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Actor James Cromwell warns of 'blood in the streets' if Democrats don't win election


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2018 Nov 2, 3:42am   1,635 views  10 comments

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Character actor James Cromwell was honored at the fourth annual Carney Awards, where he used his platform to call for change in the United States and warn of violence if President Trump and his allies remain in office.

Cromwell, a noted character actor known for roles in projects such as "Babe," “The Green Mile,” “Big Hero 6,” “Boardwalk Empire” and “American Horror Story,” is also a political activist who has worked with organizations such as the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. He’s frequently been arrested for his role in planned, peaceful protests at places like SeaWorld and a natural gas power plant in New York.

Speaking to Variety at the event, he warned of the turn that he sees America taking and cautioned there will be “blood in the streets” if Republicans remain in control.

“This is nascent fascism. We always had a turnkey, totalitarian state — all we needed was an excuse, and all the institutions were in place to turn this into pure fascism,” Cromwell said. “If we don’t stop [President Trump] now, then we will have a revolution for real. Then there will be blood in the streets.”

The star, who previously played George H.W. Bush in Oliver Stone's "W," echoed these sentiments during his acceptance speech, where he warned that he believes the country is headed toward the possibility of a violent revolution.

“We’re living in very curious times, and something is coming up which is desperately important to this country and to this planet, and that is an election, in which hopefully in some measure we are going to take back our democracy,” he said. “We will have a government that represents us and not the donor class. We will cut through the corruption, [and] we won’t have to do what comes next, which is either a non-violent revolution or a violent one, because this has got to end.”

Comedian Patton Oswalt hosted the event, which honored fellow character actors such as Joe Morton, Jessica Walter, Joe Pantoliano, Bruce Greenwood and M. Emmet Walsh.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/actor-james-cromwell-warns-of-blood-in-the-streets-if-democrats-dont-win-election

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1   🎂 Tenpoundbass   2018 Nov 2, 6:43am  

That'll do Ratbastard
2   RC2006   2018 Nov 2, 7:09am  

Liberal tears of blood a vampire feast.
3   Shaman   2018 Nov 2, 8:30am  

Typical Leftists can’t stand people voting/acting in their own best interests.
It’s amazing how they can twist the word “democracy” to mean “rule by the elite” and “fascism” to mean “popular support for political will.” Every day is Opposite Day when you are a Leftist!
4   FuckTheMainstreamMedia   2018 Nov 2, 8:34am  

But it’s Trumps unquoted dangerous rhetoric that’s triggering all the crazies, right?
5   Goran_K   2018 Nov 2, 9:30am  

lol

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Anytime James.
6   Ceffer   2018 Nov 2, 10:02am  

I didn't know he was also a comedian.
7   Heraclitusstudent   2018 Nov 2, 11:12am  

MisterLefty says
“We will have a government that represents us and not the donor class. We will cut through the corruption,

By voting democrat?
LOL

MisterLefty says
we won’t have to do what comes next, which is either a non-violent revolution or a violent one, because this has got to end.”

I think the guy is sincerely worried of where the flaming partisanship is going.
But (1) this is all made up by too much propaganda. People don't care that much when they're offline. And (2) when push comes to shove, no one will go against the militarized police.
8   Heraclitusstudent   2018 Nov 2, 11:24am  

Actors are not qualified to comment. hehe...

9   RC2006   2018 Nov 2, 11:42am  

jazz_music says
undermine workers rights and civil liberties to facilitate profit taking more efficient for the top 0.1%.


Jazz, that's been both parties the last 40yrs. Republicans have just been more honest about it, while democrats were full of shit outside of government employees.
10   Shaman   2018 Nov 2, 11:56am  

Republicans had their go at unions and workers. They tried every dirty trick to marginalize and usurp the power of collective bargaining. But at the end of the matter, people can look at the wages and benefits commanded by union vs non union labor and make their own choices. Unions are coming back. No question.
Trump’s MAGA movement accepts unions as a fact and moves on to make MOAR money in the more natural ways of growing the economy and trade while bolstering innovation. He’s been Consistently against the movement (now openly supported only by Democrats) to boost illegal migration to undercut wages for American workers. These two reasons are reasons enough to support the President. He can make all the disparaging comments he likes of feminists and Muslims and democrats and fake news. I only care that he’s addressing the core issues and is in the side of the American Worker for a god damned change!

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