{"id":161880,"date":"2021-02-22T21:05:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T02:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=161880"},"modified":"2021-02-22T21:14:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T02:14:04","slug":"jim-carrey-announces-end-to-his-political-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-carrey-announces-end-to-his-political-paintings\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Carrey Announces End To His Political Paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fjim-carrey-announces-end-to-his-political-paintings%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=161880&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\/carrey.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Actor Jim Carrey announced over the weekend that he is putting an end to his series of political paintings, many of which drew anger from conservatives for their incendiary nature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the past four years, among other commitments, I put considerable effort into this collection of political protest cartoons,\u201d Carrey wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lt520k9fdt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">note<\/a> to his millions of Twitter followers. \u201cIt truly feels as though you and I have crossed an ocean of outrage together\u2026but something tells me it\u2019s time to rest my social media gavel and reclaim a little neurological bandwidth,\u201d Carrey said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it seemed like I was ignoring my many Twitter followers here and outside the US and Canada in my quest to rid our democracy of \u2018Orange Julius Caesar\u2019 and his Empire of Lies, it was not my intention,\u201d Carrey continued. \u201cI just assumed that a radicalized America is a threat to us all. When a madman grabs the wheel of the bus loaded with innocent passengers and threatens to drive it off a cliff, it tends to steal everyone\u2019s focus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou always have and always will occupy a sacred space in my grateful heart,\u201d Carrey added. \u201cThank you kindly for all your patience, your support, your humor, and your [beautiful] fan art.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ahUGs4gvwi\">https:\/\/t.co\/ahUGs4gvwi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ts5EnngYb5\">pic.twitter.com\/ts5EnngYb5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimCarrey\/status\/1363266550363426820?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Carrey painted many pieces during the Trump era as political commentary, which some found disturbing for their often gruesome content and caustic captions. They often fixated on religious and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/jim-carrey-donald-trump-exorcist-donald-trump_us_5bc19902e4b0bd9ed55a63d5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">demonic<\/a> themes.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2019, Carrey tweeted, \u201cAnd as the sun set upon the White House all its windows danced with glowing eyes \u2014 and demons\u2019 voices growled to the prisoner within, saying, \u2018Our name is legion, for we are many. You will be our hands in the world. It\u2019s time for us to Tweet again.&#8217;\u201d His quote was a reference to <a href=\"https:\/\/biblehub.com\/bsb\/mark\/5.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark 5<\/a>, in which Jesus cast many demons out of one man and sent them into a herd of pigs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And as the sun set upon the White House all its windows danced with glowing eyes \u2014 and demons\u2019 voices growled to the prisoner within, saying, \u201cOur name is legion, for we are many. You will be our hands in the world. It\u2019s time for us to Tweet again.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9BnWdE6hSp\">pic.twitter.com\/9BnWdE6hSp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimCarrey\/status\/1008935800199761920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In October 2018, Carrey painted another dark portrait that was a play on the movie poster for \u201cThe Exorcist,\u201d which he captioned: \u201cFrom the bowels of the White House he shrieked, hurled curses and tweeted bile \u2014 because that\u2019s what demons do. YOU are the Exorcist. Vote Democrat for goodness\u2019 sake.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From the bowels of the White House he shrieked, hurled curses and tweeted bile \u2014 because that&#8217;s what demons do. YOU are the Exorcist. Vote Democrat for goodness&#8217; sake. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EphA7EosbP\">https:\/\/t.co\/EphA7EosbP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/riVcX0PHCH\">pic.twitter.com\/riVcX0PHCH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimCarrey\/status\/1050907290474299393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last October, he painted a portrait of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) burning in hell.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ted Cruz, Hellbound Class of 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4MdePetlp2\">pic.twitter.com\/4MdePetlp2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimCarrey\/status\/1315490147211776005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In June 2018, Carrey painted an image of former President Donald Trump nailing Jesus to the cross.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Christianity, Trump style: \u201cJesus was a loser. A failed carpenter. He&#8217;s a savior because he was crucified. I like people that weren&#8217;t crucified.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NrLGWEXcRi\">https:\/\/t.co\/NrLGWEXcRi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tiSCoPdTpX\">pic.twitter.com\/tiSCoPdTpX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimCarrey\/status\/1011056459319336961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In March 2018, Carrey mocked Sarah Huckabee Sanders\u2019 Christian faith and described her as \u201cmonstrous.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is the portrait of a so-called Christian whose only purpose in life is to lie for the wicked. Monstrous! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MeYLTy1pqb\">pic.twitter.com\/MeYLTy1pqb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimCarrey\/status\/975123558803259392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In June 2018, Carrey depicted Calvin peeing on Trump\u2019s grave which gloats that he \u201cwent to hell and took the GOP with him[.]\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh how I urine for this all to be over! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uzLULtNPLE\">pic.twitter.com\/uzLULtNPLE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimCarrey\/status\/1007274468127879170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Carrey described Justice Brett Kavanaugh in September 2018 as an \u201cENTITLED LITTLE [SH*T],\u201d and painted him wearing a hood over his head like a rapist.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Colleges care more about donors than the victims of on-campus rape. That&#8217;s why women don&#8217;t report it and why ENTITLED LITTLE SHITS like Injustice Kavanaugh get to party and pillage their way to the Supreme Court.I&#8217;d like to suggest a new uniform for the highest court in the land. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9piWob4jGh\">pic.twitter.com\/9piWob4jGh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimCarrey\/status\/1044253722833031169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2019, Carrey depicted Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey being aborted after the state passed a bill placing a near-total ban on abortion until it was later faced a legal challenge. \u201cI think If you\u2019re going to terminate a pregnancy, it should be done sometime before the fetus becomes Governor of Alabama,\u201d Carrey wrote at the time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I think If you\u2019re going to terminate a pregnancy, it should be done sometime before the fetus becomes Governor of Alabama. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6QgsY2rMz7\">pic.twitter.com\/6QgsY2rMz7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimCarrey\/status\/1129796511611490304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the 2020 Republican National Convention, Carrey depicted former President Abraham Lincoln preparing to shoot himself in the mouth with a shotgun.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Lincoln had seen the lineup of liars, thieves, religious hypocrites and racist ne\u2019er-do-wells that would appear at the RNC in 2020\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TZN20qjpEU\">pic.twitter.com\/TZN20qjpEU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimCarrey\/status\/1298045914372689921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During an <a href=\"https:\/\/the-talks.com\/interview\/jim-carrey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview<\/a> in 2019 about his spirituality, Carrey suggested he does not really exist as an individual and that \u201cenergies\u201d communicate with him. \u201cYes, they\u2019re me,\u201d he said of the energies. \u201cThey\u2019re me talking to me \u2014 whatever they are, no matter how bad they are. I have gone through some really tough times in the last few years and I would not wish them on anybody, but my God, my understanding of life and what is real and what is not real has expanded exponentially because of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jim-carrey-latest-painting-entitled-little-st-paul-bois\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Carrey\u2019s Latest Painting: \u2018Entitled Little S**t\u2019 Brett Kavanaugh Is A Rapist \u2018Partying His Way\u2019 To SCOTUS\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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