Actor Dennis Quaid joins Trump on stage at Texas campaign rally event
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Dennis Quaid proudly stands next to President Donald Trump.
During the president’s public event in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Friday, the A-list star briefly joined him on stage to express her gratitude. Trump was in Texas talking about energy and economic priorities, highlighting themes from his recent State of the Union address.
“We have an actor. He’s one of the best actors in America,” Trump said on stage. “Hey Dennis. Come here Dennis, come here.”
Dennis Quaid publicly stated that he loves President Donald Trump at an event in Texas. (Eddie Seal/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Quaid approached Trump and the podium to share a few words. “Hello Corpus Christi. Hello Texas. My hometown. I love Corpus Christi and I love Donald Trump,” Quaid said before exiting the stage.
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Earlier in the day, Senator Ted Cruz took to X to share that Quaid flew to Texas with the president on Air Force One.
“We hit the road to Texas with Trump on AF1 with the amazing Dennis Quaid (@reaganthemovie)!” Cruz wrote with a photo of herself and Quaid.
Cruz uploaded a video of Quaid sitting next to Trump while on the ship. Cruz asked Quaid to portray Ronald Reagan (who he stars in the biopic) and Trump having a conversation.
“A historic conversation between two great American presidents about AF1…” Cruz captioned the video.
Quaid has been a longtime fan of Trump and has made his political views clear. Earlier this month, the “Reagan” star commented on how much politics has changed in recent years. During an appearance “The Greg Laurie ShowQuaid made it clear where he stands on the political spectrum.
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“Things have gone so far right now, so far to the left,” Laurie said during her meeting with the Quaid. “I saw a podcast — it was Bill Maher and Dana Carvey, and I forget the other guy’s name — but anyway, I think Dana Carvey said: ‘I told my friends in Hollywood that I was a Clinton Democrat, and now some of them call me a Nazi.’”
“You can’t do that,” Quaid said, comparing being a Clinton Democrat to “being a neocon on the right or something. You can’t be what you used to be.”
Dennis Quaid joined President Donald Trump speaking at the Port of Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas, on February 27. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
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The actor later described himself as a “common-sense independent” but said he “had a more conservative bent in my mind.”
“I’m just level-headed, that’s what I really am,” Quaid said.
Dennis Quaid said earlier this month that he was a “common sense independent.” (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
Later in the podcast, Laurie asked Quaid about spending time with the President Donald Trump.
She described Trump as “so surprisingly friendly, so funny and really sincere. If he wasn’t sincere, he wouldn’t be president because the people who vote for him know he has their best interests at heart.”
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Fox News Digital’s Lori Bashian contributed to this report.
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