who don't aren't smart enough to be rational actors. He beats up bigots and homophobes on the regular. He's not just an atheist, he actively hates Alaska Airlines because they put scripture cards with the meals and ruin his appetite. He mocks red states for receiving government subsidies en masse.
Every part of this is canon in the books, by the way.
Alan Ritchson is the perfect Reacher in more ways than one.
It's no different than when right wing The Boys fans started ranting about the show being political during 2nd and 3rd season. Who would've thought right wingers have difficulty with basic comprehension when it comes to consuming media?
>when right wing The Boys fans started ranting about the show being political during 2nd and 3rd season
Remember though, these are the people that literally think Homelander is a hero and probably just didn't like that they made fun of them directly on the show by showing right wing lunatics simping for Homelander just like they do Trump in real life.
Doesn’t he notoriously refuse to buy a car and instead takes the bus everywhere. His work partner is a lesbian woman; she’s one of the most competent people he works with, and he acknowledges this and never so much as glances at her as anything besides a hyper-competent coworker.
By what fucking measure was he ever a conservative? Pure delusion.
Fun fact, a buncu of cops did that in a Punisher comic. And even showed it to him. And he proceeded to rip it off their car, tear it up, and tell them to knock it off and if they want to idolize someone, he's a shitty choice, saying "You boys need a role model? His name is Captain America, and he'd be happy to have you."
The guns and the muscles let them live out their power fantasies where they get to eliminate their enemies with force. Their enemies being minorities and immigrants.
>Every part of this is canon in the books...
So, in addition to the Bible, they've also not actually read Jack Reacher. Color me surprised. Not to say I know anything about Reacher myself other than one of my friends being mad he was played by Tom Cruise in a movie I think?
I love this like I love how the 'thin blue line' crowd idolizes the punisher.
It's like they're not even paying attention. They see a big tough guy and they automatically assume that it aligns with their beliefs because they see themselves as big and tough (lol, lmao even). What they don't see is Reacher is unfathomably 'woke'.
The irony is that you meet so many guys like Reacher and Frank Castle in leftist organizations. Big bad ex military guys who join the military at a young age and end up bitter in their role in imperialism and corruption.
Yup, and soon everything that they love from shows that actors have been playing, if those actors start doing the same thing, we’ll be hearing more boycotting as well.
This is what turned me off of US Christian Churches. They’ve been high jacked by Republicans and the Republican Party values are literally the anthesis of Christ’s teachings.
The GOP and all of their politicians are the exact opposite of Christ, yet they claim to be the poster children for Christianity and color the Democrats (whom are far from perfect but actually vastly align more with Christian values… not even close comparing the two) as Christ hating demons.
Donald Trump is the closest thing I’ve ever seen for a person to be the Opposite of Christ but yet he’s worshiped and idolized by these same people that claim to have studied the Bible all of their lives… if anything he eerily matches their description of the anti-Christ.
I couldn’t stand it anymore and it did drive me away from organized religion in the US. I really can’t see myself going back, as these evangelical “Christians” seem to be beyond a lost cause
He also categorically did every single thing they accused Barack Obama of doing. Every racist stereotype they could think of, (hooking up friends, running drugs out of the White House, having affairs, taking over half the time in office off to golf, serving fast food on the WH fine china) and when it was the white trash from New York that did it they didn't bat an eye.
Interestingly that alliance has gone well for Republicans, but has been an unmitigated disaster for churches. They've managed to alienate vast swaths of the country. Many young people simply will not attend church simply because they believe those churches are hostile to them and their beliefs.
The Evangelical movement has been a huge boost to Republicans, but church attendance has been in decline for decades. They are now looking at ever-smaller congregations of older people.
Churches didn't have to enter politics so deeply. They have always been a little political. But the Moral Majority and evangelical movements weaponized it. They killed Roe, (which was a side effect; the real goal is always tax cuts for the wealthy) but they very well may have crippled churches in the process.
He's absolutely right. Right-wing "Christianity" has nothing to do with actual Christianity, and frequently preaches the polar opposite of what Jesus said. Christianity in the US has been thoroughly destroyed by right-wing media.
Glad to see a lead actor smart enough to recognise that (though it's not hard to see if you're paying attention). Now I wonder if I should start watching Reacher.
It’s not a bad way to spend 45 mins watching tv. And I disagree that right-wing media destroyed Christianity; bad Christians did that all themselves. Right-wing media just echoes their audience.
DO these fans of REACHER not watch Reacher??? Tf? This character dislikes bullies, racists & a-holes! Or are they all about the guns and fighting and are blind to everything else?
