Robert De Niro’s son, Airyn (formerly Aaron), says he identifies as a transgender woman in a newly published interview with the &#8220;LGBTQ+&#8221;-themed outlet Them.
The 29-year-old is one of De Niro’s seven children with four different women.  
Airyn also has a twin brother, Julian. Their mother is actress Toukie Smith. 
“There’s a difference between being visible and being seen,” Airyn, who is biracial, <a href="https://www.them.us/story/airyn-de-niro-coming-out-trans-visibility-robert-de-niro-daughter-interview">told</a> the outlet. “I’ve been visible. I don’t think I’ve been seen yet.”
Airyn also discussed recent media coverage, claiming it had portrayed him incorrectly. He especially took issue with being called a “nepo baby” in some headlines. “They just sort of reminded me that people really don’t know anything about me.”
“I wasn’t brought up having a side part in one of dad’s movies or going to business meetings or attending premieres. My dad was very big on us finding our own sort of path&#8230; I would want [success] to happen on my own merit,” Airyn said. 
“Obviously, no parent is perfect, but I am grateful that both my parents agreed to keep me out of the limelight,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They have told me they wanted me to have as much of a normal childhood as possible.”
Airyn also talked about being a “late bloomer.”
“I was always told I was too much of something or not enough of something growing up: Too big, not skinny enough. Not black enough, not white enough. Too feminine, not masculine enough,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It was never just, ‘You’re just right, just the way you are.’” 
Airyn said it was “the influence black women have had on me” that led him to start hormone therapy last November. The article&#8217;s author noted that the &#8220;turning point&#8221; in Airyn&#8217;s transition occurred after seeing the live-action remake of Disney&#8217;s &#8220;The Little Mermaid&#8221; and deciding to get braids.
“I’d want to hopefully be an inspiration for at least one other person like me who is black, who is queer, who’s not a size extra small,” Airyn told the outlet. “I’d want to see more trans women, more black women who are maybe bigger-bodied or don’t fit the mold of super thin or heroin chic.”
Social media comments focused on how many celebrity children identify as transgender and noted how many didn’t have fathers in the home.
“Desperately seeking attention since he never received any from his dad. Just sad,” one commenter <a href="https://x.com/chewsonit/status/1917382860799095261">wrote</a>.
Another <a href="https://x.com/RedPoppy222/status/1917374964572844476">wondered</a>, “What are celebrities doing to their children?”
“It&#8217;s almost like these celebrities are training their kids to be trans,” another commenter <a href="https://x.com/imgufftastic/status/1917538358311674340">observed</a>.

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Robert De Niro’s Son Comes Out As Transgender Woman

