Ron Howard Bashes Trump, Drawing Unexpected Response From Parkland Dad Andrew Pollack
When Hollywood director Ron Howard denounced President Trump on Twitter, calling him “dishonest, morally bankrupt ego manic,” he got an unexpected response from the father of one of the 17 victims of the Parkland high school shooting massacre, Andrew Pollack.
After listing some positives about the president, Pollack asked Howard what he was going to do when Trump is reelected later this year.
On New Year’s Day, 65-year-old Howard tweeted, “In the entertainment industry many who have known/worked w/ Trump think that while his reality show was fun and ran a long time, he’s a self-serving, dishonest,morally bankrupt ego maniac who doesn’t care about anything or anyone but his Fame & bank account & is hustling the US.”
In the entertainment industry many who have known/worked w/ Trump think that while his reality show was fun and ran a long time, he’s a self-serving, dishonest,morally bankrupt ego maniac who doesn’t care about anything or anyone but his Fame & bank account & is hustling the US https://t.co/Ep8ggvquMY
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) January 1, 2020
Pollack responded by writing, “Let’s see here Ron…
President Trump gave up his billion dollar lifestyle to save this country.
President Trump donates his ENTIRE salary.
President Trump was loved by Hollywood before he became a Republican.
What are you going to do when he wins again in 2020?”
Let’s see here Ron…
— Andrew Pollack (@AndrewPollackFL) January 3, 2020
President Trump gave up his billion dollar lifestyle to save this country.
President Trump donates his ENTIRE salary.
President Trump was loved by Hollywood before he became a Republican.
What are you going to do when he wins again in 2020? https://t.co/7utc1tm7yU
Later, Howard defended the entertainment industry after a Twitter user accused Hollywood of being “amoral elitists who hate average Americans.”
honestly not what I’ve seen or felt throughout my lifetime from the vast majority of people in the entertainment business. In fact, I gotta say it’s the opposite. Most are not from LA or NY to begin with. Now Trump is both an elite and a reality show star.
— Ron Howard (@RealRonHoward) January 2, 2020
A few Twitter users posted photos of Ron Howard hanging out with disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein. A photo of Howard and Trump sitting in a golf cart was also tweeted.
BOOM! I thank God every day that Trump is our President. He's the first President in my lifetime that makes me wish we had a monarchy so he could stay indefinitely!@realRonHoward pic.twitter.com/91fllEmv0z
— Raytch (@Raytch3) January 4, 2020
Hollywood proselytizing to anyone on morality is a bit much. pic.twitter.com/tSNnfR1yRt
— paul moreschi (@MoreschiPaul) January 4, 2020
Just a reminder kids: Ron tweeted exactly one time about Harvey Weinstein. About Donald Trump? Dozens of times pic.twitter.com/k4hYt4oWaY
— Tall Man Short Hair (@TallManShort) January 2, 2020
Pollack said during an interview with Fox & Friends he met with Trump on five different occasions since the 2018 Parkland shooting and praised Trump’s initiation of a federal school safety commission. Pollack blamed Democratic policies for the murder of his daughter, Meadow Pollack, in his book, “Why Meadow Died: The People and Policies That Created The Parkland Shooter and Endanger America’s Students.” He argued that banning guns is not the solution and encouraged people to look for the “underlying causes for these shootings” such as mental illness.