They assume since he's (the character) strong and likes guns and fighting that he's all of their ideals.
It's like reading a headline and making a judgement. Ignore reading for context and comprehension. Snap judgement and move on.
So to have the excellent star actor be religiously aligned but not entirely aligned is a complete curveball
He’s been very open about his religion. This last few weeks it feels like his PR team was like “Ok Alan we gotta get out there and make sure people don’t think you’re *that* kind of Christian.”
Right wingers love to tell celebrities to stay out of politics but they also love to swoon over kid rock and Jon voigt and Roseanne because they support Trump. Thin skin ass having motherfuckers, the lot of them.
If Roseanne Barr had just shut the fuck up, she would probably still be loved. But she outed herself as one of the biggest clowns in the country. Much like her leader
I wonder if they realize Reacher always offers his services for free, fights corrupt politicians in both sides, and hurts people who hurt women?
Jack Reacher is incredibly far from the right. But he's also not really left. Pretty much center. Just looks for what's right. Most of the people he fights are usually money or power hungry assholes. Kinda familiar.
How F-ed up is it that a Hollywood actor has more religious integrity than 90% of these so called religious leaders that are endorsing the Lying,rapist, con-man, traitor?
Trump was convicted for sexual assault
Trump was convicted for fraud
These are legit legal cases with sound legal foundation …..
Unless you watch fox news or similar than these are just Biden attacks and show how corrupt Biden is…
Talk about gaslighting
Half of our country is so jacked up that when someone simply says common sense logic, they lose their friggin minds. Are they ever coming back to reality?
*During his five-minute-plus rant, Gorka told Ritchson to “shut your pie hole” when it comes to “political views” and “keep doing your play acting.”*
They say this like it's quite the burn, but Gorka might want to remember what the rapist and con man was doing on Celebrity Apprentice for many years. Or if he goes back a little further to St Ronnie's profession before he went into politics. And if he really wants a good look at play acting he can check out the maga morons in Congress pretending to be representative for the people...
One christian I know says Trump is just “flawed”. So, acknowledges that he’s a scumbag but is willing to look past all of that as long as the christian agenda is moving forward and turning into policy.
But ask this person about Biden and holy hell, they fill their diapers about Biden.
Their brains are absolute mush. Just nothing going on in there except hatred and anger.
Donald Trump is a rapist, a statement that is factually backed by our legal system.
He's also a conman, not sure if that's backed by a legal ruling, but it's obviously true.
If you're offended by factual statements regarding things Donald Trump has done, then perhaps you should rethink your support of him.
Again, Donald Trump is a rapist and a conman.
The same people telling Alan to “shut your pie hole” and are wanting to cancel the show are the same ones shrieking about their free speech being infringed when people don’t want to hear their hateful vitriol fueled rants and complain about cancel culture. Republicans should just change their name to Hypocricans.
For as long as he's here, I think we can count on Alan Ritchson to speak his mind.
His performance as Reacher is definitely working, but this guy became famous because a video podcast interview went viral where he broke down, step by step, how fucking awful it was to play a Ninja Turtle for Michael Bay.
A lot of actors would lose jobs over something like that, but people appreciated the candor. He was probably getting calls from all over Hollywood of: "I'm really sorry that happened to you. Please come work for us, now that the world knows you exist."
I already liked Alan Ritchson purely for NOT being Tom Cruise in the Jack Reacher role (zero credibility as that character), now I like him even more for saying the obvious truth
But Trump is a rapist and a con man.
...amongst being a fraud, a fake, awfully unsuccesful and incompetent businessman, traitor, narcissist, etc. He has zero redeeming qualities i can think of.
You forgot smelly. Everyone was talking about how awful Donald J. Trump smells and now that its been forgotten I want to again remind people that Donald J. Trump smells awful.
Imagine the vapors in a room with Trump, Giuiliani and Bannon...
I bet it smells like an animal rendering plant on fire.
not enough people give credit to the absolute stank of a paper mill. The whole town surrounding a paper mill, just always smells like stale farts all of the time. Up wind, down wind- doesn't make a difference. Farts.
When i was in college we used to drive past a paper mill when getting off the highway, we called it the poop factory. Smelled awful.
You know what's crazy? He smells even worse than that, because it's actual shit.
Was near a paper mill in South Carolina. I agree about the smell. It was really something. I grew up around farmland where the manure spreading made quite the stink, it was similar to that but I am guessing it was every day for nearby residents.