Robert De Niro's Son Comes Out As Transgender Woman

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“The Sopranos” star Drea de Matteo slammed fellow Italians <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fauci-on-the-view-joins-the-ladies-bashing-trump-calls-detractors-bastards">Dr. Anthony Fauci</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-de-niro">Robert De Niro</a> on national television on Monday night, saying she’s “mortified by my people.&#8221; 
During the 52-year-old actress’ appearance on “<a href="https://rumble.com/v53k1wr-sopranos-star-claims-hollywood-is-full-of-quiet-trump-voters.html">Jesse Watters Primetime</a>,” Matteo called out Hollywood’s support for President Joe Biden after a video montage played showing several celeb endorsements, and she was asked if there’s a “quiet Trump voter out there in Hollywood.” 
“I think there is a lot of them. I think there are a lot of — that was a hard intro to watch. I’m sorry,” de Matteo said, laughing, <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/entertainment/sopranos-star-drea-de-matteo-tells-foxs-jesse-watters-there-are-a-lot-of-quiet-hollywood-trump-voters/">referencing the video montage,</a> which included <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/robert-de-niro-loses-award-following-trump-courthouse-rant" target="_blank" rel="noopener">De Niro ranting about Trump</a> outside a New York City courthouse.
“No, it’s the Italian, man. We’re talking about Fauci [former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)], we’re talking about De Niro. I am mortified right now by my people,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I don’t understand what we’re doing here. Anyhow, yes. Yes, there are a lot of quiet Trump supporters, there are a lot of [Robert F.] Kennedy [Jr.] supporters.&#8221;
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WATCH: ‘Sopranos’ star Drea de Matteo can’t even finish her sentence after seeing clips of fellow Italians Anthony Fauci and Robert de Niro
“I’m mortified by my people…what are we doing?” <a href="https://t.co/Dkw6ULB1yE">pic.twitter.com/Dkw6ULB1yE</a>
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1805659389015343163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
“And wow, I wonder how much these actors got paid to endorse Biden at this point,” de Matteo continued. “I’m curious, because that seems — I wonder if De Niro got paid a location’s fee because he had to travel to the courtroom to do that.&#8221;
The host then asked how it would work, suggesting actors possibly couldn’t get just get paid cash and that it might have to be more of a “silent deal like, ‘Oh, we’ll give you this next role or you know we’ll get you a book deal.’ Is it something like that, or an appearance fee?”
“I don’t know. I don’t really maneuver inside that industry. I never have,” the actress replied.  “First of all, ‘Sopranos,’ we were the outcasts, even though we were the critically acclaimed, we still were outcasts.”
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“So I’m still an outcast, here I am. They’re going to take me out into the woods and shoot me for not endorsing Biden,” she added while laughing, referencing her character being killed on the hit show after saying too much.
De Matteo recently made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sopranos-star-says-biden-administration-has-been-used-to-divide-people">headlines</a> when she said that the Biden administration has been used to “divide people” and called the focus on left-wing issues a distraction from more important matters.
Speaking recently to Fox News’ “<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/sopranos-star-says-biden-presidency-vessel-divide-us-comments-hollywoods-fear-roil-critics?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-foxnews&amp;utm_content=later-42816985&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=linkin.bio">The Story,</a>” the “Desperate Housewives” actress said others in Hollywood fear that if they speak out about Biden being a divisive leader, something will happen to them personally.
“Life imitating art, just for speaking out to the feds or whatever, you know?” de Matteo said, referencing her character&#8217;s end on the hit show.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sopranos-star-says-biden-administration-has-been-used-to-divide-people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘Sopranos’ Star Says Biden Administration Has Been Used To ‘Divide People’</a>

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‘I’m Mortified By My People’: ‘Sopranos’ Star Slams Fellow Italians Dr. Fauci, Robert De Niro

'The Sopranos' Star Slams Fellow Italians Dr. Fauci, Robert De Niro

Anthony Fauci

Hollywood

Joe Biden

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-de-niro">Robert De Niro</a> will no longer be receiving an award at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) annual event following his rant outside the courthouse against former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/verdict-trump-found-guilty-on-all-charges-in-hush-money-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Donald Trump</a> — just before a New York jury found Trump guilty.
The NAB had planned to celebrate the 80-year-old actor on Tuesday with its Service To America Award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., but instead has pulled the recognition because the group said it is “proudly bi-partisan,” the <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4694239-broadcasters-de-niro-award-trump-courthouse-hush-money-trial/">Hill</a> reported.
“While we strongly support the right of every American to exercise free speech and participate in civic engagement, it is clear that Mr. De Niro’s recent high-profile activities will create a distraction from the philanthropic work that we were hoping to recognize,” a spokesperson for the NAB wrote in a statement. “To maintain the focus on service of the award winners, Mr. De Niro will no longer be attending the event.”
Taking a look on the NAB <a href="https://servicetoamericaawards.org/winners/default.asp">website</a>, De Niro’s name and picture is not listed as one of this year’s winners.
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🚨Report: Robert De Niro will no longer receive the coveted National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) award that he was supposed to receive next week. The NAB has decided to pulled the award from him after he went on an anti-Trump rant outside the Manhattan courthouse this week. <a href="https://t.co/jk55sH7H8v">pic.twitter.com/jk55sH7H8v</a>
— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheCalvinCooli1/status/1796603846980141456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
Following news of the award being rescinded, De Niro told the outlet that he wished them well.
“I support the work of the NAB Leadership Foundation and would like to express my appreciation and gratitude for what the Foundation has done and will continue to do for the good of us all, and I wish them well for their continued good work,” the “Goodfellas” star said.
Before Trump was convicted in the Hush-Money trial, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-campaign-taps-robert-de-niro-to-rant-against-trump-outside-ny-trial-us-govt-will-perish">De Niro</a> railed against the former president and his supporters during a President Joe Biden campaign event outside the New York courthouse as the trial was headed to closing arguments.
“Under Trump, this kind of government will perish from the Earth. I don’t mean to scare you. No, no, wait, maybe I do mean to scare you. If Trump returns to the White House, you can kiss these freedoms goodbye that we all take for granted,” De Niro said, “And elections? Forget about them. That’s over, that’s done. If he gets in, I can tell you right now, he will never leave. He will never leave. You know that. He will never leave.”
“That’s why I’ve joined the Biden-Harris campaign, because the only way to preserve our freedoms and hold on to our humanity is to vote for Joe Biden for president,” he added. “Really – we don’t have a choice.”
Trump campaign officials characterized the event as an act of desperation by the Biden campaign.
Tim Pearce contributed to this piece.

