Actor Anthony Mackie Faces Backlash for Endorsing Trump

Breitbart ^ | 19 Oct 2015 | Kipp Jones

[Vision Thing]

Actor Anthony Mackie endorsed Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump Monday during a promotional interview with BET for his new film Our Brand Is Crisis, and was immediately vilified online for being black and embracing conservative ideas.

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“I would 100 percent want to run Trump’s campaign. 100 percent,” Mackie said. “I mean, first that’ll be the best party ever when he won, and second, Trump’s an easy sell.

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It wasn’t long before Mackie’s endorsement created a backlash on Twitter. Ira Madison, staff editor for New York Magazine, tweeted Monday:

Anthony Mackie always looks like he’d love to get called a n***** in a Quentin Tarantino movie

[Vision Thing]

Trump should get a record-shattering percentage of the Black vote for a Republican.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Supposedly Mackie later stated it was not an endorsement.

[American Constitutionalist]

Fred Thompson was to old to be president 65 years old in 2008 ... As many had said here on FR back in 2008..

So why is Donald Trump not to old to be president ?

So why is there a double standard ?

[Jim Robinson]

He wasn’t too old for me. I was a Thompson fan.

[Fungi]

What the “diversity, all inclusive, LGBT, progressive and ‘all everything party’ does not include is tolerance.” Their real intent is: “either be like us and think what we think or you are anathema.” So much for “tolerance.” Silly child’s play dressed up as intellectual truth. Nonsense.

[Vision Thing]

It’s alright. He still spoke glowingly about Trump, endoresment or not.

[American Constitutionalist]

Yes, but we had many here on Free Republic saying that Fred Thompson was to old to be president back in 2008.

So why is Donald Trump at 70 not to old ?

Me personally, I don’t care how old either of them are.

Just pointing out the double standard...

[Jim Robinson]

I don’t remember any such movement on FR.

[American Constitutionalist]

I know you were a Fred Thompson fan Jim Rob...

It’s Ted Cruz this time around for the both of us.. For 2016

[AAABEST]

Joe Biden would have probably called him "clean and articulate," until getting wind of this news.

I would just call him a cool dude and say "welcome aboard."

[Talisker]

Me either.

Spin fail.

[Vision Thing]

Well, you can say it and get others to say it, too. Maybe it will balance out the score.

[American Constitutionalist]

There was... Mostly from the Mittens fans.

[Daffynition]

HAHAHA! Nice one!

[American Constitutionalist]

There was... Back in 2008... No spin...

[Vision Thing]

Yup, what I love about Twitter is seeing the truth about lefist intolerance. I always loved how Andrew Breitbart would retweet some of the most vile tweets posted against him.

[jobim]

I liked Fred, and didn't see that as a barrier. With Trump, no one can say he is not
vibrant, energetic, exudes good health and vitality. Age is worn differently. I am a boyish
64 who runs and acts younger than many of the people I know my age. It's just in the
genes. I think this perception of a person's age comes into play.

[Jim Robinson]

‘Splains it.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

DT looks very healthy to me.

[Yaelle]

I still have my Fred hat!! :)