From Mouse ears to MAGA hats.
Hours after Robert DeNiro went nose-to-nose with Trump supporters outside a Manhattan courthouse where the former president faces faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and said Donald Trump, if re-elected, would end democracy as we know it, another actor announced that he is supporting the ex-president.
Dennis Quaid, 70, was interviewed on Piers Morgan’s show and announced he will vote for Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee.
“People might call him an asshole, but he’s my asshole,” Quaid said.
He added: “I was ready not to vote for Trump until what I saw is more than politics. I see a weaponization of our justice system and a challenge to our Constitution. … Trump is the most investigated person, probably in the history of the world, and they haven’t been able to really get him.”
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Of course, a jury is currently deliberating 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, charges which are punishable by up to four years in prison. Trump has denied all wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty.
Quaid is known for his partnership with Disney. He portrayed Nick Parker in the 1998 Disney remake of The Parent Trap) and Jim Morris in The Rookie. He also guest-starred in Episode 207 of Muppets Tonight. He played Dexter Cornell in the 1988 Touchstone Pictures film D.O.A., Cooper Tilson in the 2003 thriller film Cold Creek Manor, and Sam Houston in the 2004 war film The Alamo). He also voiced Jaeger Clade in the 2022 Disney animated feature film Strange World.
Backing Trump has been a professional kiss of death for many aging actors, like Randy Quaid (Dennis’ brother), Jon Voight, James Woods, Jim Caviezel, Kelsey Grammer, Kevin Sorbo, Dean Cain, Scott Baio and Stephen Baldwin. Several have complained that they can’t get the work they once did.
Showbiz411′s Roger Friedman said of Quaid: “Put a fork in him. He’s done […] I don’t know if Dennis has a publicist, but whoever it is must be having a stroke right about now.”
Quaid stars as Ronald Reagan in an upcoming film, set for August release.
After starring in movies such as “Far From Heaven,” “The Right Stuff,” “Traffic,” and “Breaking Away,” Quaid has mostly taken roles lately in faith-based movies, marketed for conservative-minded audiences.
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