Tim Robbins Condemns Those Comparing Trump Assassination Attempt To ‘Bob Roberts’: “Deranged Mindset”

Actor-director Tim Robbins is calling out the conspiracy theories following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, including that it was a staged event akin to a plot point in his 1992 movie Bob Roberts.

Robbins wrote on X/Twitter, “To anyone drawing a parallel between my film Bob Roberts and the attempted assassination of Trump, let’s be clear. What happened yesterday was a real attempt on a presidential candidate’s life. Those that are denying the assassination attempt was real are truly in a deranged mindset. A human being was shot yesterday. Another killed. They may not be human beings that you agree with politically but for shame folks. Get over your blind hatred of these people. They are fellow Americans. This collective hatred is killing our souls and consuming whatever is left of our humanity.”

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In the movie, Bob Roberts is a right-wing Senate candidate who go through a staged assassination attempt in an effort to sway the election. Robbins starred as the lead character and wrote and directed the movie.

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