And the acting powerhouse was just getting started…
“It’s shocking to me that the panhandle of Florida continues to vote for somebody—knowing everything we know about him and the promises that he’s made behind closed doors about pardoning certain criminals—he’s just not a good dude!” Ritchson said to GQ.
Gaetz has been credibly accused of sex trafficking minors in the past and for a brief period of time was considered for Donald Trump’s Attorney General position.
“There’s part of me that wants to get into politics to outdo somebody like him for good, and there’s part of me that’s like, I’m not duplicitous enough to succeed in politics,” Ritchson continued.
“There are certain people that do a good job of staying true to who they are, but they’re ineffective. I think Bernie Sanders is a hero. But it’s like, what has he accomplished?” he added.
The actor has taken direct aim at Donald Trump in the past.
“Trump is a rapist and a con man, and yet the entire Christian church seems to be treat him like he’s their poster child and it’s unreal. I don’t understand it,” Ritchson, who is a devout Christian, told The Hollywood Reporter.
“Christians today have become the most vitriolic tribe. It is so antithetical to what Jesus was calling us to be and to do,” he said.
In the same interview, Ritchson tore into the police officers who killed the innocent Black woman Breonna Taylor during a raid. “That was a tragic case,” he said.
“Cops get away with murder all the time, and the fact that we can’t really hold them accountable for their improprieties is disturbing to me,” he added. “I mean, you shouldn’t have to spend more time getting an education as a hairstylist than as a cop who’s armed with a deadly weapon.”
In his new interview with GQ, Ritchson also had words for the super-religious people who criticize his acting choices.
“People have this weird relationship with fictional characters, and sort of equate that to the real human being,” he said. “I don’t have that problem, making that distinction. I get criticized a lot by Christians who are like, ‘How dare you have an unmarried sex scene on TV and then talk about Jesus?’ I’m sorry—I doubt that’s going to be part of the conversation when I’m standing at the pearly gates!”
Ritchson should be commended for his bold words. With MAGA in the White House it would easier than ever for him to stick his head in the sand and focus solely on making money and hit TV shows.
Instead, he’s bravely speaking the truth.
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