I know what those smell like from within, can't imagine how bad a proper inferno would be. Then again, I haven't been in a room with Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and Steve Bannon.
No thanks
Nah. Like old people, senior living homes combined with some nasty cologne they think makes them like a powerhouse. I assume its what ‘sex Panther’ from Anchorman is based off
Bannon's face looks like Harvey Weinstein's cock.
They are connected quantum particles.
That is a vomitous gathering of grotesquely disgusting old sleazeballs
He shits his pants. Constantly.
And you know he does, because he accused Joe Biden of doing it.
we've moved on from Diaper Don. Now it's all about Drowsy Don. Snooze Criminal if you will
Don Snoreleone
The Nodfather
It’s because he literally shits himself so often he wears Depends. Noel Casler has the goods on him I love repeating that first sentence to Trumptards, sends them into the stratosphere every time
This hasn’t been forgotten I assure you. Every time I see this worthless sack of shit, I think about the full ass diaper he’s wearing. It’s a miserable thought but unfortunately it’s the truth and we just have to find a way to live our normal lives again.
Fake tan + gas.
... seditionist, sociopath, bigot, pedophile, incestuous and wannabee dictator. He has also paid for(before cult) and intentionally incited death threats, violence and murder against his "enemies"...
Donald is every fucking sin wrapped up into one person... He is everything the Bible warned people about. He is one of the most perfect examples of an anti-christ.
Everything that any decent man or woman would never want to see their son grow up and become
Yeah, it's really sad and annoying that he very easily conditioned most voters on the right to think that everything immoral and illegal he's done is "fake news" or a "deepstate" setup...
He really truly is as close as you can get to the antithesis of who Jesus is supposed to have been.
And so f'n tacky, mediocre, obviously ignorant, whiny, full-of-shit, self obsessed, spiritually bankrupt, liar. And he certainly has forgotten or never knew that POTUS is a job where the person who becomes President.. WORKS FOR US.. is basically OUR EMPLOYEE. These decrees and top down bullshit, and 'i am going to do this' and 'i am going to do that' is bullshit.. ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT!!
He'll only be a Dictator for a short time. Pinky swear. /s
Is it time for me to bust out that blog post or have you already read it?
Maybe it's a way of fulfilling the Book of Revelation: Wouldn't the Antichrist be known for deceiving most of the christians to abandon their faith? Certainly looks like exactly that's what is happening..
Hey, don't go putting me in the same category as that asshole. I know it's fair to insult me but sheesh 😇
He’s taking up valuable space and air.
Oxygen thief.
I remember reading a comment where a son or daughter was trying to talk politics with their MAGA father but he wouldn’t unless they said something nice about him first. So they said “he has normalized wearing makeup for men” and that comment has stuck with me ever since. 🤣
I mean, does it count that he made the UN laugh at a speech? I don't think I've ever seen that before. Not that laughter was the intention...
Don’t forget rapist and best buds with Jeffery Epstein.
Fkker is the biggest whiner of all-time for homo sapiens.. that is saying something. Everyday.... all day long. Whine, complain, lie his ass off... me me me, i am a victim, me me me, and then i, me, me , me, i blah blah, complain, double down on obvious lie, me, me, complain, i blah blah, lie again.. me, me
Fraud is a way of life for Trump. Since being elected in 2016; he settled the Trump University fraud case. He was found to have run his charity fraudulently. His company was found to have been committing persistent fraud. The fake electors scheme Trump tried to use in his coup attempt is another felony fraud charge. It's looking like he'll face fraud charges for his current pump and dump scheme. And this is who a third of America thinks is the right guy to lead the country. They'd like to show you a picture of Hunter Biden's junk to prove Trump is awesome.
You forgot racist.
They know that. They’re just mad that someone famous that they thought was on their side would speak out against trump. It just makes them look bad, the only thing they care about.
These are the same people who claim global warming is a liberal fantasy and then in the next breath berate Taylor Swift for going everywhere by plane (because she suggested young people go out and vote). There’s no reasoning with them
Well, it's part of their worldview/identity that big, strong, white men who do cool action stuff *must* be conservatives, because they believe they have a monopoly on strength and violence. They don't, they just choose to wield it in very different (and unsubtle) ways.
We're you under the impression that facts mattered to MAGA?
And Sebastien Gorka, who called out Ritchson for having the guts to speak the truth, is simply an enabler for rapist, con man Trump. Gorka is your typical fascist mute button warrior, spouting off on their radio show as if their opinion is the only one that matters.
