Move over Scott Baio, there’s a new has-been celebrity Trump supporter making a complete fool of himself on Twitter.
Former Hercules star/Trump supporter actor Kevin Sorbo took to the social media platform Thanksgiving weekend to argue that Democrats are sub-par presidents and that’s why none appear on Mount Rushmore.
“Ever wonder why there are no democrats on Mount Rushmore?” Sorbo tweeted November 27, referring to the carved facades of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt.
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It took no time at all for the replies to smack down Sorbo’s factually inaccurate claim.
“George Washington enacted a vaccine mandate. Jefferson invented progressive taxation. Lincoln crushed the racist secessionist traitors. Roosevelt was a staunch environmentalist. They were all Progressives,” noted The USA Singers. “Do you need any other history lessons today, you ignorant bonehead?”
George Washington enacted a vaccine mandate.
Jefferson invented progressive taxation.
Lincoln crushed the racist secessionist traitors.
Roosevelt was a staunch environmentalist.
They were all Progressives.
Do you need any other history lessons today, you ignorant bonehead?
— The USA Singers (@TheUSASingers) November 28, 2021
For that matter, Jefferson was the first Democratic-Republican President, a party today known simply as the Democratic party. So, there’s that.
“What about Teddy? Republican in name only,” wrote William Nayavich. Roosevelt is widely cited by historians as the first modern Progressive president, having founded the Progressive Party.
What about Teddy? Republican in name only.
— The Old Croaker 1776 (@Willy_TX) November 27, 2021
“No. But now that you mention it… still, no,” added KerryOnAnon. “While you’re at it, you really should ask the Native Americans how they feel about it. I’ll give you a hint, it’s the same way some people feel about removing their ‘War of Northern Aggression'(their term, not mine) hero statues.”
No. But now that you mention it… still, no. While you're at it, you really should ask the Native Americans how they feel about it. I'll give you a hint, it's the same way some people feel about removing their "War of Northern Aggression"(their term, not mine) hero statues.
— KerryOnAnon (@MrIndigo_) November 29, 2021
“Obviously history wasn’t your best subject,” chided Buck Naked.
https://twitter.com/DragKingBuck/status/1464780184301625348
Other users took aim at Sorbo’s withering career, noting that the actor hasn’t headed up a major project in years…
When did Dean Cain change his name from Scott Baio to Kevin Sorbo?
— Forrealdoe? (@JerzeyEagle) November 28, 2021
Ever wonder what happened to Kevin Sorbo’s career?
— Magnolia Viper (@OleanderNectar) November 28, 2021
Ever wonder why Kevin Sorbo can’t get an acting job? pic.twitter.com/DWzW50Eicm
— My Body My Choice (@dj1028_jean) November 28, 2021
https://twitter.com/Jaybird2216/status/1465328858794766336
This isn’t the first time Sorbo has gotten himself in trouble with fans over his tweets either.
Earlier this year, Sorbo’s longtime friend and former Hercules co-star Lucy Lawless publicly slammed him after he tweeted support of the January 6 Capitol insurrectionists, calling them “patriots.”
“No, Peanut,” she tweeted in January. “They are not Patriots. They are your flying monkeys, homegrown terrorists, QAnon actors. They are the douchebags that go out and do the evil bidding of people like you who like to wind them up like toys and let them do their worst.”
No, Peanut. They are not Patriots. They are your flying monkeys,homegrown terrorists, QAnon actors. They are the douchebags that go out and do the evil bidding of people like you who like to wind them up like toys and let them do their worst. #keepingYourFilthyHandsclean #enabler
— Lucy Lawless (@RealLucyLawless) January 7, 2021
In October, Lawless spoke of her feud with Sorbo, telling Newsweek, “Those people who just foment ugliness from a distance, I think they deserve to be called out. So, that’s all that was…I think extremism is very injurious, and people who foment extremism and don’t really own it are chickensh*t.”
