{"id":124761,"date":"2021-02-11T15:10:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T20:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=124761"},"modified":"2021-02-11T15:12:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T20:12:33","slug":"ted-cruz-comes-out-swinging-for-fired-disney-star-gina-carano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-comes-out-swinging-for-fired-disney-star-gina-carano\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz Comes Out Swinging For Fired Disney Star Gina Carano"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fted-cruz-comes-out-swinging-for-fired-disney-star-gina-carano%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=124761&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\/og-default.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) went to bat for now-canned Disney star Gina Carano via social media on Thursday afternoon, slamming the mega-corporation for \u201ccanceling\u201d the actress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTexan Gina Carano broke barriers in the Star Wars universe: not a princess, not a victim, not some emotionally tortured Jedi,\u201d Cruz wrote. \u201cShe played a woman who kicked ass &amp; who girls looked up to. She was instrumental in making Star Wars fun again\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course Disney canceled her,\u201d the senator added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Texan Gina Carano broke barriers in the Star Wars universe: not a princess, not a victim, not some emotionally tortured Jedi. She played a woman who kicked ass &amp; who girls looked up to. She was instrumental in making Star Wars fun again. Of course Disney canceled her.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1359905219451183109?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Carano became front page news on Wednesday night when it was made public that she had been cut from popular Disney+ show \u201cThe Mandalorian,\u201d seemingly over a recent social media post warning of political division in relation to Nazi Germany. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gina-carano-dropped-by-talent-agency-after-star-axed-from-disney-show-over-social-media-post\">caption<\/a> of Carano\u2019s now-deleted post read as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>J<em>ews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors\u2026even by children.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBecause history is edited, most people today don\u2019t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/final-straw-hollywood-reporter-sources-say-disney-wanted-to-fire-carano-in-november?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter\">The Daily Wire<\/a>, a report from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/the-mandalorian-star-gina-carano-fired-amid-social-media-controversy\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>&nbsp;(THR) suggests LucasFilms wanted to fire Carano from the show before the controversy sparked this week:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>But a source with knowledge of Lucasfilm\u2019s thinking told THR this was not a new idea. \u201cThey have been looking for a reason to fire her for two months,\u201d the person said, \u201cand today was the final straw.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>THR cited Carano\u2019s previous \u201ccontentious tweets,\u201d including one in which she commented on the integrity of elections.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future,\u201d said a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/the-mandalorian-star-gina-carano-fired-amid-social-media-controversy\">statement<\/a>&nbsp;from a Lucasfilm spokesperson, released Wednesday night. \u201cNevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aside from getting fired from the hit show, Carano was also let go as a client from the United Talent Agency (UTA), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gina-carano-dropped-by-talent-agency-after-star-axed-from-disney-show-over-social-media-post\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Back in September, calls for Carano to be fired trended on social media after the actress was accused of mocking transgender people. When asked to show \u201csolidarity\u201d with trans folks by adding her \u201cpreferred pronouns\u201d to her Twitter bio, Carano added \u201cBeep\/Bop\/Boop\u201d in lieu of the pronouns, triggering social justice warriors to blast the actress as transphobic.<\/p>\n<p>Following the dustup, Carano made it clear that she would not be putting \u201cpreferred pronouns\u201d in her bio while emphasizing that she stands \u201cagainst bullying.\u201d The star also hit back against against critics.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mandalorian-actress-hits-back-after-fans-demand-firing-for-mocking-trans-people\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cYes, Pedro [Pascal] &amp; I spoke &amp; he helped me understand why people were putting them in their bios,\u201d Carano wrote to social media. \u201cI didn\u2019t know before but I do now. I won\u2019t be putting them in my bio but good for all you who choose to. I stand against bullying, especially the most vulnerable &amp; freedom to choose.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The next day, in a response to conservative radio host Joe \u201cPags\u201d Pagliarulo, Carano said the \u201cwoke world\u201d was mad at her because she won\u2019t \u201cput pronouns\u201d in her bio \u201cto show my support for trans lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter months of harassing me in every way. I decided to put 3 VERY controversial words in my bio.. beep\/bop\/boop,\u201d she continued. \u201cI\u2019m not against trans lives at all. They need to find less abusive representation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Accused of \u201cmocking\u201d trans people over the bio change, the actress responded, \u201cI don\u2019t think trans people would like all of you trying to force a woman to put something in her bio through harassment &amp; name calling EVERYDAY for MONTHS. Such as \u2018Racist\u2019 \u2018Transphobe\u2019 \u2018B****\u2019 \u2018Weirdo\u2019 \u2018I hope you die\u2019 \u2018I hope you lose your career\u2019 \u2018[you\u2019re] fat, you\u2019re ugly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe they should be mad at the mockery so many of you made of them,\u201d she continued. \u201cI sure would be, if I were them. Maybe wiping the slate clean without the hate speech towards others isn\u2019t a bad idea at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carano added, \u201cI know trans people wouldn\u2019t condone this harassment when they hear about the CHiLDREN, women &amp; men who have contacted me, thanking me for taking a stand against these bullies because it effected their mental health to the point of near suicide at times. Ya. That\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/final-straw-hollywood-reporter-sources-say-disney-wanted-to-fire-carano-in-november?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter\">\u2018Final Straw\u2019: Hollywood Reporter Sources Say Disney Wanted To Fire Carano In&nbsp;November<\/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>Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) went to bat for now-canned Disney star Gina Carano via social media on Thursday afternoon, slamming the mega-corporation for \u201ccanceling\u201d the actress. \u201cTexan Gina Carano &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893221,"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":[5571,4105,6344,6363,5229,6422],"class_list":["post-124761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-comes","tag-cruz","tag-disney","tag-fired","tag-star","tag-swinging"],"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\/124761","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=124761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}