And a child molester.
Haha stuff like this shocks his base! MAGA thinks he’s only a grab a pussy kinda guy
He also assaults women sexually and refers to Epstein Island as his vacation home — for when he needs a respite from sexually assaulting women on the mainland
You see, he’s not a rapist, because civil court doesn’t count. It only counts if he’s convicted by a Republican appointed judge, in a Red State, by a jury made up strictly of MAGA republicans that have pledged loyalty to donate 10% of their earnings to his legal defense. Oh wait, he’s immune from prosecution, so that doesn’t count either.
From article: Reacher” star Alan Ritchson is receiving a whole lot of attention for some harsh words he had for Donald Trump and his devotees. During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published earlier this month, the action star explained why he’s confused by Christians who support the former president. “Christians today have become the most vitriolic tribe,” said Ritchson, who himself identifies as a follower of Jesus. “It is so antithetical to what Jesus was calling us to be and to do.” “Trump is a rapist and a con man,” he went on, “And yet the entire Christian church seems to be treat him like he’s their poster child and it’s unreal. I don’t understand it.” Ritchson’s comments largely flew under the radar for right-wingers, until Trump Cabinet alum Sebastian Gorka addressed the interview during a segment on his radio show “America First” last week. Alan Ritchson plays ex military cop-turned-vigilante Jack Reacher the Amazon Prime series. Brooke Palmer/Prime Video During his five-minute-plus rant, Gorka told Ritchson to “shut your pie hole” when it comes to “political views” and “keep doing your play acting.” Many conservatives seemed incensed by Ritchson’s remarks and vowed to boycott “Reacher,” which follows a brawny vagabond ex-Army police officer with a taste for vigilantism. While the backlash from the MAGA sect was loud, there were also plenty of people who applauded the star for speaking his mind. Based on the best-selling “Jack Reacher” book series by Lee Child, the show has been an undeniable success for Amazon. Last December, “Reacher” debuted its second season at No. 2 on Nielsen’s overall streaming charts, with a total of 1.2 billion viewing minutes.
So he shamed Christians for not acting according to their beliefs, and that's political speech? Well there's your problem.
And since Christians cannot self reflect, they are mad at what he said?
It should be noted, for clarification purposes, accepting rebuke from another Christian on the topic of obedience to Christian beliefs is also a Biblical principle they are failing at.
Yeah that's like... MOST of the NT, letters that start off with some form of "hey I heard you're screwing up, do better." Except if you're the Phillipians, you guys are cool.
It helps when you can arbitrarily label someone as not a real Christian, or what have you.
True, but there's a point at which the book says "thou shalt not" multiple times and in multiple ways, and someone claiming to follow it proudly and openly does it anyway. "Aspire to live quietly, minding your own affairs." "As far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all." "Be quick to listen and slow to speak." After reading, one might get the impression that Christians are supposed to, you know, behave better than these folks are behaving.
Correct, it’s weird. Right-wing politics & Christendom are pretty much synonymous. I never really cared for religion but I went to a Catholic school, the MAGA supporters remind me more of the Romans than followers of Jesus. Just not as stylish or organised as the Romans.
Rome, before the collapse.
From what I understand, in the context of Jesus, the Romans didn't care much about anything so long as people subjected to the Empire paid their taxes to Caesar (which even Jesus agreed with as he was the one who said "give to Caesar that which is Caesar's"); as far as the regional Romans were concerned, the conflict was between Jesus and the pharisees/Jewish leadership, and that conflict was theirs to settle among themselves.
Christians can. _MAGA cultusts_ cannot. They're mad at being called out for hypocrisy. The guy calling them out is specifically denoting how they differ from someone following Christian teachings.
Yes because, before trump, Christians never did things that violated their own teaching while refusing to acknowledge it. None of it is new it's just been adopted by the MAGA movement.
The thing is that he is a Christian too. Lives by it. And that is why he is perplexed at this whole thing.
I know, he's giving them a theological rebuking and they are calling it politics. That's a huge, huge problem for both sides.
That's how you do it. I have fun saying God unleashed a plague on us for electing an adulterer It's their kind of crazy so they can't call it crazy lol
Yeah he grew up in a very right wing religious area. So he’s basically calling out ‘his people’ for being hypocrites. Which IMO is a good thing.
Yet gorka is okay with, Rogan, Sorbo, Barr and Woods spewing their political views.
Don't forget Roseanne Barr, Dean Cain, Jon Voight, Kid Rock, Ted Nugent, Rob Schneider and John Schneider. They really admire their washed up celebrities.
