It must really chafe conservatives to know that the vast majority of Hollywood despises them. I mean, it’s got to suck to see people like Beyoncé and George Clooney palling around with the Obama family when the best your party can come up with is Scott Baio and Stacey Dash. So it’s hardly a surprise when republicans try to get into it with celebrities on Twitter, only to end up humiliating themselves.
Case in point: this Twitter spat between actor Ron Perlman (Hellboy, Sons of Anarchy) and Florida congressman/noted tool Matt Gaetz. It all began when Gaetz decided to trash talk the U.S. women’s national soccer team.
I’d rather the US not have a soccer team than have a soccer team that won’t stand for the National Anthem.
You shouldn’t get to play under our flag as our national team if you won’t stand when it is raised.
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) June 11, 2020
The US Soccer team called and you guessed it… said they couldn’t give any less of a fuck about what you two dipshits think. @realDonaldTrump @mattgaetz
— Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) June 13, 2020
Gaetz responded by criticizing Perlman for playing a white supremacist biker in Sons of Anarchy. Because playing roles is … what actors do?
This racial justice warrior had no problem in Hollywood portraying the White Supremacist leader of a motorcycle gang. #SOA https://t.co/mKUFz4y5ru
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) June 14, 2020
Then Perlman hits him with this:
Yessir, so true! So rewarding playing assholes on tv. Tell me sir, how is it actually being one? https://t.co/8Yk4lXvyAI
— Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) June 14, 2020
And while we’re at it fuckboi, what is this shit about playing your crowd with dog whistles like “Hollywood“, making them think culture is the thing that’s keeping them down? When it’s really you and your greed.
— Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) June 14, 2020
Oof magoof, Gaetz just got roasted by a beloved character actor! Is Margo Martindale waiting in the wings to punch him in the dick? Give the people what they want! Hey, if you come at Hellboy, you best not miss.
Twitter quickly piled on to dunk on the congressman:
Ron Perlman also played Hellboy, but he isn’t actually a demon born in Hell and brought to Earth my a Nazi wizard. Weird how acting works. https://t.co/gpXnv5SsVB
— Adam A. Donaldson (@adamadonaldson) June 14, 2020
He’s an actor. You took a fucking Holocaust denier to the state of the union. https://t.co/oOey873iiC
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) June 14, 2020
don’t fuck with hellboy https://t.co/ymschWirJz
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) June 14, 2020
Fun Fact: Matt Gaetz is up for re-election in November. Running against him is retired Navy Commander Phil Ehr. Check him out:
WATCH: Our powerful new video exposes Matt Gaetz for using disinformation & chaos to stay in power.
I saw our enemies use the same tactics when I served during the Cold War. Now it's happening here.
It's time for change.
Help us defeat Matt Gaetz here: https://t.co/TbQ13DOJMg pic.twitter.com/EDFdVwZdaz
— Phil Ehr (@PhilEhr) February 20, 2020
(image: Prashant Gupta/FX)
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Published: Jun 14, 2020 04:58 pm