Filmmaker Spike Lee compared this weekend President Trump
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“We are now at a crossroads and everyone is asking you to be safe. This is not a game. These people have weapons with ammunition, “Lee said in a video recorded Jan. 6, the same day the Capitol riot died. The video was played during the annual virtual ceremony for the New York Film Critics Circle, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
Lee added: “I hope for God I’m wrong, but people will be killed behind this shit. This president, the president of Agent Orange, will go down in history with Hitler. These guys – all his guys – are on the wrong side of history. “
Lee has lashed out at Trump several times in the past. In an interview with GQ magazine last year, Lee said Trump would “go down in history as the worst president of the United States.”
When he accepted his first Oscar in 2019, Lee indirectly spoke out against the re-election of Trump without naming the then president.
“The 2020 presidential election is just around the corner. Let’s all mobilize, “Lee said when he accepted the award. “Let’s all be on the right side of history. Make the moral choice between love versus hate. “
Trump tweeted in response to Lee’s speech: “Be nice if Spike Lee could read his notes or, better yet, shouldn’t use notes at all when he makes a racist blow at your president.”