Robert De Niro Loses Award Following Trump Courthouse Rant

2024 Election

Donald Trump

When campaigns are in meltdown, it seems like nothing they touch goes right. There are a lot of symptoms when campaigns are in meltdown; it&#8217;s very difficult for those campaigns to get their own voters back into the fold.
This is obviously true of reelection campaigns. It was true for Jimmy Carter in 1980, who had a really difficult time getting Democrats back in the fold. He barely won the election in 1976 against Gerald Ford, and then he ran against Ronald Reagan and got absolutely walloped.
Joe Biden is now in the middle of a campaign meltdown, which is evident because every story about the Biden campaign is about how he is struggling to win back voters that already should be in his back pocket.
It also means his campaign is now attempting bizarre and sundry tactics in order to gain headlines in the middle of a news cycle that is terrible for him.
In the past few weeks, different articles have been written about how Biden doesn&#8217;t believe the polls. That is a symptom of a campaign that is failing. Telling the media you don&#8217;t believe the polls typically means you&#8217;re losing.
Today, Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/05/29/biden-black-voter-strategy-philadelphia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Biden is launching a new strategy to win black voters. Let&#8217;s be clear about this: The black vote in the United States has gone for the Democrats by extraordinary numbers every single election cycle for the past several decades. Black voters were the key to Biden&#8217;s 2020 win. The numbers for Biden among black voters in 2020 were extraordinary. He got great turnout, particularly in terms of mail-ins, and he got an incredibly high percentage of the vote from black voters in 2020.
But now, Biden is in real trouble, and he&#8217;s having a tough time actually winning back those same black voters. Although 2020 found 92% of the black vote against Donald Trump, polling is currently showing Trump not only in the double digits, but also in the significant double digits among black voters. A recent New York Times/Siena <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/13/us/elections/times-siena-poll-registered-voter-crosstabs.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survey</a> put Biden’s support at 69 to 18 over Trump among blacks.
If Biden is having to campaign for black voters in Philadelphia or Detroit five months from the election, he’s in serious, serious trouble.
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That is the first indicator of a campaign that is in meltdown: having to shore up a voting base that has been historically strong for Democrats.
The second indicator is Biden denying the polling data, whistling past the graveyard.
Then, the third indicator is that the Biden campaign is now pulling out the stops on bizarre tactics that are not only unavailing, but they&#8217;re wildly counterproductive.
On Tuesday, Biden&#8217;s campaign showed up to stand outside the courtroom in New York in order to stump for Trump&#8217;s conviction.
Remember, it was considered wildly unpresidential for Trump to sound off on his own trial, where he is currently being tried in court. That was considered out of bounds. How dare he attack the justice system? How dare he intervene in the justice system? Meanwhile, Biden, the actual president of the United States, whose DOJ is presiding over multiple cases against his political opponent, is deploying his campaign to stand outside the courtroom in New York.
That&#8217;s not only unprecedented; it&#8217;s nuts.
It&#8217;s nuts.
It would be nuts enough if he deployed lawyers from his campaign to explain the case in front of the courtroom. That would obviously be deeply problematic considering the president of the United States acts, essentially, as the chief law enforcement officer in the land because he presides over the attorney general who presides over the DOJ. Biden deploying his own legal team outside the courtroom to rip on his political opponent in the middle of a trial is insane.
That’s crazy, but then it got crazier.
They didn&#8217;t just deploy some campaign lawyer to explain the case against Trump. They deployed a celebrity to go outside the trial and hold an event. That is a desperate move.
Who did they trot out on Tuesday? Apparently, they decided to be nimble and creative and trot out the Raging Bulls****er himself, Robert De Niro.
Honestly, I don&#8217;t know who came up with this idea. This is one of the stupidest political ideas I have ever seen in my entire life.
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The idea of the Biden campaign apparently was, “We have an unpopular 81-year-old incumbent who falls down a lot and babbles nonsensically. What if we get someone to defend him outside the courtroom where his political opponent is being tried on political grounds? What if we get an 80-year old, half-senile, doddering old man who recently fathered a small baby? Who do we have? That guy.”
And he&#8217;s an actor to boot.
He&#8217;s crazy enough that he spent the last several years going on random TV shows shouting “F Trump!” This is a man who has the credibility of the American people behind him. This is a man who has gravitas.
Three years after the end of COVID, wearing a mask.
De Niro arrived and proceeded to start rambling nonsensically.
This is the stupidest campaign ploy I have ever seen. Ever. It was really dumb in 2016 when Hillary Clinton trotted out a bunch of young actresses to sing “Fight Song” at the Democratic National Convention. It was cloying and annoying. But at least it was understandable in that it was an attempt to bring actual celebrities to do something celebrities do, like sing.
Bringing De Niro, a guy who plays a tough guy in the movies, to show up at the age of 80 and stagger over to a microphone to talk about a criminal trial? What was the logic?
This isn’t even a bank shot. It&#8217;s like one of those old Larry Bird/Michael Jordan commercials. Off the plane, off the house, off the tiger, off the backboard. Swish!
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Who thought of this?
Robert “You talkin’ to me” De Niro, an elderly man, basically jabbered, “It&#8217;s no surprise that the murder rate and other violent crimes peaked under Trump and up falling under Biden. And now he&#8217;s promising to use our own military to attack U.S. citizens. That&#8217;s the tyrant.”
Is he talking to me? Is he talking to me? What in the world is he even jabbering about?
The notion that De Niro was going to be the tip of the spear in terms of Biden&#8217;s campaign was crazy. No one takes De Niro seriously. No one.
CNN and MSNBC know that the more they cover Biden, the more likely it is Biden will lose because he is terrible at being president. But the incompetents at the Biden campaign are apparently thinking, “Oh my. Every time I turn on CNN and MSNBC, they&#8217;re just showing Trump’s trial. We can&#8217;t get attention for our amazing campaign. Let&#8217;s get Robert De Niro out there at the age of 80 to babble about tyranny.”
This reeks of desperation.