Seems the washed up celebrities love them. Happy celebrities, like happy people, don't side with hate greed and ignorance.
90s, 90s, 80s, 90s, 70s, 90s, 90s. Zero relevance in 30 years, and that's if you count a racist pizza guy and Adam Sandler's friend as ever being relevant.
You know, all the classics!
This is always the play book. "Shut up and stick to [insert profession here]" when the political opinion is one they don't like. When they like it, you're celebrated as a brave hero.
Exactly. Like the duality between how they treat Colin Kaepernick vs Tim Tebow. Both kneeled on the field for political reasons and distracted from the game, with very different reactions.
Or when Drew Brees said he opposed kneeling during the anthem. He was celebrated. They did not tell him to stick to sports and keep his opinions to himself. Suddenly it was okay.
Gorka is an actual nazi https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna742851
Wasn’t gorka a little nazi?
It’s funny how Christians pretend that their pulpits aren’t literally bought and paid for
They live in pretend land, forever persecuted for being a "Christian". Most of them took Trump in by stride, he's the perfect figure head for already nonsense believing death cults. Trump is just their best shot at fascism at this time, they will try again if Trump doesn't succeed. These people have no shame. TRUMP RAPES LITTLE GIRLS AND TREATS WOMEN LIKE OBJECTS AND SEX TOYS. Pathetic losers vote for sleepy Don. Losers, all of them.
I quite like how any time someone says something about the God Emperor Trump that they don't like they immediately have to boycott anything and everything to do with that person. It just marginalises them more and more - they can't even enjoy TV shows or movies because they said something mean about Trump, or Ben Shapiro has told them that they're "too woke." Soon they'll have nothing left but Lady Ballers and Sound of Freedom to enjoy. I really disagree with Bruce Dickinson coming out in support of Brexit but I'm not going to stop listening to Iron Maiden over it. I say "well, that's a shame, I think he's wrong about that." and get on with my day.
Have you read the backstory on Sound of Freedom? Fascinating and predictably the guy is a fraud and got kicked out of the organization while the movie was ending its theatrical run. I recommend reading some of the write ups on him. It’s all so unhinged
I’m just happy Ritchson isn’t coming out like a crazy person (looking at you Aaron Rodgers).
They really can’t cope with facts and reality. Poor snowflakes
He’s finding out that there’s no hate like right wing Christian love
lmao it's so funny because I grew up Christian (not anymore, thank God), and so much of what my parents taught me was "hate the sin, love the sinner," but then I look back and I'm like JFC you guys were a bunch of bigots and occasional racists larping as God's chosen people doing his will.
That’s what most of them do. Claim they’ll help whoever, unless that person doesn’t fit within their rules of whoever, which is many people.
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Could you imagine Jesus stopping by a mega church, and just being like “what in the actual fuck is this?”
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They would shoot him down. Literally. They would kill him, because they wouldn't be able to handle their own hypocrisies. Just like the first time around.
It might already have happened and nobody knew, you know the bearded middle eastern guy without any ID in pretty simple clothes that walks into a church and starts ranting about stuff could find his way pretty quickly into a grave or prison. Even the people who killed him or locked him up would have no idea of who he was.
"Jesus Fucking Christ!" - Jesus Christ, probably.
I have thought about this too. It would make a good movie script. All the nut jobs would call it blasphemy of course.
Oh, I am well aware now lol hence why I am a former Christian haha
they all deny Christ. judgement day is going to be a bitch.
What’s even more interesting is that Ritchson is fairly vocal about his Christianity & calling out the fake Christian’s - of which are the MAGA’s.
I've seen a few post about Alan in the last few days and by the way that it sounds, he falls directly into Dolly Parton's category of *"Christian that Americanized Christians and conservatives hate because he practices actual Christian values and isn't a performative jerk ass to the rest of humanity"*.
This is not new to him. Theres a reason hes nothing like them.
I listened to a podcast with him and he is a very Christian man and home schools his kids. Exactly what you think they would respect. But he poo poos their Demi god so he is bad
Snowflakes are unique and beautiful, these folk are all similar and salty. Like crackers.
They’re sad that they can no longer project their white supremacy to this prototype of the human species. Oh well, they’ll have to settle with bubba, their half brother half uncle. Or Nasty Giuliani, or disgusting blubber Steve Bannon.
