The Internet’s Trying To Cancel Chris Pratt For Not Taking Part In Avengers Fundraiser

Art and politics are rarely a good combination, and that’s even more true when you’re combining what’s shaping up to be the most heated presidential election in decades with the world’s biggest and most popular movie franchise.

Several major stars of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be taking part in a virtual fundraiser later on today in support of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. The event is open to everyone, but a donation of any amount to the Joe Biden Victory Fund is required to take part. Furthermore, it’ll feature a Q&A and trivia session hosted by the Russo brothers, with Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana and Paul Rudd all scheduled to make appearances.

Despite the sprawling ensemble of the MCU extending to dozens upon dozens of recognizable actors, though, the internet has decided to single out the absence of Chris Pratt, and Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Star-Lord now finds himself as the latest target of cancel culture. Completely ignoring the fact that other marquee names like Robert Downey Jr., Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen are also missing from the list of attendees, the actor has been facing a barrage of online criticism, and you can check out just some of the reactions below.

The Chris Pratt being a Trump supporter and a homophobe thing breaks my heart. Just because he goes to church and stands by his Christian faith doesn’t mean he’s homophobic. He never said he supports the anti-lgbtq+. Like, people can’t even have religion anymore?

— Katsuki (@kloverjade) October 20, 2020

I highyl doubt chris pratt is republican, but if he is, there's literally 0 issue with that. Yet again twitter is so vitriolic that they'll label anyone outside or their hive mind collective as a fascist

— BruMan (@The_Real_Lorax) October 20, 2020

Wait. The nutjobs are cancelling Chris Pratt because he didn't go to a Joe Biden fundraiser?!?!? People seriously need to reevaluate themselves.

— elizagn (@elizagnnnn) October 20, 2020

https://twitter.com/ianmnoone/status/1318371195125964800

https://twitter.com/DaxGigandet/status/1318087927960920064

https://twitter.com/4WheelWorkOut/status/1318047368265134080

https://twitter.com/whatsername104/status/1318384355019030532

https://twitter.com/TexasLibertas/status/1318041103606702080

https://twitter.com/ThatUmbrella/status/1318272083995074564

https://twitter.com/desert_starr_57/status/1318207640107974658

https://twitter.com/rodrigoswifts/status/1318053533795713024

https://twitter.com/amaditalks/status/1318248202009706507

https://twitter.com/CashelMj/status/1318199768292552707

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https://twitter.com/throwinfax/status/1318222928995966976

https://twitter.com/TCR901/status/1318140544174845953

https://twitter.com/jolie_mahr/status/1318182193261326337

https://twitter.com/Sindy_Cent/status/1317993813743456256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1317993813743456256%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3%2Ccontainerclick_0&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Ftwitter-cancel-culture-targets-chris-pratt-radiates-homophobic-white-christian-supremacist-energy

https://twitter.com/Platonictrash/status/1317990602974396416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1317990602974396416%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3%2Ccontainerclick_1&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Ftwitter-cancel-culture-targets-chris-pratt-radiates-homophobic-white-christian-supremacist-energy

https://twitter.com/thouartvandelay/status/1318004279429394432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1318004279429394432%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3%2Ccontainerclick_0&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Ftwitter-cancel-culture-targets-chris-pratt-radiates-homophobic-white-christian-supremacist-energy

https://twitter.com/Waddedmoose/status/1318428669635854336

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https://twitter.com/Thfcm__/status/1318456052334039040

https://twitter.com/taradublinrocks/status/1318038277262245889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1318038277262245889%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3%2Ccontainerclick_1&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Ftwitter-cancel-culture-targets-chris-pratt-radiates-homophobic-white-christian-supremacist-energy

https://twitter.com/vibesexualsimi/status/1317906984641941505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1317906984641941505%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3%2Ccontainerclick_0&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Ftwitter-cancel-culture-targets-chris-pratt-radiates-homophobic-white-christian-supremacist-energy

The 41 year-old has been a regular target for the Twitter mob in the past, of course, most recently due to a social media post promoting his Pixar movie Onward that didn’t go down too well. Whatever you make of his personal beliefs, though, it seems like a bit of a stretch to start calling him out just because he isn’t taking part in tonight’s fundraiser, and you can guarantee that nobody will be levelling similar claims at Robert Downey Jr.