Posted on 03/27/2019 12:34:44 PM PDT by Red Badger
Actor Chris Evans is starting up a political website that states its mission is "to create informed, responsible and empathetic citizens."
There is no launch date yet for the website, called A Starting Point, which Evans co-founded with fellow actor Mark Kassan and entrepreneur Joe Kiani, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The Captain America star has been to Capitol Hill to conduct interviews for the website with Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Chris Coons, D-Del., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, as well as lawmakers in the House.
Evans campaigned for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and is a vocal detractor of President Trump, but says he has not yet decided on a 2020 candidate to back.
"You don't want to alienate half your audience," Evans said. "But I'd be disappointed in myself if I didn't speak up. Especially for fear of some monetary repercussion or career damage that just feels really gross to me."
Evans' uncle is Mike Capuano, a former Democratic representative from Massachusetts who was defeated in a primary in 2018.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS47msJ9vv0
COMMENTS:
Eddie Duke
1 hour ago
It's so freaking ironic how the actor playing Captain America is so unlike what the character Captain America stands for.
Huw Rees
1 hour ago (edited)
Well, I guess this'll soften the blow when Cap dies in Endgame.
NPC CuckyHas-been
1 hour ago
Member when your political views had nothing to do with how you treated other people?
Delta lord
1 hour ago
Nooooooooo we lost him. You were suppose to be better than this steve
Isabel Brokaw
1 hour ago
So I guess he doesn't want Trump supporter money either, right?
Geeks + Gamers
JasonTheMagnificent
1 hour ago
Captain America really is a Hydra agent. O_o .................
Captain America Goes Full Captain Marvel - The MCU Has Been Compromised
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS47msJ9vv0
It used to be that man who did action movies or played superheroes might be assumed to be conservative...
Responsible and informed voters don’t back the likes of Hillary Clinton.
Those days are long gone.....................
Disney owns MARVEL COMICS now, so it’s no surprise......................
Interesting that both Evans and Samuel L. Jackson of Avengers fame don’t mind alienating half their superhero audience by getting political.
Being in a blockbuster franchise gives you that freedom.
But Evans is done with the character now. And he’ll need audience members on the left and the right to support his future, far less populist, projects. Good luck.
If the Kow is involved, we know who they will be attacking....
Those evil Trump supporters.
More and more each day it is clear, Thanos was right.
Meat Puppet.
Maybe they were going to write out his character because they couldn’t stomach the pro-American aspect, so he has to make it about protecting him as a social justice warrior.
When I was a kid, I read all the Marvel and DC comics.
Hollywood is ruining my memories of those wonderful days.
I refuse to go see ANY of these CGI infested movies......................
Bye Felicia!
Feels really gross. The kind of phrase only a soyed our NPC uses.
His brother apparently likes a banana in the tailpipe.
Now we know who dies in the next movie.
Bruce Willis, Sly Stallone. They might not be conservative by our standards, but theyre William F. Buckley by the standards of Hollywood.
Captain Venezuela. LOL
well done!
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