Robert De Niro on Trump's claims that films cause violence: 'He's afraid to defy the NRA'
Robert De Niro has taken down Donald Trump’s claims that films cause violence, pointing to the president’s close ties with the NRA instead.
“If people don’t wake up and he gets re-elected, it’s going to be very, very bad. Anybody who feels that way should say it. If you wait to say something, before you know it the dictators and despots come to power.”Mr Trump railed against Hollywood films in August, accusing filmmakers of wanting to “inflame and cause chaos” and “create their own violence”.
Universal Pictures shelved the film, which was supposed to come out on 27 September, in the wake of mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas. Families of victims of the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting, which happened at a screening of the Batman film The Dark Knight, have expressed concern over the film.
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