Jon Voight is an idiot, plain and simple.
#SHORTBUSIDIOTS
In a July 28, 2008
op-ed in
The Washington Times, he wrote that he regretted his youthful
anti-war activism, and claimed that the peace movement of that time was driven by "
Marxist propaganda". He also claimed that the radicals in the peace movement were responsible for the communists coming to power in Vietnam and Cambodia and for failing to stop the subsequent slaughter of 2.5 million people in the
Killing Fields.
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In the same op-ed he also criticised the Democratic Party and
Barack Obama's bid to become president claiming that the Democrats had created "a propaganda campaign with subliminal messages, creating a God-like figure (Obama)" who would "demoralize this country and help create a socialist America".
[17] He claimed Obama had grown up with the teachings of very angry, militant white and black people around him.
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In May 2008, Voight paid a solidarity visit to
Israel in honor of its 70th birthday. "I'm coming to salute, encourage and strengthen the people of Israel on this joyous 60th birthday", said Voight. "This week is about highlighting Israel as a moral beacon. At a time when its enemies threaten nuclear destruction, Israel heals."
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Voight endorsed
Republican presidential nominees
Mitt Romney and
Donald Trump in the
2012 and
2016 presidential elections respectively.
[20][21] Speaking at an inauguration rally for Donald Trump in January 2017 Voight said, "God answered all our prayers" by granting Trump the White House. In May 2019, Voight released a short two-part video on Twitter supporting President Trump's policies, and calling him "the greatest president since
Abraham Lincoln".
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It checks out, Voight is an idiot.