“West Wing” star Bradley Whitford slammed actress Cheryl Hines for not talking out in opposition to her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after he endorsed former President Donald Trump within the 2024 presidential race.
“Hey @CherylHines, method to keep silent whereas your lunatic husband throws his help behind the adjudicated rapist who brags about stripping girls of their elementary rights,” the actor wrote in a post tagging Hines on X.
“Gutsy. Nice instance for the children. Profile in braveness,” he mocked.
Hooked up to the liberal actor’s put up was a video of Trump boasting that his Supreme Court docket nominees helped to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Whitford is a longtime supporter of Democrats and certainly one of a number of celebrities who lined as much as endorse Vice President Harris after President Biden dropped out of the 2024 race.
Kennedy, the Unbiased presidential candidate, introduced on Friday he was dropping his presidential bid and throwing his help behind Trump in a message blasting the Democratic Get together and the media.
Hines, who starred on the HBO comedy present, “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” thanked her husband’s supporters whereas calling for unity after Kennedy’s announcement.
“I deeply respect the choice Bobby made to run on the precept of unity. Over the past 12 months and a half, I’ve met some extraordinary individuals from all events — Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. It has been my expertise that the overwhelming majority of all events are actually good individuals who need the most effective for our nation and for one another. It has been an eye-opening, transformative, and endearing journey,” she wrote partly on X.
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Kennedy additionally praised his spouse for her help in a reply to her social media put up, confessing she was “very uncomfortable” together with his choice.
Representatives for Hines declined a request for remark by Fox Information Digital.
Members of Kennedy’s household have lengthy criticized his bid for president. After he endorsed Trump, Kennedy’s siblings launched a scathing assertion accusing the previous third-party candidate of betraying their household values.
Kennedy addressed the backlash from inside his circle of relatives over his politics whereas on Fox Information on Sunday.
“, my household is on the middle of the Democratic Get together. I’ve members of my household which are working for the Biden administration. Biden has a bust of my father behind him on the Oval Workplace, and he is been a household good friend for a few years,” Kennedy instructed “Fox Information Sunday” host Shannon Bream.
“My household is – I perceive that they are troubled by my choices. I like my household. I really feel like we had been raised in a milieu the place we had been inspired to debate one another and debate ferociously and passionately about issues and nonetheless love one another,” he added. “They’re free to take their positions on these points. There are various, many members of my household working at my marketing campaign and who’re supporting me.”
“I believe all of us want to have the ability to disagree with one another and nonetheless love one another,” he concluded.
Fox Information’ Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report.