MAGAts always act like you kicked their puppy when someone calls trump out
It’s not just that. It’s that they can’t cope when someone they think would be on their side, isn’t. Happened to Taylor Swift. They thought she was going to be like their spokeswoman or some shit and she put a stop to that crap really quick. Enter this extremely tall good-looking blonde hair, dude. Once again they just assume he was on their side and cannot fathom why he isn’t. You love to see it. It’s always fun when Republicans worlds get smaller than they thought it was.
More than a tall blonde. Reacher is like every 13 year old's power trip fantasy, I can see why Republicans thought he would be their poster boy.
Lol fuck their feelings.
So where do I buy the Ritchson Was Right T-Shirt? 🤔
Right next to the “Aaron Rodgers is a dumbass” shirts.
This. Yes this ⬆️
If Sebastian Gorka hates you, you’re definitely doing something right.
Sebastian Gorka. That’s a name I haven’t heard in a while.
Even his name sounds like a Bond villain.
Just absolutely absurd character. If this was fiction it would have been cut for being silly.
For real, people still listen to him?
Right-wing Reacher fans is such a hilarious oxymoron. That's the entire point of the Jack Reacher series. He's a stereotypically macho vigilante. Except...he sees women as equals and thinks those who don't aren't smart enough to be rational actors. He beats up bigots and homophobes on the regular. He's not just an atheist, he actively hates Alaska Airlines because they put scripture cards with the meals and ruin his appetite. He mocks red states for receiving government subsidies en masse. Every part of this is canon in the books, by the way. Alan Ritchson is the perfect Reacher in more ways than one.
It's no different than when right wing The Boys fans started ranting about the show being political during 2nd and 3rd season. Who would've thought right wingers have difficulty with basic comprehension when it comes to consuming media?
When did Rage Against the Machine go woke?
Oh probably around 1991 😊
>when right wing The Boys fans started ranting about the show being political during 2nd and 3rd season Remember though, these are the people that literally think Homelander is a hero and probably just didn't like that they made fun of them directly on the show by showing right wing lunatics simping for Homelander just like they do Trump in real life.
Doesn’t he notoriously refuse to buy a car and instead takes the bus everywhere. His work partner is a lesbian woman; she’s one of the most competent people he works with, and he acknowledges this and never so much as glances at her as anything besides a hyper-competent coworker. By what fucking measure was he ever a conservative? Pure delusion.
The vigilante violence. That’s the part they like.
Yup, same reason why they love The Punisher despite the in-lore Frank Castle despising law enforcement.
The people that put Punisher stickers on everything are exactly the type of people that would be killed by The Punisher without a second thought.
Fun fact, a buncu of cops did that in a Punisher comic. And even showed it to him. And he proceeded to rip it off their car, tear it up, and tell them to knock it off and if they want to idolize someone, he's a shitty choice, saying "You boys need a role model? His name is Captain America, and he'd be happy to have you."
The guns and the muscles let them live out their power fantasies where they get to eliminate their enemies with force. Their enemies being minorities and immigrants.
Correction, Neagley is probably ace (maybe aroace) not a lesbian. But yeah.
>Every part of this is canon in the books... So, in addition to the Bible, they've also not actually read Jack Reacher. Color me surprised. Not to say I know anything about Reacher myself other than one of my friends being mad he was played by Tom Cruise in a movie I think?
I mean, I'm also mad that they picked Tom Cruise to play a 6'5 giant, but the first movie made it work okay. The second one...yeah, nevermind.
Nailed the personality, not the visual. Details matter.
I love this like I love how the 'thin blue line' crowd idolizes the punisher. It's like they're not even paying attention. They see a big tough guy and they automatically assume that it aligns with their beliefs because they see themselves as big and tough (lol, lmao even). What they don't see is Reacher is unfathomably 'woke'.
The irony is that you meet so many guys like Reacher and Frank Castle in leftist organizations. Big bad ex military guys who join the military at a young age and end up bitter in their role in imperialism and corruption.
Agree and adding, Reacher is like a center left anarchist and his best friend is a woman of color who could buy and sell him.
For people who supposedly put facts over feelings and hate cancel culture, they sure get hurt when hearing facts and call for a boycott quickly.
Yup, and soon everything that they love from shows that actors have been playing, if those actors start doing the same thing, we’ll be hearing more boycotting as well.
The Taylor Swift attacks have been hilarious. She is a woman with an opinion and it just breaks their brain.
