During a recent campaign event for Vice President Kamala Harris, actor Mark Ruffalo touted numerous discredited, false talking points that the left has continually hurled at former President Donald Trump. Speaking at a Harris-Walz campaign event in the critical swing state of Michigan, Ruffalo cited several falsehoods such as the misleading “inject bleach” comments, the “Muslim ban” narrative, and the “fine people” hoax.
At one point during his speech, Ruffalo said, “It’s time to get up, America. It’s time to get up and get down with Democracy and down with Donald Trump and Trumpism. Who wants four more years of that kind of garbage? I mean, who wants four more years of what they’re selling us? It’s hatred, it’s division, it’s loss, it’s despair, it’s a drag, it’s a downer, and we ain’t going back…no way. We ain’t going back.”
At another point, Ruffalo claimed Trump had encouraged people to inject bleach into their veins as a means of fighting off COVID-19. “And, no matter how hard they want to take you back, you just can’t go back,” Ruffalo continued. “And, we did it once, it sucked. Understatement, how bad did it suck? Real bad. I mean, he tried to get us to inject bleach in our veins, he wanted us to stick lightbulbs up our,” he said, making a crude gesture. “He tried to enforce a Muslim ban, like his great big idea, first thing he does when he gets into office.”
Ruffalo’s assertion about the bleach injection took Trump’s comments out of context, Trump suggested that “bringing light inside the body” could be an effective treatment, making no suggestion of rectally inserting lightbulbs as the actor indicated. Furthermore, Trump had also wondered if a “disinfectant” could be used to treat COVID-19, but explicitly said it “wouldn’t be through injection,” contrary to Ruffalo’s claims.
Regarding the so-called “Muslim ban,” this is a false portrayal of former President Trump’s travel ban, which was upheld by the Supreme Court 5-4, which sought to prevent travel from countries that were previously identified as being potential terrorist threats by former President Barrack Obama’s administration. While the nations in question happened to be Muslim countries, it was not explicitly a “Muslim ban.”
Ruffalo also pushed the “fine people hoax,” where Democrats have attempted to claim Trump praised neo-Nazi protestors, ignoring that he has condemned them. “This is the man who said there’s very fine people among the packed house of Nazis in Charlottesville,” the actor said. “You want to talk about antisemitism? Let’s talk about antisemitism. The Nazis love Trump!”
Ruffalo also made an unusual quip that Harris possessed “black woman wisdom.” He told the crowd, “She’s got a black woman wisdom. I’m not going to say that’s the only wisdom, but that’s a special kind of wisdom. That’s a kind of wisdom that comes from the grace of being part of an awful part of American history. That is painful. And I have to learn to survive in that, generation after generation. That gives you a grace; that gives you a humility; that gives you a compassion that has to be — we have to think about that. We have to honor it.
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