Former President Donald Trump’s Hush-Money Criminal Trial

Raging Bulls***

Ben Shapiro

New York City

Opinion

Readers Pass

The New York Post took a swing at actor Robert De Niro with a snarky Wednesday morning cover mocking his rambling press conference — on behalf of President Joe Biden&#8217;s re-election campaign — outside former President Donald Trump&#8217;s Manhattan hush money trial.
The cover referenced De Niro&#8217;s turn in the 1980 film &#8220;Raging Bull&#8221; — for which he won his Best Actor Oscar — as huge capital letters screamed &#8220;RAGING BULLSH*T.&#8221; The sub-headline below invoked psychotic &#8220;Simpsons&#8221; character Sideshow Bob: &#8220;Sideshow Bob De Niro goes ballistic stumping for Biden outside Trump trial.&#8221;
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DENIRO DENOUNCED: Looks like the <a href="https://twitter.com/nypost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYPost</a> didn&#8217;t appreciate Robert DeNiro&#8217;s anti-Trump comments outside of court house in lower Manhattan where closing arguments in the Trump case wrapped up last night. <a href="https://t.co/4mpuwKZ1FZ">pic.twitter.com/4mpuwKZ1FZ</a>
— newsbell (@newsbell) <a href="https://twitter.com/newsbell/status/1795811704741281812?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The cover accompanied Trump&#8217;s response to De Niro&#8217;s appearance at the surprise Tuesday morning press conference.
&#8220;I never knew how small, both mentally and physically, Wacko Former Actor Robert De Niro was,&#8221; Trump said in a Truth Social post. &#8220;Today, De Niro, who suffers from an incurable case of TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, commonly known in the medical community as TDS, was met, outside the Courthouse, with a force far greater than the Radical Left – MAGA.&#8221;
Trump was far from the only one to pan De Niro&#8217;s appearance. Republican strategist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/karl-rove-blows-up-biden-campaign-over-de-niro-presser-it-politicized-the-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Karl Rove</a> argued that in sending a campaign surrogate to Trump&#8217;s Manhattan trial, Biden&#8217;s re-election team was essentially proving that the prosecution was politically motivated to begin with.
&#8220;Stupid mistake by the Biden campaign! They wanted to get, while all the cameras were there, they wanted to get their moment in the sun. And it was a big mistake,&#8221; Rove said. &#8220;It politicized the trial — better to have waited.&#8221;
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&#8220;And then what was said, with all due respect to Mr. De Niro, who’s a wonderful, wonderful actor &#8230; Are those the kind of credible statements that are going to cause people who don’t like Biden and don’t like Trump, but are trying to figure out who to vote for, are they going to cause people to say, ‘Well, geez, you now told me you wanted to destroy our country? Of course he did.’ The people who believe that are already in the Biden camp,&#8221; Rove continued.

