Chris Evans was in Washington, D.C. this week to talk about his upcoming political website “A Starting Point,” which will aim to teach people complex political concepts through short School House Rock style videos.
While there, the LGBTQ ally and outspoken critic of Donald Trump met with a number of lawmakers and politicos. Including… Senator Ted Cruz???
The antigay Texas Republican tweeted a picture of himself with Evans, along with the caption: “Just sat down for an interview w/ @ChrisEvans. Really nice guy. Caroline came up to DC to meet him. Almost nothing in the Senate impresses an 11-year old; introducing her to Captain America was pretty awesome!”
Just sat down for an interview w/ ?@ChrisEvans? Really nice guy. Caroline came up to DC to meet him. Almost nothing in the Senate impresses an 11-year old; introducing her to Captain America was pretty awesome! pic.twitter.com/PWK5Os9yL3
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 12, 2020
Evans told Wired last month that he co-founded “A Starting Point” after finding himself confused when trying to understand the political news of the day. He says the project will “create informed, responsible, and empathetic citizens” and “reduce partisanship and promote respectful discourse.”
How about we take this to the next level?
Our newsletter is like a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.
People have had mixed reactions to Evans’ awkward photo op with Cruz…
Ag, no! @ChrisEvans. Disappointed but not surprised
— Olivia Popeye (@aliMpholo) February 14, 2020
bby, i told you not to go meet his ass when you left the house this morning. you don’t listen. pic.twitter.com/r7ZFMs6dbg
— Ugly Petty (@thewhitelines) February 13, 2020
Chris Evans is a liberal who is a loud Trump critic. I have faith that if he sat down with Ted Cruz, it was for a sound reason.
— Glossa (@Glossa18) February 13, 2020
I’m sure it was exciting for Chris to meet the Zodiac Killer.
— Andrew (@A_Legend90) February 12, 2020
Good for @ChrisEvans for doing an interview with someone across the political aisle. I dig it. pic.twitter.com/2n8r2Vwlub
— Alex Luna (@AIexanderLuna) February 12, 2020
Has he stabbed you in the back yet?
— Paul Walker (@alpinewalkers) February 12, 2020
Did someone warn @chrisevans that this will get him cancelled? I mean, someone in Hollywood can’t be seen fraternizing with the enemy.
In all seriousness, good for him though. Disagreement shouldn’t preclude discussion.
— An Old Fox (@FoxsFoxes) February 12, 2020
this is for chris evans you big nasty smelling fat bitch why’d you take a picture with ted cruz with ur trifling republican dirty white racist ass big ugly bitch zionist bootlicker ass bitch
— sebastian stan’s new agent (@ihatesebstan) February 13, 2020
People trying to excuse Chris Evans for talking smiling photos with Ted Cruz like he isn’t my senator and I’m not painfully aware of who is and the horrible things he’s done. pic.twitter.com/Ei9zB2hpNY
— Georgina Kiersten 🏳️🌈♿️ (@_imperialpurple) February 14, 2020
Thanks @ChrisEvans he put my child in a concentration camp
— reza kordestani (@hotelbusinesman) February 14, 2020
gross pic.twitter.com/0ncvqZGdFM
— black canary’s gf (@valkyriethot) February 13, 2020
Related: Antigay ‘family values’ Ted Cruz caught liking bisexual adult film on 9/11
Rock-N-RollHS
Oh, the outrage!
ScottOnEarth
Who’s Chris Evans and why should anyone care if he takes a picture with Lucipher?
JPB
You’re kidding, right?
Harley
Hopefully Chris Evans can help Ted Cruz find his soul, but doubtful.
Jared MacBride
People having a hissy fit about this need jobs, or pets, or lives and to grow up. This is how the world works: you are often cordial to people who don’t agree with you.
