In an era of intense political polarization, media bias, and “fake news,” a guy intervened to offer clarity and balance: Captain America.
Actor Chris Evans, best known for his role as Steve Rogers in Marvel’s superhero films, has introduced A Starting Point, a commitment to creating a more informed electorate by reducing noise and reducing the gap between Americans and their elected officials. The site presents short videos of politicians on both sides of the aisle that explain a wide variety of topics, adding COVID-19, police reform, abortion, marijuana, health, the Electoral College and immigration without comment, editing or interruption.
“It’s a concept I had in 2017 when I saw the news and there was something I didn’t notice and I went to Google and I immediately got into the undergrowth,” Evans said in the site’s promotional video. “There’s only one mountain of data to go through and I thought,” what if there’s a way to not only get concise questions with non-unusual answers, but also get the answers from the same elected officials? “
The ASP result, which debuted on Tuesday. The site consists of 3 components. Starting points present an equivalent number of Republican and Democratic politicians, each providing a quick answer to a non-unusual question, with links to outdoor resources for more information. Daily Points provides an open forum for elected officials to post a 60-second video about what they want, anytime. Finally, Counterpoints facilitates a directed and engaged discussion about a political factor between two elected officials, one from each party, in a 60-second video channel.
So far, participants have included Republicans such as Sen. Ted Cruz, Tim Scott, Marsha Blackburn and Rick Scott, Rep. Dan Crenshaw and Debbie Lesko, and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem. Diversity of Democrats from Sen. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Many have turned to social media for definitely Evans’ efforts.
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Evans said it was, first and foremost, difficult to convince politicians, especially fellow Republicans, to accept as true with him and sit with him for the project. And unsurprisingly, Evans has a long history of criticizing Trump and conservatives. He campaigned for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and was a great friend of the #Résistance following the election of President Trump. In a 2017 tweet, he called Trump a “reckless jerk” and told Esquire that Trump’s arrival at the White House made him feel “rage” and “rage.” Last year, he called the president “stupid” in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter.
“You don’t need to move away from your audience,” Evans said of his open prospects in 2019. “But I’d be disappointed in myself if I didn’t speak. I. “
Since then, however, he has calmed down on social media and in April told Esquire that he would “stop the gas” from social media until his new online page was up and running.
Hollywood has a bad story when it comes to giving Republicans and conservatives a special touch. But if Evans is honest and unwavering in his project of providing independent political explanations from the mouth of public servants, it may simply leave the main media out of work.
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