(New York Post) That’s no way to treat “the Gipper” — Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States.
Several theaters in New York City and much of the metro region didn’t screen the new film “Reagan,” about the conservative icon and actor, in what Republicans are alleging is an act of censorship by “liberal bias.”
The few theaters that did show the flick had limited screenings to once or twice a day.
“Ronald Reagan was one of the most successful presidents in history. They’re trying to censor his success,” said John McLaughlin, a Republican pollster who worked for a firm that conducted surveys for Reagan in the 1980s.
He suspected the limited distribution was over liberal fears the movie about a popular Republican president — who won re-election in a landslide in 1984, carrying 49 of 50 states — would benefit Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
“Absolutely it’s liberal bias, Democratic bias …It’s big Tech, Big Media that doesn’t want to do something to help Donald Trump,” McLaughlin claimed.
The film stars Dennis Quaid as Reagan, Penelope Ann Miller as Nancy Reagan, Jon Voight as a KGB agent, and Mena Suvari as Jane Wyman, Reagan’s first wife. It first hit theaters just before Labor Day.
Quaid, who is conservative, claimed there were attempts to “cancel” him while portraying Reagan.
The actor spoke at a Donald Trump rally in California Saturday.
State Conservative Party chairman Gerard Kassar said he was surprised at how few theaters showed the movie, particularly on his Brooklyn turf.
“It’s ironic that a movie about Ronald Reagan is having a problem getting into movie theaters,” he said, noting Reagan’s time on the Big Screen before entering politics.
“It’s a presidential year. It’s liberal bias. It’s anti-conservative bias,” Kassar said.
Reagan earned the nickname “The Gipper” for his first big role as an actor portraying gravely ill football player George Gipp in the 1940 film classic, “Knute Rockne-All American.”
Gipp, bedridden and known as the Gipper, urged his college teammates to win a football game in his honor.