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New York Post Trolls Robert De Niro With Wednesday Morning Cover: ‘Raging Bulls**t’

New York Post Trolls Robert De Niro With Wednesday Morning Cover: 'Raging Bulls**t'

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Former President Donald Trump called Robert De Niro a &#8220;Wacko&#8221; after the actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-campaign-taps-robert-de-niro-to-rant-against-trump-outside-ny-trial-us-govt-will-perish?topStoryPosition=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appeared</a> for a Biden campaign event outside the Manhattan courthouse where Trump&#8217;s hush-money trial continued on Tuesday.
After an invitation from Team Biden, De Niro spoke to the press behind a podium in New York, claiming that American freedoms &#8220;will perish from the Earth&#8221; if Trump wins in November.
“Under Trump, this kind of government will perish from the Earth. I don’t mean to scare you. No, no, wait, maybe I do mean to scare you. If Trump returns to the White House, you can kiss these freedoms goodbye that we all take for granted,” De Niro said, “And elections? Forget about them. That’s over, that’s done. If he gets in, I can tell you right now, he will never leave. He will never leave. You know that. He will never leave.”
De Niro, 80, added that &#8220;we don&#8217;t have a choice&#8221; but to vote for Biden &#8220;to preserve our freedoms and hold on to our humanity.&#8221;
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Bob DeNiro has become so unglued, he thinks &#8220;government will perish from the earth&#8221; if President Trump is re-elected <a href="https://t.co/OVIVUy27Qu">pic.twitter.com/OVIVUy27Qu</a>
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1795466925612372385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Trump responded to the De Niro presser late Tuesday night, <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112522556937548408" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writing</a> on Truth Social that the actor &#8220;looked so pathetic and sad out there.&#8221;
&#8220;I never knew how small, both mentally and physically, Wacko Former Actor Robert De Niro was. Today, De Niro, who suffers from an incurable case of TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, commonly known in the medical community as TDS, was met, outside the Courthouse, with a force far greater than the Radical Left &#8211; MAGA,&#8221; Trump wrote. &#8220;Robert, whose movies, artistry, and brand have gone WAY DOWN IN VALUE since he entered the political arena at the request of Crooked Joe Biden, looked so pathetic and sad out there. Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio!!!&#8221;
The actor also exchanged words with some of Trump&#8217;s supporters who were also outside the courthouse on Tuesday, according to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/28/biden-trump-trial-strategy-00160274" target="_blank" rel="noopener">POLITICO</a>.
&#8220;You are gangsters!&#8221; De Niro reportedly shouted to which one man responded by telling the actor he was &#8220;washed up.&#8221;
&#8220;F*** you!&#8221; De Niro yelled in response.
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The press event featuring De Niro marks an increase in the Biden campaign&#8217;s focus on Trump&#8217;s ongoing criminal trial and could preview a new strategy from Biden as the trial nears its end. The president has stayed quiet on Trump&#8217;s hush-money case throughout the campaign, but a report from POLITICO last week cited “four people familiar with internal deliberations” in the Biden administration who said the president is planning to address the trial from the White House once the jury reaches a verdict.
The Biden campaign&#8217;s apparent shift in strategy comes as Trump continues to lead the president in most polls, including in each of the seven battleground states, according to the polling average compiled by <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/elections/president/2024/battleground-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RealClearPolitics</a> as of Wednesday morning.
“President Trump’s numbers continue to rise, and the best that Biden can do is roll out a washed up actor,” Trump adviser Jason Miller <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/28/biden-trump-trial-strategy-00160274" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.

