On Thursday, a viral photo of vocal anti-Trump actor John Cusack sitting down during a military salute at Wrigley Field sparked criticism online.
“Here’s [John Cusack] staying firmly seated during tonight’s military salute at Wrigley Field,” read a tweet featuring a photo of the actor surrounded by standing folks at a Cubs game on Wednesday.
Cusack gave a slew of angry responses in reaction to the photo. He claimed that he was merely slow to stand up for the salute, while also belittling patriotism and suggesting the military salute at Wrigley Field was just promoting the military industrial complex.
“I didn’t stand up for Boeing military salute — fast enough for some maga f*** – see?” the actor wrote in a tweet, referencing a supporter of President Donald Trump.
“I stood up— just not on que — like an Obedient pet,” he added. “I made a film called war inc — watch that.”
Cusack again noted that his actions were a “non protest”: “They worship a draft dodger who insults POWs, but freak out if someone silently protests at a sports event. The irony is…next level.”
In other tweets and retweets posted by Cusack, the actor continued criticizing views on patriotism and questioning the president’s patriotism:
Cusack has been a vocal critic of the president, calling for a coup against “ill, deranged and dangerous” Trump in June.
“Let’s go to streets — Who owns the streets? Civil disobedience,” he wrote in a tweet, which is no longer viewable on Twitter. “Require the government to leave if you are not satisfied with it. We need to kick Trump out of the office now He’s ill, deranged and dangerous. He’s putting children in cages — f*** the Nazis — shut them down.”
“Cusack continued to call for Trump’s removal and accused the current administration of placing illegal immigrant children in cages at the South border,” The Daily Wire reported at the time. “Cusack was likely referencing photos taken during the Obama Administration that were wrongly credited to Trump by the media, last week. As noted by Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro, it is Democrats and leftist judges who have said that children cannot be detained, meaning kids are being ripped from their parents when the government enforces the law concerning illegal border crossings.”
In that same month, Hollywood player and sister of Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda, went off the rails with his Trump-hatred. “Fonda, 78, … called White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen ‘g***es,’ which he noted is “much worse than c***.’ Sanders should have her children ripped from her and given ‘to Stephen Goebbels Miller for safe keeping.’ He called for the stripping and whipping of Nielsen, too. Additionally, Fonda suggested ICE agents be doxxed and anti-Trumpers find out where their children go to school and harass them,” The Daily Wire reported.
“WE SHOULD RIP BARRON TRUMP FROM HIS MOTHER’S ARMS AND PUT HIM IN A CAGE WITH PEDOPHILES AND SEE IF MOTHER WILL WILL STAND UP AGAINST THE GIANT A**HOLE SHE IS MARRIED TO. 90 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE STREETS ON THE SAME WEEKEND IN THE COUNTRY. F***,” Fonda posted in a tweet.
In another tweet, Fonda wrote: “Kristjen Nielsen is a lying g*** that should be put in a cage and poked at by passersby. The gash should be pilloried in Lafayette Square naked and whipped by passersby while being filmed for posterity.”
Regarding Sanders, Fonda said: “SS (Sarah Sanders) is a lying g***, too. And “g***” is much worse than c***. Maybe we should take her children away and deport her to Arkansas, and giving her children to Stephen Goebbels Miller for safe keeping.”