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Inside Hollywood's Quiet, Growing Support for Donald Trump
The Hollywood Reporter
Paul Bond
3/11/2016
Excerpt:
The entertainment industry's rare conservatives (and independents) are lining up behind Trump — the real-estate mogul considered one of their own as a former TV star and producer.
At an undisclosed location somewhere in the Los Angeles area, about 200 members of Hollywood's private group of conservative Republicans — known as "Friends of Abe" — gathered to watch Thursday's GOP debate between Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and John Kasich. It was an invite-only list that included everyone from recognized actors to rank-and-file studio workers.
They watched the candidates spar over radical Islamic terrorists, social security's future and illegal immigration. But, it was a moment early in the debate that turned heads: Trump blasted the entertainment industry about Disney employees who allegedly lost their jobs due to abuse of the guest-worker program.
One industry worker clapped and looked around to see if others were equally enthusiastic. Some were, including one invitee sporting a hat emblazoned with "TRUMP."
It marked a snapshot in what could be the entertainment industry's rare conservatives (and independents) lining up behind Trump — the real-estate mogul considered one of their own as a former TV star and producer.
“For every Cruz or Rubio supporter I talk to, there are 10 Trump supporters,” says one conservative wealth manager who has a deep bench of entertainment industry clients. He didn't want to speak publicly, though he admitted most of his firm's left-leaning clientele support Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. “I tell them, ‘if you don’t want to feel the Bern, convert your IRAs now rather than pay his 92 percent tax rate.’ I know they like their Teslas, private schools and million-dollar-mansions, but they won’t afford all that if they’re allowed to keep only 8 percent of their income.”
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The Hollywood Reporter
Paul Bond
3/11/2016
Excerpt:
The entertainment industry's rare conservatives (and independents) are lining up behind Trump — the real-estate mogul considered one of their own as a former TV star and producer.
At an undisclosed location somewhere in the Los Angeles area, about 200 members of Hollywood's private group of conservative Republicans — known as "Friends of Abe" — gathered to watch Thursday's GOP debate between Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and John Kasich. It was an invite-only list that included everyone from recognized actors to rank-and-file studio workers.
They watched the candidates spar over radical Islamic terrorists, social security's future and illegal immigration. But, it was a moment early in the debate that turned heads: Trump blasted the entertainment industry about Disney employees who allegedly lost their jobs due to abuse of the guest-worker program.
One industry worker clapped and looked around to see if others were equally enthusiastic. Some were, including one invitee sporting a hat emblazoned with "TRUMP."
It marked a snapshot in what could be the entertainment industry's rare conservatives (and independents) lining up behind Trump — the real-estate mogul considered one of their own as a former TV star and producer.
“For every Cruz or Rubio supporter I talk to, there are 10 Trump supporters,” says one conservative wealth manager who has a deep bench of entertainment industry clients. He didn't want to speak publicly, though he admitted most of his firm's left-leaning clientele support Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. “I tell them, ‘if you don’t want to feel the Bern, convert your IRAs now rather than pay his 92 percent tax rate.’ I know they like their Teslas, private schools and million-dollar-mansions, but they won’t afford all that if they’re allowed to keep only 8 percent of their income.”
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View the complete article, including image, at:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...support-874433