Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight, who is also President Donald Trump’s special ambassador to Hollywood, released a video Tuesday evening criticizing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) response to the Los Angeles riots.
“You’re a fool blaming Trump,” Voight said. “What are you doing for this destruction of these animals destroying Los Angeles? Are you out there talking calmly with them? You fool. They would burn you down like they’re burning the cars and the American flag with no regard for humanity.”
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Voight’s video came hours after Newsom addressed the nation and said democracy was under attack by Trump after the president deployed the National Guard against Newsom’s wishes.
“When Donald Trump sought blanket authority to commandeer the National Guard, he made that order apply to every state in this nation,” Newsom said after days of anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests in Los Angeles. “California may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next.”
Voight called Newsom a “lying dog,” saying that Newsom’s actions and rhetoric against Trump are calculated and guided by an effort to set himself up for a presidential run.
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“Truth will prevail because of your faults and your incompetence for California’s failures,” Voight said. “We, the people, we stand, I stand, with Donald Trump to make this state great again. We, the people, choose Donald Trump to save America, and we’re in danger with threats from terrorists now, and we must protect our country.”
Before Newsom’s address to the nation, a federal judge declined to uphold Newsom’s request to block the National Guard’s deployment.
Trump named Voight, Sylvester Stallone, and Mel Gibson special ambassadors to Hollywood in an effort to reinvigorate the filmmaking industry in California. Voight was most recently in the biopic Reagan, about President Ronald Reagan.