Trump/De Niro

Trump Responds To De Niro’s Perturbed Courthouse Presser: ‘Looked So Pathetic And Sad’

Biden Campaign

Republican political strategist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/karl-rove" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Karl Rove</a> said that President Joe Biden&#8217;s presidential campaign made a &#8220;stupid mistake&#8221; on Tuesday by showing up to Trump&#8217;s trial in New York City.
After largely ignoring Trump’s ongoing hush-money trial in New York, Biden’s campaign held an event outside the courthouse as the trial was set to go to closing arguments. The Biden campaign invited Robert De Niro, a vocal critic of the former president, to speak. De Niro denounced Trump and claimed the American system of government is at stake in the 2024 election.
&#8220;Stupid mistake by the Biden campaign,&#8221; Rove said on Fox News. &#8220;They wanted to get in while all the cameras were there, they wanted to get their moment in the sun. It was a big mistake. It politicizes the trial. Better to have waited. And then what was said — with all respect to De Niro, a wonderful actor — really? The people up for grabs in this election, &#8216;Donald Trump wants to destroy New York, destroy America, and destroy the world? And if you re-elect him he will never leave office and make himself a tyrant for life?'&#8221;
&#8220;Are those the kind of credible statements that will cause people who don&#8217;t like Biden and don&#8217;t like Trump but are trying to figure out who to vote for, will they say, &#8216;Jeez, you told me he wanted to destroy our country,'&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The people who believe that are already in the Biden camp. That&#8217;s not who they should be trying to reach out to. He came close in a moment of talking about January 6th and talking about the two officers, but that might have had an impact, but this was so over the top as to simply be useless. What a stupid mistake on the part of the Biden campaign. More reason why Democratic leaders are probably going to be concerned that he is the nominee, likely nominee of their party.&#8221;
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Republican political strategist Karl Rove dressed down President Joe Biden&#8217;s campaign during a Tuesday morning appearance on Fox News, saying that they had made a &#8220;stupid mistake&#8221; in bringing in actor Robert De Niro to hold a press conference outside former President Donald Trump&#8217;s Manhattan hush-money trial.
Rove made the comments during an appearance on &#8220;America&#8217;s Newsroom,&#8221; where he told anchor Dana Perino that the press conference had crossed a line, telegraphing that even the Biden campaign understood the political nature of the prosecution against Trump.
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&#8220;The people who believe that are already in the Biden camp.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/g5w5klLJHm">pic.twitter.com/g5w5klLJHm</a>
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&#8220;Stupid mistake by the Biden campaign! They wanted to get, while all the cameras were there, they wanted to get their moment in the sun. And it was a big mistake,&#8221; Rove said. &#8220;It politicized the trial — better to have waited.&#8221;
&#8220;And then what was said, with all due respect to Mr. De Niro, who’s a wonderful, wonderful actor, I mean, really the people up for grabs in this election, are they going to be, &#8216;Donald Trump wants to destroy New York, destroy America, and destroy the world. And if you reelect him, he’s never going to leave office. He’s going to make himself a tyrant for life,'&#8221; Rove continued. &#8220;Are those the kind of credible statements that are going to cause people who don’t like Biden and don’t like Trump, but are trying to figure out who to vote for, are they going to cause people to say, &#8216;Well, geez, you now told me you wanted to destroy our country? Of course he did.&#8217; The people who believe that are already in the Biden camp.&#8221;
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Rove went on to say that the campaign should have used De Niro to reach out to voters who were on the fences — and instead, his &#8220;over-the-top&#8221; anti-Trump screed had only appealed to those who would have voted for Biden regardless.
&#8220;This was so over the top as to simply be useless. And what a stupid mistake on the part of the Biden campaign. More reason why Democratic leaders are probably going to be concerned that he’s the nominee, likely nominee of their party,&#8221; Rove concluded.

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Karl Rove Blows Up Biden Campaign Over De Niro Presser: ‘It Politicized The Trial’

Karl Rove Blows Up Biden Campaign Over De Niro Presser: 'It Politicized The Trial'

