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More Videos Eastwood uses empty chair as prop at RNC Story highlights Actor and director Clint Eastwood uses humor, satire to deride Obama's performance Veteran actor addressed an empty chair in a speech that left some on Twitter baffled Eastwood, a longtime Republican, said it's time to give Mitt Romney a shot at presidency.

Actor and director Clint Eastwood made the day of the GOP faithful at the Republican National Convention when he gave a surprise speech Thursday night in which he laid out what he sees as the good, the bad and the ugly state of American political affairs. And he did it all while addressing an "invisible" President Barack Obama sitting in an empty chair.

Eastwood , who played the iconic tough guy character "Dirty Harry" during his long career in Hollywood, fired up the party base when he said he cried when Obama was elected and cried even harder years later when millions were out of work.

At times, Eastwood sent the crowd into laughing fits when he pretended Obama was offering colorful objections. Eastwood tells RNC to 'make his day' Clint Eastwood throat-slice move at RNC Jon Voight's reaction to Clint Eastwood Kind of a grin with a body behind it The RNC had left room for a "mystery guest" on its Thursday schedule and announced Thursday that Eastwood would speak.

Late Thursday afternoon, Eastwood walked through the convention floor for a brief rundown of the night's events. Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Good Subscriber Account active since Shortcuts. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.

Log out. US Markets Loading H M S In the news. Meryl Gottlieb. Sign up for notifications from Insider! By Reuters Staff. Social media users are sharing a fictitious quote falsely attributed to actor and director Clint Eastwood that insults Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and says Eastwood voted against him.

A spokeswoman for Eastwood confirmed to Reuters that the quote has been falsely attributed to him, and that Eastwood has not endorsed either Biden or President Donald Trump in the Nov. Participating in a gun buyback program because you think criminals have too many guns is like having yourself castrated because you think your neighbors have too many kids. Regards, Clint.