Connect with us

THE RESISTANCE

Watch: Robert De Niro Drops an F Bomb on Trump at the Tonys – Gets Standing Ovation

Published

on

He’s only acted on Broadway once, and directed a Broadway show only once, but Sunday night Robert De Niro may have made Broadway history.

The 74-year old Academy Award winning actor stood on stage at the Tony Awards and let loose an explosive “F” bomb, dropping it right on President Donald Trump.

“I just want to say one thing — F*ck Trump,” De Niro said, to great applause. “It’s no longer down with Trump. It’s f*ck Trump.”

For his efforts he received a standing ovation.

VARIETY reports CBS television, apparently not expecting or prepared for the remark, “scrambled to bleep the audio.”

Watch:

Someone posted a non-bleeped version to Twitter and put it on loop:

And here’s another one:

Here’s The Hollywood Reporter’s awards columnist:

PEOPLE reporter:

 

RELATED FROM THE TONYS:
‘JUST BAKE A CAKE’: ANDREW GARFIELD SLAMS SCOTUS AND DEDICATES HIS TONY AWARD TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY

Related Topics:
Continue Reading
Click to comment
 
 

Enjoy this piece?

… then let us make a small request. The New Civil Rights Movement depends on readers like you to meet our ongoing expenses and continue producing quality progressive journalism. Three Silicon Valley giants consume 70 percent of all online advertising dollars, so we need your help to continue doing what we do.

NCRM is independent. You won’t find mainstream media bias here. From unflinching coverage of religious extremism, to spotlighting efforts to roll back our rights, NCRM continues to speak truth to power. America needs independent voices like NCRM to be sure no one is forgotten.

Every reader contribution, whatever the amount, makes a tremendous difference. Help ensure NCRM remains independent long into the future. Support progressive journalism with a one-time contribution to NCRM, or click here to become a subscriber. Thank you. Click here to donate by check.

THE RESISTANCE

LGBTQ Orgs Issue Letter to Judiciary Committee Opposing Kavanaugh

Published

6 years ago

on

July 31, 2018

By

The Supreme Court

Lambda Legal and 62 national, state and local LGBTQ organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday to oppose the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court.

“Everyone – especially the LGBTQ community – should be deeply concerned about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh,” said Sharon McGowan, Legal Director and Chief Strategy Officer at Lambda Legal.

“From the Trump-Pence administration’s ban on transgender troops to the efforts to encourage and immunize discrimination against LGBTQ people in the public square, the American people should not have any confidence that Kavanaugh will be an independent check on the Trump administration and put his duty to the Constitution above his political beliefs,” McGowan added.

She further stated, “The harsh reality is that this nomination puts Trump within striking distance of his goal of overturning Roe and of turning back the clock on LGBTQ rights for generations.”

In the letter, Lambda Legal exposes Kavanaugh’s long history of ruling for the wealthy and powerful against individuals. The letter illustrates how if he were confirmed to the Supreme Court, Kavanaugh would provide the fifth and decisive vote to undermine many of our core rights and legal protections like reproductive freedom, affordable health care and LGBTQ equality.

The letter goes on to detail five areas of Judge Kavanaugh’s record and philosophy that are of particular concern to the organizations and their constituents, and that raise questions of grave consequence to LGBTQ people living with HIV and anyone who cares about these communities.

The following verbiage was excerpted from the letter.

(1) Judge Kavanaugh believes that unenumerated fundamental rights must be tethered narrowly to “tradition,” an approach that inherently favors those who historically have enjoyed power and privilege and that would erode or eliminate significant protections for LGBTQ people.

(2) We have serious concerns that Judge Kavanaugh would support a novel and radical approach to religious freedom, discarding the longstanding doctrinal framework that has rejected attempts to invoke religious liberty to justify violations of anti-discrimination laws.

(3) We are deeply concerned that Judge Kavanaugh will gut critical health care protections, which would gravely threaten the health of people living with HIV and transgender people, among other vulnerable groups.

(4) We are deeply concerned by Judge Kavanaugh’s extreme views about the limits of executive privilege and the proper amount of deference owed to the President; and

(5) We are deeply concerned that Judge Kavanaugh’s propensity for supporting the interests of the rich and powerful will harm the economic well-being of our and other economically vulnerable communities.

Lambda Legal goes on to argue that the Senate Judiciary Committee must fulfill its constitutional duty to carefully review Kavanaugh’s record. With so much at stake, Kavanaugh must provide the Senate with full universe of documents related to his record, just like Justice Elena Kagan.

The American people deserve to know the whole truth about his record on LGBTQ rights and other important civil rights issues.

Read the full text of the letter.

Continue Reading

THE RESISTANCE

De Niro’s Tony Awards Message to Donald Trump Gets Tremendous Support

Published

6 years ago

on

June 11, 2018

By

Robert De Niro appears to have made history. Easily one of the greatest actors of his generation, De Niro delivered a very specific message to the President of the United States at Sunday night’s Tony Awards, and he’s now getting massive support – and, naturally, attacks from the right – for his censored remarks.

“I just want to say one thing — F*ck Trump,” De Niro said, to great applause – and a standing ovation. “It’s no longer down with Trump. It’s f*ck Trump.”

WATCH: ROBERT DE NIRO DROPS AN F BOMB ON TRUMP AT THE TONYS – GETS STANDING OVATION

On Twitter “De Niro” is trending and many – including his fellow actors and other entertainment notables – are rushing to his defense.

 

Continue Reading

Trending

Copyright © 2020 AlterNet Media.