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Kevin Sorbo once enjoyed a thriving career in the 1990s as the star of Hercules: The Legendary Journies. Of late, his career hasn’t done so well, appearing in low-budget faith-based and exploitation movies including God’s Not Dead, Let There Be Light, and Bernie the Dolphin.
otttovan
I would suspect his turn to conservative conspiracy has to do with the fact that he had a series of strokes. I feel sorry for him, because there’s a non-zero possibility that he’s had some permanent brain damage.
jayceecook
I had a relative who had a stroke and if I remember correctly it didn’t turn her into a republican conspiracy theorist. Pretty sure she stayed a Democrat until her passing.
Mack
My brother had a stroke but he’s still a Democrat. A grouchy one and opinionated, but still a Democrat.
TomG
I presume it depends on the amount of damage the stroke did to the brain.
Wayne_in_NYC
If it wasn’t for his appearances on his son’s TikTok vids, the younger generation wouldn’t have any idea who he is! His son is more woke than he is.
Fahd
“Ignorant bonehead” pretty much captures Sorbo. I wonder if his strokes, which he appears to have had at a relatively young age, might have been related to earlier steroid usage.
Apollonos
Steroids?!? If he actually took steroids, he wouldn’t have looked like a starving chicken in Hercules. He was the worst Hercules ever. I thought he looked more like Ichabod Crane than Hercules.
jayceecook
They weren’t because of steroids. He had aneurysms in his arms which created blood clots.
RyanMBecker
Let’s not forget Antonio Sabato, Jr is a contender as well. But I guess both Baio and Sabato can be placed one notch above Sorbo because they had both in gay movies. Baio played a high school jock who abandoned his best friend after the friend came out, but then reconciled. I believe it was an Afterschool Special titled, What If I’m Gay. It was on my YouTube channel at one point. Sabato actually played a gay agent, and had a nude lovemaking scene. So I’ll give them some credit, but Sorbo gets none.
jayceecook
Cain, Baio, and Sabato Jr. all had better careers than Sorbo. That’s why they get lumped above him. Cain is the only one that can still snatch up some roles that aren’t uber religious, insert god in the title, preachy, doomsday crap. But that seems to be decreasing the more he opens his mouth. Baio seems to have sabotaged his own career or something years ago. Sabato Jr is just a crappy actor. His looks are what got him roles. Now that’s not the case. Sorbo is just trash through and through. That’s why he never had a chance once Hercules ended.
Jaquelope
@Jayceecook: Strange that he should be so homophobic, considering his show was the epitome of homoeroticsm between Hercules and Iolaus. That was the major reason I watched it.
jayceecook
@Jaquelope LOL Don’t tell him that. Honestly he didn’t care much for the show. It wasn’t canceled because of low ratings but because he didn’t want to do the show anymore. He wouldn’t even finish the episodes of final season. Dude is an *SSHOLE.
Donald Dork
That Afterschool special was actually called “The Truth about Alex”
Essie
It’s easy to call out uneducated people for their stupidity. I doubt Mr. Sorbo has ever read any American history . . . or anything at all, actually.
TomG
I presume being an actor he has to have read scripts, so we know he can do that.
RyanMBecker
The moron apparently doesn’t realize that Lincoln’s Republican party is VERY different from Trump’s GOP. Indeed, Trump’s party is different from any party in American history. And I mean that in the worst possible way.
cubcmh
Because we’d rather spend the money on programs that help people??
Mack
Reminds me of an article I was reading today about rather getting up and let a pregnant woman sit down while on a bus. You can just tell who the Republicans are by the answer.
missvamp
so many washed up actors have become total nutjobs. strokes or not- he’s brain dead & tone deaf.
cuteguy
If cancel culture truly existed, we wouldn’t be commenting on Kevin Sorbo. Google him and he looks so gross now
fredk3
Another has-been who adopts the desperate belief that “there’s no such thing as bad publicity” ( as long as they’re talking about you. There’s always Celebrity Rehab or some other venue for cretins like him.