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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: 240B on February 10, 2020, 02:18:11 am

Title: Brad Pitt gets political with Oscars acceptance speech, jabs Senate for Trump impeachment acquittal
Post by: 240B on February 10, 2020, 02:18:11 am

Fox News
By Tyler McCarthy
Published 30 mins ago

After winning the first award of the 2020 Oscars, Brad Pitt took a shot at Republican senators who voted against calling witnesses at President Trump’s impeachment trial.

The four-time Academy Award nominee won the best-supporting actor accolade for his role as a stuntman in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” He immediately took the stage and got political by taking a jab at senators who voted against Democrats request to call witnesses in the impeachment trial, specifically former National Security Adviser John Bolton, who claimed he was willing to testify.

“They told me I only have 45 seconds up here, which is 45 seconds more than the Senate gave John Bolton this week,” Pitt said. “I’m thinking maybe Quentin [Tarantino] does a movie about it. In the end, the adults do the right thing.”

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https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/brad-pitt-oscars-2020-speech-senators-john-bolton-impeachment
Title: Re: Brad Pitt gets political with Oscars acceptance speech, jabs Senate for Trump impeachment acquit
Post by: mystery-ak on February 10, 2020, 02:24:13 am
This is why I stopped watching years ago...
Title: Re: Brad Pitt gets political with Oscars acceptance speech, jabs Senate for Trump impeachment acquit
Post by: 240B on February 10, 2020, 02:25:12 am
They never learn do they? They are incapable of learning that politics turns off their audience.
It is some kind of compulsion. They just can't stop themselves. It's a mental disorder.
When a person keeps doing a thing which is demonstrably injurious to themselves, that is what we call an addiction.
It is an involuntary mental compulsion.
Title: Re: Brad Pitt gets political with Oscars acceptance speech, jabs Senate for Trump impeachment acquit
Post by: Hoodat on February 10, 2020, 02:27:27 am
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“They told me I only have 45 seconds up here, which is 45 seconds more than the Senate gave John Bolton this week,” Pitt said.

It is also 45 seconds more than the Democrat-controlled House gave him, too.  Idiot.
Title: Re: Brad Pitt gets political with Oscars acceptance speech, jabs Senate for Trump impeachment acquit
Post by: bilo on February 10, 2020, 02:49:41 am
This is why I stopped watching years ago...

I'm with you.