Dennis Quaid joined former president Donald Trump at a campaign rally he held at Calhoun Ranch in Coachella, California on Saturday.
The 70-year-old actor — who announced he would vote for Trump in May — took the stage to give a speech, telling the crowd to ‘pick a side.’
At the location of the famed music festival, Quaid declared the presidential election this year is a vote between TikTok and the United States Constitution.
‘I’m here to tell you that it’s time to pick a side,’ he said. ‘Are we going to be a nation that stands for the Constitution or for TikTok?’
Quaid also lamented the loss of a nation that used to have ‘cheap cash’ and was ‘exporting oil to our allies and our friends.’
Dennis Quaid, 70, joined former president Donald Trump at a campaign rally he held at Calhoun Ranch in Coachella, California on Saturday
The actor took the stage to give a speech and told the crowd to ‘pick a side’
While on stage, he also spoke about his recent starring role and portraying the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, in the biographical drama, titled Reagan, which was released in August 30.
He told the crowd that while Reagan was his favorite president of the 20th century, Trump is his favorite president of the 21st.
California is not only typically known to vote blue, but is also Vice President Kamala Harris’ home state.
Previously, Quaid endorsed the Republican candidate during the press tour for his movie Reagan in early September.
Back in May, he said he ultimately changed his mind and decided to vote for Trump because of the ‘weaponization of the justice system’ and his policy record.
‘I think I’m gonna vote for him in the next election,’ Quaid told host Piers Morgan of Piers Morgan Uncensored. ‘It just makes sense.’
He continued: ‘I was ready not to vote for Trump, until what I saw is, more than politics, I see a weaponization of our justice system and a challenge to our Constitution.’
He also shared a story about his housekeeper Josie, who he said was ‘here illegally for over a decade using her sister’s identification.’
He recalled that Josie ‘worked for us’ and ‘lived in fear’ that she would be deported during the many years she worked for him and his family.
Quaid spoke to the crowd and declared the presidential election this year is a vote between TikTok and the United States Constitution
‘I’m here to tell you that it’s time to pick a side,’ he said. ‘Are we going to be a nation that stands for the Constitution or for TikTok?’
Quaid also lamented the loss of a nation that used to have ‘cheap cash’ and was ‘exporting oil to our allies and our friends’
He told the crowd that while Ronald Reagan was his favorite president of the 20th century, Trump is his favorite president of the 21st
He recently portrayed the 40th president of the United States in the biographical drama titled Reagan, which was released in August 30
Quaid pictured in a still from Reagan
Quaid said that he volunteered to sponsor her and help her become a U.S. citizen only after Trump was elected.
During his speech, Quaid said that the ‘fairy tale called Harris and Biden now just doesn’t work.’
‘Four years ago, peace in the world was not just some kind of fairy tale either,’ he continued.
‘Peace in the Middle East — Trump actually was right on the verge of accomplishing the Abraham Accords, that would have recognized Israel by Saudi Arabia and other Middle East nations, and would have had us on the road to peace that we have been so trying to get to since the Biblical times of Ishmael and Isaac.’
Up next, for the final stretch of his campaign, Trump will be hosting a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City in the week leading up to November 5.