The Hollywood figures also responded to Donald Trump’s Twitter attack on 4 Democratic congresswomen. The U.S President Donald Trump prompted anger and blames of racism after suggesting that the politicians should “go back to the broken and crime-infested places from which they came”. He didn’t mention who he was referring to, but the attack was widely interpreted as being designed at congresswomen of color including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley. All these congresswomen have been critical of Trump’s immigration policies in recent days.
Chris Evans called the tweet as hateful and racist. The actor and filmmaker Chris Evans labeled Donald Trump a racist following a viral tweet in which the president slammed “progressive Democratic congresswomen” for coming from nations where the governments are “complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world”. Trump’s July 14 tweet earned widespread backlash over the weekend. He has 12.6 million followers. Evans wrote on Twitter. “This is racist, Biff. The only thing worse than actually being hateful and racist is casually wielding hate and racism to activate your base in an unrelenting, painfully transparent, and crushingly on-brand effort to soothe your only true devotion: feeding your insatiable ego”.
Director Ava DuVernay also saluted the women Trump was referring to and asked them to stay a pain in the a** of the Racist In Chief. Arnold Schwarzenegger said, “I’m disappointed in this weekend’s untrue, unfair, and un-American attack. It is hateful, it is crude, and it is divisive. America has always been about where you are going, not where you come from. That’s what drew me and millions of other proud, contributing Americans to the greatest country in the world to realize our dreams. He added, “At some point, you have to dial down Donald and dial-up President Trump. I know it isn’t easy, but the job you hold is bigger than you. It is bigger than any man or woman. The American people put great trust in you to serve, and it is time to rise to their trust instead of dragging them down and tearing them apart”.