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Shazam star Zachary Levi endorsed Donald Trump at an occasion supporting his presidential marketing campaign, drawing sharp criticism from many individuals on social media.
Final Saturday(September 28), Shazam star Zachary Levi threw his weight behind Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. The actor was moderating a chat with former unbiased presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard at an occasion supporting Trump held in Dearborn, Michigan. Earlier than the interview started, he stated: “We’re right here to ensure that we’re going to take again this nation. We’re going to make it nice once more. We’re going to make it wholesome once more. And so, I stand with Bobby, and I stand with Tulsi, and I stand with everybody else who’s standing with President Trump.”
“In an ideal world, in no matter that might appear to be, maybe I might have voted for Bobby,” Levi continued. “However we don’t stay in an ideal world. In reality, we stay in a really damaged one. We stay in a rustic that has been hijacked by lots of people who wish to take this place approach off the cliff, and we’re right here to cease that.” Towards the top of the dialog with RFK Jr. and Gabbard who’re a part of the “Workforce Trump” marketing campaign group, the 44-year-old actor admitted that his public endorsement of the previous president might harm his profession, however he was raised to “have a wholesome mistrust of the federal government” and that Trump represents what he desires to assist. “Inside my trade, as you may most likely think about, Hollywood is a really, very liberal city and this very nicely might represent profession suicide, so I’m glad I did it with you guys,” he stated to the gang.
Levi, who gained fame within the Chuck tv collection and joined the DC Universe as Shazam with two movies in 2019 and 2023. It’s undetermined if he’ll return to the position with new DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran in cost. He’s been open about his political opinions, declaring that he was a “libertarian” in a publish on X, previously Twitter in 2020. He’s additionally garnered criticism for these views, significantly in regards to the COVID-19 vaccines final 12 months. The responses to Levi’s endorsement on social media ranged from disappointment to dismissal, with many likening him to a different controversial actor, Gina Carano.
