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The previous “Dukes Of Hazzard” star John Schneider, who has lengthy been one of many solely overtly conservative Christian stars in Hollywood, referred to as for President Joe Biden to be executed in a social media put up that was put up within the early hours of Thursday morning.
Schneider Calls For Biden To Be Executed
Hours after being revealed because the Donut and getting second place on “The Masked Singer,” Schneider, 63, took to social media to blast Biden in a put up that has since been deleted.
“Mr. President, I believe you are guilty of treason and should be publicly hung. Your son too. Your response is..? Sincerely, John Schneider,” the actor wrote, in accordance with Yahoo Information.
Schneider wrote this in response to a put up Biden had written concerning the former President Donald Trump.
“Trump poses many threats to our country: The right to choose, civil rights, voting rights, and America’s standing in the world,” Biden wrote. “But the greatest threat he poses is to our democracy. If we lose that, we lose everything.”
Calls For Secret Service To Take Motion
Day by day Mail reported that liberals have responded by calling on the Secret Service and federal authorities to take motion in opposition to Schneider.
“John Schneider deleted his tweet saying President Biden should be hanged. But the internet is forever and wouldn’t it be a shame if ‘Bo Duke’ receives a visit from some federal agents,” one social media person commented, with one other including, “s John Schneider going to get the same treatment that Kathy Griffin received from the Secret Service? She posed for a picture, and he made an actual threat against the president and his son.”
This was a reference to the comic Kathy Griffin, who has lengthy claimed that she was investigated by the Secret Service after posing with the simulated severed head of Donald Trump for a photoshoot again in 2017. She alleges that she was positioned beneath federal investigation, placed on a no-fly record, and “interrogated under oath” after this, though there has by no means been any tangible proof launched to the general public to again up these claims.
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Schneider has lengthy been one of many solely overtly conservative stars in Hollywood. Again in 2018, he stated that it was time for “for Hollywood stars to come out of the Republican closet.”
“I do think there’s a bias against conservatives, Republicans, in Hollywood, but I think if you let that alter how you are, then I question how you are,” he stated on the time.
Schneider doubled down on this in 2021, expressing his perception that he’s been blacklisted by Hollywood for his conservative views.
“You don’t really lose a role. You’re just not looked at,” he defined to Fox Enterprise. “You’re not considered for something”
Schneider Finishes Runner-Up On ‘The Masked Singer’
Hours earlier than his put up about Biden, Schneider was overjoyed to complete as runner-up to the R&B singer NE-YO on “The Masked Singer,” explaining that competing on the present has helped him take care of his grief over dropping his spouse Alicia Allain to breast most cancers earlier this 12 months.
“It really helped me get through the worst year of my life,” Schneider informed Individuals Journal afterwards. “So I’m delighted to have done it. I’m honored to have done it. I’m so impressed with the way they do this show. I’ve sung on stage a lot. I’ve done Broadway and concerts.”
“I mean, for crying out loud, I’ve done it for 40 years but I’ve never, never experienced a group of people who do what they do with such excellence,” he continued. “From beginning to end, it was the greatest experience I’ve had doing music on television.”
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Whereas calling for the execution of a sitting president isn’t one thing that we’d assist, celebrities have gotten away with saying far worse issues about Trump through the years. After the troublesome 12 months that Schneider has had, we will solely hope that individuals lower him some slack on this one and permit him to proceed his grieving course of in peace.
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