One of America's greatest living playwrights, David Mamet is also a conservative. He wasn't always a right-wing man, but he went through a political shift in the 2000s.
Mamet is a huge fan of Donald Trump and recently spoke about it with a member of the press.
You have to give Mamet credit. He works in an incredibly left-wing field, but that doesn't make him censor himself at all. He speaks what he believes in without fear.
Hollywood's Tutu has details:
As soon as Mamet wrote his famous 2008 Village Voice op-ed titled “Why I'm No Longer a Brain-Dead Liberal,” Hollywood and the left looked at him differently…
That means his recent comments on unHerd.com won't seriously damage his Hollywood career. The damage mentioned in…
His position on so-called “hate speech”
“…Who has the right to say what constitutes hate speech? This is where the power is. […] The most horrific thing in the world is the idea that there are certain crimes that are hate crimes. The question is not what did this person do, but what do you think his or her motives were in relation to some of the societal norms we have today.
It's his comments about Trump, the GOP's likely presidential nominee, that might make even liberals willing to give Mamet the benefit of the doubt for pause, if not indigestion.
Trump was the best president since Abraham Lincoln. […] He brought peace to the Middle East. He closed the borders. We have become an energy exporting country. He has the highest rating among African Americans of any president ever. The country was at peace and prosperous in the world. Suddenly he is fired. The world is chaos. But because liberals cannot defend their position, all they can do is accuse Trump….
Watch the video below:
David Mamet: Why will Trump win in 2024?
Full interview: https://t.co/0r9xr7agis pic.twitter.com/Rxq0HpOK0l
– Anita Miller (@FoxNewsMom) January 22, 2024
Mamet makes a great case for Trump. Maybe Trump should reach out to him.
