De Verenigde Staten staan in rep en roer nadat aanhangers van Donald Trump het Capitool in Washington D.C. bestormden. Daar vond een zitting van het Amerikaans Congres plaats om te bevestigen dat Joe Biden de presidentsverkiezingen heeft gewonnen.

Trump had zijn aanhangers opgeroepen om te komen betogen voor het Capitool en ze slaagden erin om het gebouw op gewelddadige wijze binnen te dringen, waarop de zitting moest worden opgeschort en Congresleden werden geëvacueerd.

Pas daarna riep Trump in een tweet op tot kalmte. Hij wordt door verschillende Hollywoodfiguren veroordeeld en beschuldigd van poging tot staatsgreep. Andere sterren reageren dan weer geschokt.

Regisseur James Mangold (Logan, Le Mans ’66) schuift de schuld op de Amerikaanse zender Fox News, die bekend staat om zijn pro-Trump-berichtgeving, en roept op tot een boycot. Borat-acteur Sacha Baron Cohen eist dan weer dat Trump permanent wordt verbannen van sociale media-platformen als Facebook.

Een greep uit de reacties:

This is a coup attempt on behalf of Trump and his complicit allies. This is All on Trump and his administration. The cowards in the GOP must be held accountable. #CoupAttempt

— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) January 6, 2021

Trump should be arrested for instigating this chaos.

— Josh Gad (@joshgad) January 6, 2021

https://twitter.com/JamesGunn/status/1346898674052263936?s=20

Trump needs to be arrested for Sedition, Treason, and Inciting Violence.

— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) January 6, 2021

https://twitter.com/ChrisEvans/status/1346923497629609991?s=20

Hey, America…. are you ok??

— Armie Hammer (@armiehammer) January 6, 2021

WTF…?

— Simu Liu (@SimuLiu) January 6, 2021

https://twitter.com/mang0ld/status/1346905398163378177

Hey Mark Zuckerberg, @jack, @SusanWojcicki and @sundarpichai — Donald Trump just incited a violent attack on American democracy.

Is that FINALLY enough for you to act?!

It's time to ban Donald Trump from your platforms once and for all! pic.twitter.com/4oWoiMu0eC

— Sacha Baron Cohen (@SachaBaronCohen) January 6, 2021

Mob of traitors has stormed the Capitol building—broken through the police and are now inside by the doors of the Senate chambers. Police overwhelmed. One was just hit and carried away. WHERE IS THE NATIONAL GUARD? WHERE ARE THE RUBBER BULLETS? WHY IS THIS MOB NOT BEING ARRESTED?

— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) January 6, 2021

This is a coup against the United States of America, incited by Donald Trump. He should be impeached by the House as soon as possible and convicted and removed by the Senate just as quickly. This is not us, the U.S.

— Ken Burns (@KenBurns) January 6, 2021

Hey Joe- truly love you and that speech wasn’t even close to what I wanted to hear
Everyone coddled this punk for four years and now they’re coddling these terrorists- fuck them!
Also REMEMBER EVERY ONE of the seditionists-senators and representatives
ALSO pursueEVERY legal path

— Michael Keaton (@MichaelKeaton) January 6, 2021

https://twitter.com/ava/status/1346933868562100226

Where is Trump? Why isn’t he in front of a camera demanding a stop to this?

— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) January 6, 2021

Impeach him right now

— Dylan O'Brien (@dylanobrien) January 6, 2021

https://twitter.com/auliicravalho/status/1346922399216885763

Holy Shit our nations capitol is under attack by terrorists.

— RainnWilson (@rainnwilson) January 6, 2021

Values voters…
Party of Law & Order…
Economic anxiety…
Fuck that noise.@GOP are seditionist enablers.
Never forget. pic.twitter.com/b9uvxSc7Zb

— Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) January 6, 2021

https://twitter.com/thumbelulu/status/1346930781931782144?s=20

Bron: THR, IndieWire, Variety