Actor Robert De Niro railed against former president Donald Trump and his supporters during a Biden campaign event outside a New York courthouse on Tuesday.
After largely ignoring Trump’s ongoing hush-money trial in New York, President Joe Biden’s campaign held an event outside the courthouse as the trial is set to go to closing arguments. The Biden campaign invited De Niro, a vocal critic of the former president, to speak. De Niro denounced Trump and claimed the American system of government is at stake in the 2024 election.
“Under Trump, this kind of government will perish from the Earth. I don’t mean to scare you. No, no, wait, maybe I do mean to scare you. If Trump returns to the White House, you can kiss these freedoms goodbye that we all take for granted,” De Niro said, “And elections? Forget about them. That’s over, that’s done. If he gets in, I can tell you right now, he will never leave. He will never leave. You know that. He will never leave.”
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Bob DeNiro has become so unglued, he thinks &quot;government will perish from the earth&quot; if President Trump is re-elected <a href="https://t.co/OVIVUy27Qu">pic.twitter.com/OVIVUy27Qu</a>
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“That’s why I’ve joined the Biden-Harris campaign, because the only way to preserve our freedoms and hold on to our humanity is to vote for Joe Biden for president,” De Niro said. “Really – we don’t have a choice.”
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BOB DENIRO IS A TOTAL MESS! <a href="https://t.co/mm7V8u7iRh">pic.twitter.com/mm7V8u7iRh</a>
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Trump campaign officials characterized the event as an act of desperation by the Biden campaign,
“What you just heard from is a desperate and failing and pathetic campaign who knows that they are losing. Joe Biden’s sending his campaign outside of this criminal courthouse is a full-blown concession that this trial is a witch hunt that comes from the top, comes from Joe Biden,” Trump campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in remarks immediately following De Niro’s press conference.
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Trump Campaign Press Secretary <a href="https://twitter.com/kleavittnh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kleavittnh</a>: Joe Biden sending his campaign outside of this criminal courthouse—it is a full-blown concession that this trial is a witch hunt that comes from Joe Biden. <a href="https://t.co/UcOlq7kKC4">pic.twitter.com/UcOlq7kKC4</a>
&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1795474242437345791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller pointed to reporting that Democrats have grown concerned about Biden’s low poll numbers. A Democratic operative in touch with the White House explained Democrats’ feelings to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/28/democrats-freakout-over-biden-00160047" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Politico</a>.
“You don’t want to be that guy who is on the record saying we’re doomed, or the campaign’s bad or Biden’s making mistakes. Nobody wants to be that guy,” the operative said. But Biden’s poll numbers “are creating the freakout” among the Democratic establishment.
“This isn’t, ‘Oh my God, Mitt Romney might become president.’ It’s ‘Oh my God, the democracy might end,’” the operative said.

Biden Campaign Taps Robert De Niro To Rant Against Trump Outside NY Trial: US Govt ‘Will Perish’

Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-de-niro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert De Niro</a> delivered such an obscene rant about former President Donald Trump that just a few sentences in, producers on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; had to cut off his microphone.
De Niro, who has never been shy about his hatred for Trump, joined the hosts of the midday talk show for Tuesday&#8217;s broadcast — and when the topic turned to politics and the 2024 presidential election, the &#8220;Analyze This&#8221; star began with a Hitler comparison and went downhill from there.
Invoking the Nazi dictator right off the bat, De Niro complained that not enough people in the United States were taking serious stock of the potential threat posed by a second Trump presidency.
&#8220;I don’t understand why people are not taking him seriously because you read about it historically in other countries that they didn’t take the people seriously. I think of Hitler and Mussolini,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;Who does not think that this guy is going to do exactly what he says he&#8217;s going to do?&#8221; De Niro continued. &#8220;He&#8217;s done it already. And then what? We&#8217;re going to sit around and say, what, we told you so — or whoever, I told you so. It&#8217;s going to happen. If he gets elected, it’s going to change this country for everybody. And they might think that it’s going to make their life better and they just want to — excuse my French —&#8221;
And although he could still be see mouthing words as he continued, the mic was cut briefly. When the sound came back on, De Niro was claiming that Trump&#8217;s supporters were only about &#8220;anger and hate.&#8221;
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De Niro says Trump &quot;wants to do the worst he can possibly do&quot; to the country and goes on a tirade cursing up a storm, resulting in his mic being cut. Whoopi Goldberg chimes in to claim, without evidence, that if Trump gets elected, he&#39;ll be the last president and rule for life. <a href="https://t.co/RBCKSBWkZW">pic.twitter.com/RBCKSBWkZW</a>
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&#8220;He&#8217;s done everything,&#8221; De Niro said of Trump a short time later. &#8220;What more do you need? It&#8217;s almost as if he wants to do the worst he can possibly do to show this country —&#8221; and just like that, his mic was cut again, but his rant continued.
Whoopi Goldberg chimed in then, claiming without evidence that Trump&#8217;s plan was to get reelected and then stay in the White House &#8220;until he drops dead.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s over,&#8221; De Niro agreed with Goldberg&#8217;s claim. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to have such civil strife.&#8221;

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Robert De Niro’s Anti-Trump Rant Is So Obscene ‘The View’ Has To Cut His Mic

