{"id":118278,"date":"2021-02-04T18:00:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T23:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=118278"},"modified":"2021-02-04T18:43:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T23:43:03","slug":"who-cares-trump-quits-screen-actors-guild-after-they-threaten-disciplinary-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-cares-trump-quits-screen-actors-guild-after-they-threaten-disciplinary-action\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Who Cares!\u2019: Trump Quits Screen Actor\u2019s Guild After They Threaten \u2018Disciplinary\u2019 Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwho-cares-trump-quits-screen-actors-guild-after-they-threaten-disciplinary-action%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=118278&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-694930636.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump resigned from the Screen Actor\u2019s Guild (SAG-AFTRA) on Thursday after the actor\u2019s union threatened to take disciplinary measures against him for his alleged role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI write to you today regarding the so-called Disciplinary Committee hearing aimed at revoking my union membership. Who cares!\u201d Trump\u2019s scathing letter to SAG-AFTRA began, as first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-resigns-from-screen-actors-guild\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump went on praise his own cameo work in several iconic films and television shows, and also accused the union leadership of using him to distract from their own \u201cdismal record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour organization has done little for its members, and nothing for me \u2013 besides collecting dues and promoting dangerous un-American policies and ideas \u2013 as evident by your massive unemployment rates and lawsuits from celebrated actors, who even recorded a video asking, \u2018Why isn\u2019t the union fighting for me?&#8217;\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Charges against Trump were brought before the Disciplinary Board at the behest of SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sagaftra.org\/sag-aftra-national-board-orders-disciplinary-hearing-donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called for his expulsion<\/a> from the union in the wake of the Capitol riot last month. The charges allege that Trump engaged in&nbsp;\u201ca reckless campaign of misinformation aimed at discrediting and ultimately threatening the safety of journalists, many of whom are SAG-AFTRA members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump attacked the values that this union holds most sacred \u2013 democracy, truth, respect for our fellow Americans of all races and faiths, and the sanctity of the free press,\u201d Carteris said. \u201cThere\u2019s a straight line from his wanton disregard for the truth to the attacks on journalists perpetrated by his followers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur most important role as a union is the protection of our members. The unfortunate truth is, this individual\u2019s words and actions over the past four years have presented actual harm to our broadcast journalist members,\u201d said SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director David White. \u201cThe board\u2019s resolution addresses this effort to undermine freedom of the press and reaffirms the principles on which our democratic society rests, and which we must all work to protect and preserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to Trump\u2019s resignation, SAG-AFTRA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sagaftra.org\/sag-aftra-statement-donald-j-trump%E2%80%99s-resignation-union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">commented<\/a> simply: \u201cThank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sagaftra.org\/files\/SAG-AFTRAResignationLetterfromPresidentDonaldJTrump.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full letter<\/a> to SAG-AFTRA below:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>I write to you today regarding the so-called Disciplinary Committee hearing aimed at revoking my union membership. Who cares!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>While I\u2019m not familiar with your work, I\u2019m very proud of my work on movies such as Home Alone 2, Zoolander and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps; and television shows including The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Saturday Night Live, and of course, one of the most successful shows in television history, The Apprentice \u2013 to name just a few!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019ve also greatly helped the cable news television business (said to be a dying platform with not much time left until I got involved in politics), and created thousands of jobs at networks such as MSDNC and Fake News CNN, among many others.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Which brings me to your blatant attempt at free media attention to distract from your dismal record as a union. Your organization has done little for its members, and nothing for me \u2013 besides collecting dues and promoting dangerous un-American policies and ideas \u2013 as evident by your massive unemployment rates and lawsuits from celebrated actors, who even recorded a video asking, \u201cWhy isn\u2019t the union fighting for me?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>These, however, are policy failures. Your disciplinary failures are even more egregious.&nbsp;I no longer wish to be associated with your union.&nbsp;As such, this letter is to inform you of my immediate resignation from SAG-AFTRA. You have done nothing for me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trumps-hollywood-star-under-repair-after-someone-dressed-as-the-hulk-wrecked-it-with-pickax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Report: Trump\u2019s Hollywood Star Under Repair After Someone Dressed As The Hulk Wrecked It With Pickaxe<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump resigned from the Screen Actor\u2019s Guild (SAG-AFTRA) on Thursday after the actor\u2019s union threatened to take disciplinary measures against him for his alleged role in the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892675,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5354,3796,5357,4026,5351,3634],"class_list":["post-118278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-actors","tag-cares","tag-guild","tag-quits","tag-screen","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}