You don't seem to have picked up on what I was saying there so I'll clarify before we finish up. Jericho's behaviour in the past year or two has become increasingly problematic, his dealings with fans and Democrats(and Democratic fans!) who criticise his behaviour are aggressive and ignorant(he told someone to strawberry float off for questioning his politics the other week, for example). His promotion of unfounded conspiracy theories to the millions of people who follow him is the straw that's broken this camel's back, not the RNC donations - the $3000 donation was just an example of his politics.
He also keeps maintaining that he isn't political and doesn't want to get involved in politics, which is duplicitous at best when he both donates his money to political parties
and continues to retweet the president's political statements and comment on political matters like the calling of the election. That is not the kind of person I can be a fan of anymore, which is unfortunate as I continue to love the guy's work and he's still one of the best promo men working in the industry (if not one of the best of all time).
STEALTH EDIT: I'd also like to point out that I'm not necessarily against the Republican Party as an institution in this case - I certainly don't agree with their politics and I find the party's recent behaviour reprehensible but I'd never write a celebrity off for being a member of a particular party or supporting a particular wing(right or left). The problem is the explicit allegiance that's been shown to a particularly nasty style of politics, and a Trumpian crusade to pervert the course of the election that can only cause harm to American society going forward. Anyone promoting that demonstrably false line of thinking, for me, is part of the problem.
captain red dog wrote:Aren't the Young Bucks also quite heavily Republican?
I can't comment on them specifically as I don't know much about them. Given the demographics being catered for, the internal politics of both WWE and AEW, and the origins of a decent potion of US-based wrestlers, I'd imagine quite a significant proportion of the roster are pretty heavily Republican leaning. The McMahons have also come out in support of Trump's election nonsense-logic, and I know Undertaker quietly donated to his campaign as well. Obviously Kane is a member of the Republican Party - he's the Republican mayor of Knoxville and has criticised Democrat attempts to impeach Trump as being "divisive." The Kliq are big Trump men, or were in 2016. Shawn Michaels has been quiet during the Trump era but endorsed Mitt Romney during his presidential run.
Obviously this goes both ways especially with the older guys - The Rock is a big Democrat and Steve Austin shies well away from political statements, though the few he does make seem to hint at a much more Democratic outlook on things(Austin, it should be noted, is wildly problematic in his own way, having been arrested for domestic abuse at the turn of the century). Jesse Ventura seems to have gone down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole in recent years, but has stayed the hell away from Trump and in his political career tended to lean Democrat and endorsed John Kerry in 2004. Mick Foley's son donated to the Biden campaign and Foley himself has been vocally anti-Trump.
Most of the younger guys have learned from the Jaxson Ryker thing to stay the hell away from political statements.