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  • 2020-10-28 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Actor Sam Elliott Endorse Biden for President in 2020? (en)
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  • In October 2020, readers asked Snopes to verify reports that the actor Sam Elliott had endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, after providing the voiceover for a Biden campaign ad during that month's World Series. For example, on Oct. 21, Newsweek reported that: Meredith Corporation news stations KMOV4 and KCTV5 published a report with the headline Sam Elliott Endorses Joe Biden in New Ad, and similar articles were posted by KRON4 and PopCulture.com. Multiple reputable sources reported that Elliott, who is renowned for his deep, distinctive voice, narrated the Biden campaign ad, entitled Go From There, which first aired on Oct. 20. He also appears to have voiced a pro-Biden, anti-Trump ad for the Lincoln Project, a group of erstwhile Republican political consultants campaigning against Trump's reelection. However, Elliott is a professional actor, and it can't necessarily be assumed that his providing services by reading a script for a political ad is tantamount to a personal endorsement of the candidate in question. Go From There, the Biden campaign ad narrated by Elliott, can be watched in full below. The following is the script read out by Elliott: The Lincoln Project ad, based around the theme of fathers and sons, is specifically targeted at men who voted for Trump in 2016. The script, which appears also to be voiced by Elliott, encourages them to own up to that mistake, and this time vote for Joe. Evidence exists to indicate that Elliott has antipathy towards Trump, and holds a centrist view of politics, with an emphasis on unity and civility, that is remarkably compatible with Biden's pitch to voters in 2020. In a 2017 interview with Metro, Elliott remarked: Snopes asked Elliott's publicist and agent to clarify whether he personally supported Biden's candidacy, or if his voiceover work was provided on a strictly professional basis. We did not receive a response to our inquiries, but if we do, we'll update this fact check accordingly. The prospect that Elliott might be a Biden supporter struck a somewhat ironic chord, because the cowboy persona he has embodied throughout his acting career has been deployed with considerable gusto, in recent years, by right-leaning meme-makers and social media users: (en)
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