Posted on 03/09/2016 2:34:17 PM PST by SeekAndFind
This probably won't help Jon Voight's notoriously rocky relationship with his daughter.
The "Midnight Cowboy" actor gave an impassioned endorsement to loud-mouthed GOP front-runner Donald Trump, calling the bombastic billionaire "an answer to our problems."
"Donald is funny, playful, and colorful, but most of all he is honest," Voight told Breitbart News on Tuesday. "When he decided to run for president, I know he did it with a true conviction to bring this country back to prosperity. He is the only one who can do it. No frills, no fuss, only candid truths."
"He will not let us down," he added. "I pray for all good people to see clearly what faces us now. The right vote will save our nation."
That endorsement might not play particularly well with Voight's daughter Angelina Jolie, with whom the actor had been estranged for many years.
Trump has publicly criticized Jolie's physical appearance multiple times, most notably in a disparaging 2007 interview with CNN's Larry King.
"Angelina Jolie is sort of amazing because everyone thinks she's like this great beauty," he said, according to a CNN transcript. "And I'm not saying she's an unattractive woman, but she's not beauty, by any stretch of the imagination."
And though Jolie had previously expressed "disappointment" with current president Barack Obama, her husband has gone on record as a supporter of the Democrat.
Voight's endorsement came shortly after former Yankees right fielder Paul O'Neill revealed he is pulling for Trump at the outspoken Republican candidate's news conference in Jupiter, Fla.
Then on Wednesday, another former Yankees outfielder, Johnny Damon, voiced his support for Trump to the Daily News.
"I'm a Trump fan ever since I met him seven or eight years ago," he said.
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lol
John Voight the periodontist?
Awesome. What about his “son,” the adorable Liev Shreiber?
John Voight has endorsed the front runner in every GOP primary. This is no different.
Another funny episode on Seinfeld.
And Sean Penn endorses El Chapo, so what!
IIRC, he and Jolie reconciled when she was going through her double mastectomy. I don’t know if it “held”, but they were good for a while.
Delicious
Good news, he has a lot more sence than his very overrated daughter.
I agree totally with your comment.
OVER RATED !!! Cute, but not gorgeous in my opinion.
At some point in time, you have to talk to them. I doubt she and I could have an intelligent conversation.
I like him. I don’t agree with him on this, though.
John Voight has endorsed the front runner in every GOP primary. This is no different.
So what? John Voight is a good man.
The author of the article hurled an insult in the second sentence. That tells you where he’s coming from.
Trump said “she’s not beauty, by any stretch of the imagination”. Trump is right. I’ve never understood how people can say she’s beautiful.
Her and her husband may agree on politics but apparently they disagree about a lot of other things.
Ever since George bought John’s LeBaron I’ve lost all respect.
So the shmuck of a reporter goes back nine years to an interview where Trumps says that the guy's daughter is not unattractive, but that she's not a beauty?
Says it all.
MSM grasping at straws...again.
Yes, I know. Wasn’t that a hoot.
They trotted this out months ago to the same conclusion.
It was nothing.
And there’s another side to it as I recall. Trump either granted him an interview, or something. I don’t recall all of it now.
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