Former Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider and recent runner-up on The Masked Singer has called for the execution of President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.
After being revealed as Donut on the singing reality show and finishing in second place on Wednesday night (December 20th), Schneider shared the following tweet: “Mr. President, I believe you are guilty of treason and should be publicly hung. Your son too. Your response is..? Sincerely, John Schneider.”
The since-deleted post was in response to Biden’s tweet about former President Donald Trump, in which he wrote, “Trump poses many threats to our country: The right to choose, civil rights, voting rights, and America’s standing in the world. But the greatest threat he poses is to our democracy. If we lose that, we lose everything.”
See a screenshot of the tweet (via Vulture West Coast TV editor Joe Adalian) and watch The Masked Singer reveal below.
Update: The Secret Service has opened a probe into Schneider’s comments, Deadline reports.
Meanwhile, in a statement released late Thursday, Schneider said he “neither said nor implied” that Biden should be executed. “Despite headlines claiming otherwise, in my post, I absolutely did not call for an act of violence or threaten a U.S. president as many other celebrities have done in the past. I suggest you re-read my actual post and pay attention to the words before believing this nonsense.”
A proud conservative, Schneider has long been a vocal critic of Biden on social media, recently accusing the president of funding Hamas’ attack on Israel. He has also guested on pro-Trump networks like One America News and Newsmax.
After starring as Bo Duke in the original Dukes of Hazzard from 1979 to 1985, Schneider played Jonathan Kent on CW’s Smallville from 2001 to 2005 and was a recurring guest on the 10th and final season. In 2018, he also lost on another reality show when he was eliminated from Dancing with the Stars.
John Schneider took off more than one mask tonight.
Fox gave this guy a platform tonight. I’m truly sorry for the loss of his wife, but that doesn’t excuse calling for the public execution of POTUS. pic.twitter.com/hMdDNGcLQi
— TVMoJoe (@TVMoJoe) December 21, 2023