Aires the Ram
Well put, and correct.
niles
cordial is one thing, allowing your grinning picture to be disseminated online to millions denotes endorsement to many people less sophisticated than yourself. I’ve also noticed he has stopped criticizing Orange Menace and just posts cheery dog pictures and some such. Of course, that’s good for his box office, which is really what motivates these stars in the end. If he really cared about issues, he would be using his celebrity status campaigning for candidates, but that’s too hard.
ChrisGMN
Who gives AF what people think? Chris Evans and Mark Kassen are trying, in one small way, to bring back together a fractured country. And people are outraged by that? Disgusting.
Kangol2
Are they a couple now?
bantling14
Put that ugly shriveled thing away and zip up.
niles
When you normalize and socialize with heinous people intent on not only destroying civil rights but the government itself, people may tend to be a bit annoyed. He may mean well, but Chris is basically giving yet another forum to far far right wing ideology in the guise of “both sides” BS. I’m sure someone tried something similar in early 30s Germany, guess what – it didn’t work then, and it’s deadly now.
frapachino
Stop with the exaggerated nonsense. BTW comparing a Republican to anything in Nazi Germany makes you an incredibly ignorant and hateful person and is a slap in the face to any Jewish person who survived WW2 so F off.
niles
to the Trump apologist down below: keep telling yourself that, and a nice touch faking the Jewish outrage defense. You learn your lines well BTW.
Parkside
Keeping children in cages and in inhumane condition = Nazi-ish
Aires the Ram
The current lurch to the left by the so-called “Democrats”, all of them wishing to abolish the Constitution of the United States of America, wishing to eliminate the Electoral College, so the privileged elite in NYC and LA and a few other blue spots on the map can dictate the direction and destruction of this country, all the while ignoring the vast majority of the American population who don’t agree with them, will bring us much closer to the type of Totalitarianism that existed under Stalin, Mao, Hitler and several others throughout 20th century history. They want ultimate power, they wish to make the vast majority of our votes irrelevant, and they wish to enslave us and impoverish us, and give our great country over to the globalists who control the UN.
Kangol2
Aires, you’re projecting again. The majority of the country voted against the fascist in office in 2016 and 2018. It is only because of the undemocratic Electoral College and foreign interference, by a hostile non-US power, that the fascist con man Drumpf is in office. You actually had the gall to write “the vast majority of the American population,” but you keep forgetting that majorities voted for Gore, Obama (TWICE), and Hillary Clinton, not Drumpf, and majorities of AMERICANS, not just his right-wing supporters, also disagree with what he’s doing to this country. Majorities! Do you need to have the vote totals recited to you again and again? Why are truth and reality so hard to grasp?
Moreover, you speak of “Totalitarianism that existed under Stalin, Mao, Hitler and several others throughout 20th century history,” yet Drumpf is the one acting like Hitler, Stalin, and the others, engaging in endless lawlessness, corruption, lying, acting (STILL) like a Russian asset, and on and on. He’s the one weaponizing the courts and the Justice Department. He’s the one blowing up the debt to the tune of $ trillions. He’s the one enriching himself off the public dime like tin pot dictators! And all the while gay people like you sit by and cheer him on.
YOU and your homophobic GOP pals are the ones who want to “make votes irrelevant” by shutting down democracy, which they do every chance they can. Your GOP pals are the ones who want to “enslave us and impoverish us,” which they are doing daily by corporate socialism and monopolization. Your GOP pals–and maybe you want these corporations and right-wing fascists to kill our democracy once and for all. Speak up or it’s on you.
truthseeker
>Liberals: “Stop dividing the country and being so divisive!!”
>Also liberals: “How dare two people with opposing political views talk to each other!!”
wikidBSTN
YAWN
Jenniferp412
Truthseeker, You do not understand it is in the Liberal Handbook in Section 15 it states”You cannot talk to anyone that does not believe 100% like a Liberal.”
Parkside
Certainly not as bad as Conservatives hating, avoiding and oppressing people simply because of their race, religion and sexual orientation. Avoiding contacts with hateful people is a survival tactic for most people on this website. Learn.
djmcgamester
Chris Evans tries to built bridges. Outrage ensues.
