The Goodfellas star made the comment in response to co-host Jonathan Capehart asking him about his claim, a moment earlier on the show, that Trump will not leave the White House in 2028. Capehart said he was on the same “wavelength” as De Niro and agreed with him, before the actor compared Miller to Joseph Goebbels, the high-ranking Nazi leader and chief propagandist for Adolf Hitler.
“No way! We see it we see it we see it all the time — he will not want to leave. He set it up with, I guess he’s the Goebbels of the cabinet, Stephen Miller. He’s a Nazi,” De Niro said. “Yes, he is, and he should be ashamed of himself!”
Absolutely fucking not. May I remind you that famous people sticking their unqualified noses into politics is where Trump came from?!
Who needs to speaking out are mayors, legislators, judges, heads of big businesses and governmental agencies, heads of unions, etc.
I get it, you see a person on your screen saying something you agree with, and they have a face that you recognize from other times you’ve seen them on a screen. So you automatically assume they must be worth listening to. They aren’t. They are famous for being actors. That’s it. They aren’t politically savvy, or have some deep insight into the interworkings of our governmental system. Getting political talking points from them is like asking the guy behind the deli counter for medical advice.
More people that have fame or platform should be speaking out to oppose this coup. I stand by my words 100%
Agreed. The only thing that matters about what anyone says, no matter who it is, is whether the statement is true.
If we discourage anyone from sharing the truth at any time, in any place, then we are only hurting our cause.
Plus being famous is like having a megaphone. Rejecting De Niro’s help here is like bringing a strongly-worded letter to a megaphone fight.