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X owner <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a> slammed actor Robert De Niro this week for comparing former President Donald Trump to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
De Niro, who has regularly made comments along these lines for nearly the last decade, renewed his attacks on Trump during an interview on MSNBC this week.
&#8220;I think other people are going to have to stand up and just &#8212; because it&#8217;s either that or you&#8217;re gonna find yourself in a situation that is so terrifying,&#8221; De Niro told MNSBC&#8217;s Stephanie Ruhle. &#8220;We always hear about people from Eastern Europe, the Jews from other parts of Eastern Europe, from Western Europe, coming over, look what happened in France with the Nazis and so on.&#8221;
He said that he never thought that someone like Hitler could take power in the U.S., &#8220;but now I see that it&#8217;s possible.&#8221;
De Niro claimed that there was &#8220;not one redeeming thing in him I can see ever&#8221; and that Trump &#8220;can’t be anywhere near the office of the presidency.&#8221;
&#8220;I don’t understand it. I don’t, I don’t think they understand how dangerous it will be if he ever, God forbid, becomes president. I don’t think they really understand,&#8221; he said of those who will be voting for Trump in 2024.
He continued, &#8220;And historically, from what I’ve seen, even in Nazi Germany, they had it with Hitler. They don’t take him seriously. ‘He looks like a clown. Acts like a clown.’ Mussolini. Same thing. These guys, I don’t know why, they look like clowns.&#8221;
Musk responded to a clip of De Niro from the segment that went viral on X by noting that Trump did not resemble Hitler during his first term in office and he was a very pro-Israel president.
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&#8220;Well, Trump was actually already president for 4 years and his policies bore no resemblance to those of Hitler, so this makes no sense,&#8221; Musk posted. &#8220;In fact, with the Abraham Accords, he made some progress towards peace in the Middle East, which was definitely not high on Hitler’s agenda.&#8221;

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Elon Musk Slams Robert De Niro For Comparing Trump To Hitler

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Hollywood legend <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-de-niro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert De Niro</a> said on Friday he would &#8220;never&#8221; portray former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> as an actor as he issued a warning about the upcoming election.
The Oscar-winner talked about his red line in filming during <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN5I9OS1VX0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an appearance</a> on HBO&#8217;s latest episode of &#8220;Real Time&#8221; with host Bill Maher, who, like De Niro, is a vocal Trump critic.
&#8220;He’s such a mean, nasty, hateful person,&#8221; De Niro said of Trump. &#8220;I’d never play him as an actor, because I can’t see any good in him. Nothing. Nothing at all. Nothing redeemable in him.&#8221;
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Robert de Niro: Trump “is a total monster” and “if he wins the election, you won’t be on this show anymore, he’ll come looking for me&#8230;That’s what happens in that kind of a dictatorship.” He’s “sociopathic, psychopathic, malignant narcissist,” an “idiot” and “a clown.” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealTime?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RealTime</a> <a href="https://t.co/RFN2XqWQxi">pic.twitter.com/RFN2XqWQxi</a>
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De Niro went on to make drastic predictions about what could happen to himself and Maher if Trump ends up winning a second term in the White House.
&#8220;If he wins the election, you won&#8217;t be on the show anymore,&#8221; De Niro said. &#8220;He&#8217;ll come looking for me. There&#8217;ll be things that happen that none of us can imagine. That&#8217;s what happens in that kind of a dictatorship, which is what he says.&#8221;
De Niro appeared to be referencing Trump&#8217;s pledge last year to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-rejects-threat-to-democracy-hoax-says-biden-poses-the-real-danger" target="_blank" rel="noopener">be a “dictator”</a> only on the first day of a second term in order to tackle issues such as border security and drilling for energy.
President Joe Biden has argued that U.S. democracy is at stake in the 2024 election. Both he and Trump are running for a second term, paving the way for what could be a 2020 rematch.
“Donald Trump poses many threats to the country, from the right to choose to civil rights to voting rights to America’s standing in the world. But the greatest threat Trump poses is to our democracy, because if we lose that, we lose everything,&#8221; Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/12/09/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-campaign-reception-los-angeles-ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in remarks last December.
Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-rejects-threat-to-democracy-hoax-says-biden-poses-the-real-danger" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that Biden had it backward.
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Biden is the “real threat to democracy for two simple reasons: he’s corrupt and incompetent — grossly incompetent,” Trump said.
De Niro told Maher on Friday that he did not know why Trump is performing so well against Biden in polls, including among women and Latinos.
&#8220;I just don’t want to feel the way I did, and many of us don’t, after the election in 2016 where we couldn’t believe that it happened. The guy is a total monster,&#8221; he added.

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