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Julian English

(434 posts)
Sat Feb 22, 2020, 04:44 PM Feb 2020

Variety: Clint Eastwood Ditches Donald Trump for Mike Bloomberg in 2020 Election

This ought get Traitor tRump in a tangerine rage.

From Variety: Clint Eastwood Ditches Donald Trump for Mike Bloomberg in 2020 Election

Longtime Republican Clint Eastwood is pulling support from Donald Trump in the 2020 election. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the actor-director signaled that he thinks a different candidate would be the better choice.

“The best thing we could do is just get Mike Bloomberg in there,” he said.

After endorsing Mitt Romney and famously delivering a speech at the 2012 Republican National Convention to an empty chair that represented Barack Obama, Eastwood never officially backed Trump. In a 2016 interview, he expressed displeasure with Trump and Hillary Clinton, saying there’s “much funny business on both sides of the aisle.”

He praised Trump at the time because he was “onto something” and “secretly everybody’s getting tired of political correctness, kissing up.”

“We’re really in a p—y generation. Everybody’s walking on eggshells. We see people accusing people of being racist and all kinds of stuff. When I grew up, those things weren’t called racist,” he said.

Now, he’s changed his tune a bit on Trump.

While he approves of “certain things” the president has done, he wishes that he would act “in a more genteel way, without tweeting and calling people names. I would personally like for him to not bring himself to that level,” he said.


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primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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Variety: Clint Eastwood Ditches Donald Trump for Mike Bloomberg in 2020 Election (Original Post) Julian English Feb 2020 OP
Eastwood is such a deplorable POS. Garrett78 Feb 2020 #1
Jackass. Doremus Feb 2020 #2
That should make the Bloomberg fans ecstatic! jalan48 Feb 2020 #3
OMG. Who's next? Nugent? Chachi? Meatloaf? LakeArenal Feb 2020 #4
HA!!!!!!!! MyOwnPeace Feb 2020 #8
I hope he isn't at the convention talking to chairs. Lunabell Feb 2020 #5
drumph vs eastwood, phony rich guy vs phony tough guy. What a sight. n/t MarcA Feb 2020 #6
I'm surprised he doesn't support the empty hair . . . Journeyman Feb 2020 #7
What got to him? bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #9
This seems to be the most plausible option Under The Radar Feb 2020 #10
Is he bringing his chair? Renew Deal Feb 2020 #11
 

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
1. Eastwood is such a deplorable POS.
Sat Feb 22, 2020, 04:45 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

jalan48

(13,798 posts)
3. That should make the Bloomberg fans ecstatic!
Sat Feb 22, 2020, 04:47 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

LakeArenal

(28,729 posts)
4. OMG. Who's next? Nugent? Chachi? Meatloaf?
Sat Feb 22, 2020, 04:47 PM
Feb 2020

That’s perfect.

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primary today, I would vote for:
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MyOwnPeace

(16,888 posts)
8. HA!!!!!!!!
Sat Feb 22, 2020, 04:57 PM
Feb 2020

My GAWD, what an all-star show THAT would be!

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Lunabell

(5,920 posts)
5. I hope he isn't at the convention talking to chairs.
Sat Feb 22, 2020, 04:51 PM
Feb 2020

Other than that, Clint Eastwood was never a hardcore bigot like trump. I guess he's seen the error of his ways.

If I were to vote in a presidential
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MarcA

(2,195 posts)
6. drumph vs eastwood, phony rich guy vs phony tough guy. What a sight. n/t
Sat Feb 22, 2020, 04:52 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Journeyman

(15,001 posts)
7. I'm surprised he doesn't support the empty hair . . .
Sat Feb 22, 2020, 04:55 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

bucolic_frolic

(42,676 posts)
9. What got to him?
Sat Feb 22, 2020, 05:05 PM
Feb 2020

"Broadsword calling Danny Boy"?

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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Under The Radar

(3,401 posts)
10. This seems to be the most plausible option
Sat Feb 22, 2020, 05:41 PM
Feb 2020

People, we need royal flush (house, Senate, whitehouse), in this election to overcome the cheating, fraud, suppression and intimidation at the polls.
We must pull in the Never Trumpers to do it too.
Let’s put Bloomberg out there with signed limitations and flush Trumpers out.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Renew Deal

(81,802 posts)
11. Is he bringing his chair?
Sat Feb 22, 2020, 05:43 PM
Feb 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
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