And, again, I know a ton of conservatives who don’t hate anyone based on race, religion or sexual orientation. Time to move on from this.
Gandalf The Grey
Thank you for posting your reply. Queerty knock off posting the same article about Chris Evans! He’s a staunch ally with a gay brother whom he’s repeatedly supported publicly! This is another non-issue!
woodroad34
Unlike Ted Cruz, Chris Evans has always been the epitome of class. I’m sure the meeting was for the kid and not for the lying trumpian-sychophant weasle. After the picture, I’m sure Chris rushed to the bathroom to throw up.
batesmotel
He’s trying to bridge the wide divide by bringing in opposing parties. That is how you do it, but not buying it since he would’ve started with Trump if he really cared about that.
James
Now that ted cruz is involved the whole thing is a waste of time.
lovethyneighbor
Who cares if Chris Evans had a chat with Ted Cruz? I talk with straight people, who don’t understand LGBTQ+ members. By taking the time to actively listen to people, who want to understand and explaining it to them so they can, it brings people on board to support LGBTQ+ issues. Life isn’t about bullying people around and making them live up to your expectations. Life is about discourse and teaching people about the other side of the issues in society. As a gay man, I ask questions about trans issues because I don’t understand what I don’t research and come to know.
I say, “kudos, Chris Evans.” It’s important to get the other side’s viewpoint and allow everyone to feel heard — this is what American Democracy is about. Perhaps, Chris’s exchange with Ted Cruz will get Cruz to think about where he stands — which, quite frankly, is standing behind DJT’s ass and suffering from orangutan-flattuation illness likely to lead to death.
niles
yes, because we so seldom hear their views lol
Gandalf The Grey
Thank you lovethyneighbor, I agree with you 100%. Chris Evans is an ally and a man I admire greatly!
GayEGO
Good! I speak to and help straight people with their computer problems all of the time. This helps straight people to understand that we are a part of normal civilization.
GonzaX
My god, what’s the matter with people ? You can’t be or hang around with people with different political views ? The left it’s acting pretty ridicoulous here. This is like when they harassed Ellen DeGeneres just for share a moment in the stadium with Bush. Stop with the fuss of SJW …
niles
I see the Trump bots are here, paid or otherwise. The point is the Republican Party is not interested in compromise, negotiation, truth, honor, or anything else that interferes with their agenda to turn the US into a one party, totalitarian regime and theocracy, modeled on Russia of all things, with guess who at the top. If you want to blindly and naively fall for their lies and ignore the real danger to our democracy that they represent, go ahead and fawn over a celebrity who is squandering his celebrity status by allowing himself to be used in their propaganda, instead of actually taking a stand and fighting for what is right. Just like many of the other “stars”, he can now stay silent (which he has started to do- Chris does not criticize the repuglicans or Trump anymore). What we say here does not matter much, but damn it I will continue to shout from the rooftops about what is going on – until they silence everyone, just like in your precious Russia. Protestors there were just sentenced to 18 year prison sentences on trumped up charges. We are going down the same path, and the apologists and celebrity idiots are paving the way.
Karrnal
I got a swell laugh from the second grade invective of “sebastian stan’s new agent.” The only vilification he left out was doodie-head, which I thought was the height of cursing someone out when I was in first grade.
Paton41
Hey, he’s handsome. Most gay men would let him do anything!
Cam
It’s always adorable when the troll accounts always come up with additional sock puppets when a chance comes up to defend an anti-LGBT bigot like Cruz.
Guys, try varying your language, you’re making it too easy to spot you. Also, you realize that we all know when you say “Different opinion” you mean that Republicans are bigots who hate LGBT people and support erasing our rights.
Shaugn
Grow up. Do you refuse to speak to or be.associated with anyone who has different political or social standings or beliefs. Your being as small minded as you believe them to be. Lead by examples.
Invader7
Ted Cruz: another FAKE , back stabbing fraud !!!
Gandalf The Grey
For Gods’ sake, leave Captain America alone!