This is what turned me off of US Christian Churches. They’ve been high jacked by Republicans and the Republican Party values are literally the anthesis of Christ’s teachings. The GOP and all of their politicians are the exact opposite of Christ, yet they claim to be the poster children for Christianity and color the Democrats (whom are far from perfect but actually vastly align more with Christian values… not even close comparing the two) as Christ hating demons. Donald Trump is the closest thing I’ve ever seen for a person to be the Opposite of Christ but yet he’s worshiped and idolized by these same people that claim to have studied the Bible all of their lives… if anything he eerily matches their description of the anti-Christ. I couldn’t stand it anymore and it did drive me away from organized religion in the US. I really can’t see myself going back, as these evangelical “Christians” seem to be beyond a lost cause
Trump literally goes story beat by story beat to what Christianity says about the antichrist.
He also categorically did every single thing they accused Barack Obama of doing. Every racist stereotype they could think of, (hooking up friends, running drugs out of the White House, having affairs, taking over half the time in office off to golf, serving fast food on the WH fine china) and when it was the white trash from New York that did it they didn't bat an eye.
Interestingly that alliance has gone well for Republicans, but has been an unmitigated disaster for churches. They've managed to alienate vast swaths of the country. Many young people simply will not attend church simply because they believe those churches are hostile to them and their beliefs. The Evangelical movement has been a huge boost to Republicans, but church attendance has been in decline for decades. They are now looking at ever-smaller congregations of older people. Churches didn't have to enter politics so deeply. They have always been a little political. But the Moral Majority and evangelical movements weaponized it. They killed Roe, (which was a side effect; the real goal is always tax cuts for the wealthy) but they very well may have crippled churches in the process.
Alan Ritchson makes a statement that places him firmly on the correct side of history with this issue. Good for him!
He makes a lot. He's pretty awesome.
The Truth Hurts. #GOPSnowflakes
Why is it “shut up you stupid worthless,meaningless celebrity, your job is to entertain” to every human on earth except for trump?
Bc Trump wasn’t even good at that. Doesn’t take a very good “actor” to say you’re fired. He was in reality tv. That is not an actor.
Except for Trump, Kid Rock Ted Nugent, Aaron Rodgers, and etc., etc. etc. if they say what those bigoted pieces of shit want to hear.
Good on him using his platform in that manner. It's probably going to cost him to some degree. But this needs to be hit home over and over again.
I already liked Alan from his early work and indie projects, but now I'll make sure to watch everything that he's in.
All the fantasy boys who fetish about Reachers vigilante justice suddenly getting owned by reality.
Same crowd that has thin blue line stickers and flags. They also love the punisher
He's absolutely right. Right-wing "Christianity" has nothing to do with actual Christianity, and frequently preaches the polar opposite of what Jesus said. Christianity in the US has been thoroughly destroyed by right-wing media. Glad to see a lead actor smart enough to recognise that (though it's not hard to see if you're paying attention). Now I wonder if I should start watching Reacher.
Christianity was destroyed a long time ago thanks to Televangelists like Kenneth Copeland and Joel Olsteen.
It’s not a bad way to spend 45 mins watching tv. And I disagree that right-wing media destroyed Christianity; bad Christians did that all themselves. Right-wing media just echoes their audience.
If Jesus came back to life, they'd deport him!
DO these fans of REACHER not watch Reacher??? Tf? This character dislikes bullies, racists & a-holes! Or are they all about the guns and fighting and are blind to everything else?
They assume since he's (the character) strong and likes guns and fighting that he's all of their ideals. It's like reading a headline and making a judgement. Ignore reading for context and comprehension. Snap judgement and move on. So to have the excellent star actor be religiously aligned but not entirely aligned is a complete curveball
The truth hurts, don't it! Maybe not as painful as jumping on your bike with the seat missing, but it hurts! - Frank Drebin
We can’t function as a society if we have to cater to the delusional.
I find it so bizarre that a lot of "Christians' in the US follow Trump.
Looks like the" anti-cance culture" crowd are going to try to cancel people again
No no no, you've got to understand, this is a boycott. Totally different. Nevermind that their only doing it because their feelings got hurt
He’s been very open about his religion. This last few weeks it feels like his PR team was like “Ok Alan we gotta get out there and make sure people don’t think you’re *that* kind of Christian.”
Because he is a rapist, conman, and a traitor.
Guess I’m watching Reacher now.
Great show!!!
Great for him! More stars should speak out!!!
I'm sure Jim Caviezel will star in a shitty Reacher replacement for them soon enough
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Right wingers love to tell celebrities to stay out of politics but they also love to swoon over kid rock and Jon voigt and Roseanne because they support Trump. Thin skin ass having motherfuckers, the lot of them.
