Avengers star Chris Evans has responded after a mob of Trump supporters managed to force their way into the Capitol building yesterday (January 6).
The Captain America actor took to Twitter when occasions had been unfolding with a easy two phrase response on Twitter, writing: “I’m speechless.”
However because the rioting continued he responded additional, posting, “Simply consider the carnage had they not been white”, earlier than including: “So many individuals enabled this.”
I’m speechless
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) January 6, 2021
Simply consider the carnage had they not been white.
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) January 6, 2021
So many individuals enabled this.
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) January 6, 2021
His Avengers co-star Mark Ruffalo additionally reacted angrily to the riots.
“Think about if this was our aspect. There could be rivers of our blood within the streets and never a single one in every of us could be armed. This has been allowed,” he wrote.
Think about if this was our aspect. There could be rivers of our blood within the streets and never a single one in every of us could be armed. This has been allowed. #CoupAttempt
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) January 6, 2021
Evans has beforehand been scathing of Donald Trump after the US President doubled down on baseless claims of electoral fraud back in November.
“Wow. Hey Republicans, are you listening to this come-to-life bathroom spew full lies in regards to the integrity of our democratic course of?” wrote Evans on the time.
Figures from across the entertainment world shared their reaction to the riot on social media, together with the likes of Edward Norton and Borat actor Sacha Baron Cohen who took to Twitter to ask for Trump’s permanent ban from Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google.
“Hey Mark Zuckerberg, Jack [Dorsey], Susan Wojcicki, and Sundar Pichai, Donald Trump simply incited a violent assault on American democracy,” Baron Cohen wrote in a tweet.
“Is that FINALLY sufficient so that you can act?! It’s time to ban Donald Trump out of your platforms as soon as and for all!”
