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Sat Feb 22, 2020, 06:41 PM Feb 2020

Clint Eastwood Endorses Mike Bloomberg For President In WSJ Interview, Gives Props To #MeToo [View all]

Clint Eastwood Endorses Mike Bloomberg For President In WSJ Interview, Gives Props To #MeToo Movement

Clint Eastwood, who spoke at the 2012 Republican National Convention and endorsed Donald Trump in 2016, is apparently switching sides, endorsing Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg.

The 89-year-old actor/director was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal on a wide range of topics, but his most surprising was the political endorsement he handed out.

“The best thing we could do is just get Mike Bloomberg in there,” Eastwood said. He claimed to be a Libertarian who respected other ideas, but said he would like to see President Donald Trump act “in a more genteel way, without tweeting and calling people names.”

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https://deadline.com/2020/02/clint-eastwood-endorses-mike-bloomberg-for-president-wsj-1202866163/


I hope this isn't some wingnut site, but I found this quite odd and unexpected after his moronic "empty chair" routine at the '12 RNC.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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