Acclaimed actor Tim Robbins—best known for his roles in films like The Shawshank Redemption, Jacob's Ladder, and Mystic River—didn't hold back after the recent assassination attempt on President Donald Trump's life prompted the spread of conspiracy theories comparing Robbins' 1992 film Bob Roberts to the shooting.
Bob Roberts, written, directed by, and starring Robbins, follows the ascent of a populist conservative politician who fakes an assassination attempt to secure a U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania.
Conspiracy theories emerged on social media after the botched assassination attempt that resulted in the death of a rallygoer and injured two others in the crowd. Robbins commented on a theory suggesting the shooting was orchestrated by Trump to boost his re-election campaign, mirroring the plot of Robbins' film.
The actor took to X, formerly Twitter, and wrote the following message to shut these conspiracies down.
He wrote:
"To anyone drawing a parallel between my film Bob Roberts and the attempted assassination of Trump, let’s be clear. What happened yesterday was a real attempt on a presidential candidate’s life."
"Those that are denying the assassination attempt was real are truly in a deranged mindset. A human being was shot yesterday. Another killed. They may not be human beings that you agree with politically but for shame folks."
"Get over your blind hatred of these people. They are fellow Americans. This collective hatred is killing our souls and consuming whatever is left of our humanity."
You can see his post below.
Many appreciated Robbins' message.
Trump's campaign is currently "undergoing a security assessment and is planning on conducting a 'training class' for staff in the coming weeks," per adviser Chris LaCivita, who spoke to CNN.
In recent weeks, according to a CNN exclusive, U.S. authorities received intelligence from a human source about an Iranian plot to assassinate Trump, prompting the Secret Service to increase security around the former president. However, the sources noted that there is no indication the shooter was connected to this plot.
The presence of an intelligence threat from a hostile foreign agency and the heightened security for Trump raise questions about the security breaches at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where the shooter accessed a nearby rooftop to fire shots that injured the former president.
Notably, Iran has repeatedly vowed to avenge the U.S. military's killing of Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian military's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in January 2020 that Trump himself ordered.
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