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By Billie Schwab Dunn
Pop Culture and Entertainment Reporter
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Donald Trump has a message for actor Mel Gibson amid the legal challenges the former president is currently facing across multiple jurisdictions.
Recent polling indicates that Trump, who is the GOP frontrunner for the 2024 presidential election, is on track to win at least 285 electoral votes. However, Trump is facing legal challenges from those who believe he is prohibited from serving again due to Section 3 of the Constitution's 14th Amendment, which deals with insurrection.
Trump posted to his social media platform Truth Social on Tuesday about the upcoming election. He shared a meme to his account that had a photo of a clean-cut Gibson with the text "Me voting for Trump in 2016" alongside a photo of Gibson from the film Braveheart with the accompanying text "Me voting for Trump in 2024." Trump captioned the post: "Either way, Mel Gibson is GREAT!"
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Newsweek reached out to a Trump spokesperson and a representative for Gibson for comment via email Friday.
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In July 2023, Trump was in the audience at UFC 290 amid a weekend of campaign stops in Las Vegas and Iowa. While at the T-Mobile Arena, Trump was spotted chatting with celebrities including Gibson and Mark Wahlberg and chef Guy Fieri.
Roger Stone, Trump's longtime friend and former political adviser tweeted a photo of himself, Trump, and Gibson in conversation at the event.
At the time, White Stripes singer Jack White aimed his ire at Joe Rogan, Gibson, Fieri and Wahlberg for "normalizing" Trump by meeting him at public events. White shared photos of the four men's interactions with Trump on his Instagram account.
"Anybody who 'normalizes' or treats this disgusting fascist, racist, con man, disgusting piece of s*** Trump with any level of respect is ALSO disgusting in my book," he captioned the post. "That's you Joe Rogan, you Mel Gibson, you Mark Wahlberg, you Guy Fieri. This is a statement from me, not a discussion/debate. -Jack White III."
This wasn't the only time Gibson and Trump were spotted together at a UFC event. They were previously seen at Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier's UFC match in July 2021. Afterward, Gibson was widely criticized when a video circulating online showed him saluting the former U.S. president.
The video caused a social media storm during which people were reminded that the actor-director has previously been accused of making racist, antisemitic, and homophobic comments.
Gibson has never publicly expressed support for a Trump presidency. In 2016, Gibson criticized Trump's plan for a US-Mexico border wall.
When asked about his political views, the Oscar-winner said during a 2020 interview with Fox News: "Who the hell cares what I think? I'm not an expert–what am I qualified to talk about?"
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