Nick Offerman Says Ron Swanson Is Not A Trump Supporter
In an interview with IndieWire to promote his new film Sovereignty, Nick made it clear that Ron Swanson from Parks and Recreation would not be an unwavering supporter of the 47th president.
Nick played Ron in Parks and Rec for seven seasons and 126 episodes between 2009 and 2015. Since then, the character Ron has lived on as a prime choice for clips, memes, and GIFs shared across the interwebs.
The actor boiled it down to the fact that MAGA supporters might believe, "Well, he had a shotgun, so he must be one of us," he said.
"Dumb people insist that Ron Swanson would've voted for Trump. And I don't deign to answer myself," Nick continued. "I take it to Mike Schur, the main creator of Ron, and he said, 'Swanson would've despised Trump, because Ron loved capitalism. And Trump made the stupidest move you could make as a capitalist, which is to go into public service.'"
Nick believes that Ron wouldn't be MAGA at all, and he would despise its leader. "He would think he's an absolute idiot. He would also despise him because he's disrespectful to women and many others. And that's just an example of all the people and value sets that Ron would despise, because Ron is a good person."
As a fan of Parks & Recreation who relates so hard with the series (I'm a Donna Meagle with a Tom Haverford rising at my job), it's obvious that Ron wouldn't be a Trump supporter. For one, he's not even a Republican. "Ron Swanson, a wonderful creation from much more brilliant minds than my own, people hold up for the wrong reasons, and take their own reading of this true Libertarian who was cool with everybody," Nick said in the interview.
Ron fired back with a reference to the series finale, "One Last Ride," which included the wedding of Ron's hairdresser, Typhoon. "Ron was best man at a gay wedding you dumb fuck," Nick wrote. "Happy Pride."
So that's that! Ron is a Libertarian LGBTQ+ ally. Period.
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