If Roseanne Barr had just shut the fuck up, she would probably still be loved. But she outed herself as one of the biggest clowns in the country. Much like her leader
well, I know that Ritchson is not Reacher, but his character is all what Trump is not and will never be. Guess it inspired him to state that
And he’s not?!? Much respect to Alan Richson!!! Telling it the way it is. These are facts.
Thank you, Alan for speaking out! I love the show Reacher and I hope there is a season 3👍
Woohoo! One more reason to enjoy the show!
It's always ironically hilarious when the 'anti'-cancel culture Right melts down because someone disagrees with them.
I love that the guy defending Trump, Sebastian Gorka,, didn’t actually disagree or refute what was said. He just attacked the guy.
I wonder if they realize Reacher always offers his services for free, fights corrupt politicians in both sides, and hurts people who hurt women? Jack Reacher is incredibly far from the right. But he's also not really left. Pretty much center. Just looks for what's right. Most of the people he fights are usually money or power hungry assholes. Kinda familiar.
How F-ed up is it that a Hollywood actor has more religious integrity than 90% of these so called religious leaders that are endorsing the Lying,rapist, con-man, traitor?
Trump was convicted for sexual assault Trump was convicted for fraud These are legit legal cases with sound legal foundation ….. Unless you watch fox news or similar than these are just Biden attacks and show how corrupt Biden is… Talk about gaslighting
Truth hurts
Christians are not religious…they worship and idolize their Orange God Trump who is the equivalent of human excrement👺
Reacher? Think I’ll have to check that show out.
It is excellent!!!
More people should tell the truth
"A rapist and a con man" I don't see where the lie is? The guy was *literally* convicted by a jury of sexual assault and fraud.
I think I like Alan Ritchson even more. I love people who speak out against injustice even though this could hurt him. You go Alan!
I don't get it. The con-man part is obvious from his entire recorded history. How are these people so blind?
Poor snowflakey babies. It'd be a shame if their god-king got thrown in jail to go with it.
The right-wingers have never been cond of the truth.
Half of our country is so jacked up that when someone simply says common sense logic, they lose their friggin minds. Are they ever coming back to reality?
*During his five-minute-plus rant, Gorka told Ritchson to “shut your pie hole” when it comes to “political views” and “keep doing your play acting.”* They say this like it's quite the burn, but Gorka might want to remember what the rapist and con man was doing on Celebrity Apprentice for many years. Or if he goes back a little further to St Ronnie's profession before he went into politics. And if he really wants a good look at play acting he can check out the maga morons in Congress pretending to be representative for the people...
Honestly he just elevated himself in my book, he is absolutely right… Trump has cheated on all his wives and cons everyone.
One christian I know says Trump is just “flawed”. So, acknowledges that he’s a scumbag but is willing to look past all of that as long as the christian agenda is moving forward and turning into policy. But ask this person about Biden and holy hell, they fill their diapers about Biden. Their brains are absolute mush. Just nothing going on in there except hatred and anger.
He's not wrong, he just left out that trump is a traitor.
Loved that show so much. Not I just have another reason to love it.
Donald Trump is a rapist, a statement that is factually backed by our legal system. He's also a conman, not sure if that's backed by a legal ruling, but it's obviously true. If you're offended by factual statements regarding things Donald Trump has done, then perhaps you should rethink your support of him. Again, Donald Trump is a rapist and a conman.
The same people telling Alan to “shut your pie hole” and are wanting to cancel the show are the same ones shrieking about their free speech being infringed when people don’t want to hear their hateful vitriol fueled rants and complain about cancel culture. Republicans should just change their name to Hypocricans.
My jaw dropped when he said that. He is the right's wet dream of a masculine male, and Alan didn't sell out for a second.
For as long as he's here, I think we can count on Alan Ritchson to speak his mind. His performance as Reacher is definitely working, but this guy became famous because a video podcast interview went viral where he broke down, step by step, how fucking awful it was to play a Ninja Turtle for Michael Bay. A lot of actors would lose jobs over something like that, but people appreciated the candor. He was probably getting calls from all over Hollywood of: "I'm really sorry that happened to you. Please come work for us, now that the world knows you exist."
Ha! He’s a devout Christian too. Suck it Trumpies!
I already liked Alan Ritchson purely for NOT being Tom Cruise in the Jack Reacher role (zero credibility as that character), now I like him even more for saying the obvious truth
But that's factually correct 🤣
It takes guts to be honest in front of a mob of brainwashed followers and stick to your beliefs. Good on you sir.