By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-12-11 22:11:53 | Updated at 2024-12-22 17:09:26
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Actor Mel Gibson made an appearance at Mar-a-Lago Tuesday night and revealed what it would take for him to 'kill someone.'
Gibson, who was unofficially blacklisted by Hollywood after a 2006 anti-Semitic incident, appeared at the Champions For America Celebration Gala, put on by the group America's Future, which is currently led by Gen. Michael Flynn.
Video footage from the event shows Gibson at the podium talking about Flynn and his sister Mary O'Neill's efforts to combat human trafficking.
Gibson praised the siblings for 'exposing all these wolves in sheep's clothing that pray upon our young.'
'I've got nine kids. I don't know, if one of them got stolen or trafficked or something, I'd have to kill someone,' Gibson said.
The actor also said that President Joe Biden's administration represented 'thinly-veiled Marxism' and called the upcoming takeover by President-elect Donald Trump a 'four-year grace period.'
'The president’s got a big job on his hands to turn this place around. A lot of damage has been done and they continue to start fires, just like around my house,' Gibson said.
It's unclear if he meant the statement literally, but a number of celebrities have had to vacate properties around Malibu, California due to wildfires this week.
Actor Mel Gibson made an appearance at Mar-a-Lago Tuesday night and revealed what it would take to 'kill someone'
'I hope in the next four years we can get back some of that precious commodity that this country has. That commodity called freedom,' Gibson said. 'We'll see how much this administration can claw back from the philistines.'
More than 700 people joined the affair, which included an appearance by Trump, who stood alongside Kid Rock and Tucker Carlson - who like Gibson, were honored by the group.
Kid Rock and Carlson both received 'Champion for America' distinctions.
Tickets for the Mar-a-Lago fete cost between $3,800 and $5,000 the group's website said.
Actor Kevin Sorbo and his wife Sam Sorbo were among those on the host committee, as well as former CBS News journalist Lara Logan.
Flynn was Trump's first national security adviser, but resigned after a few weeks after news reports said he misled Vice President Mike Pence about conversations he had with a Russian diplomat.
He later twice pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators but later retracted the plea.
Flynn was pardoned by Trump at the end of his administration.
An unforgettable moment at the Champions For America Celebration Gala! 🇺🇸
Kid Rock accepted the Champion For Freedom award from General Michael Flynn and delivered an impassioned speech like only he can. His energy, passion, and unapologetic love for freedom electrified the… pic.twitter.com/j8nTiJ9bK1
America’s Future, Inc. was first formed in 1946 and was previously led by prominent conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly.
Flynn became chairman of the group in 2021 after his 2020 pardon.
There are heightened concerns about child trafficking on the MAGA right due to the rise of the QAnon conspiracy theory.
The conspiracy rose to prominence starting in 2017 with adherents believing that there's a cabal of cannibalistic child molesters running a sex trafficking ring and fear exposure by Trump.
QAnon believers have pushed that prominent Democratic politicians, Hollywood figures and top government and health officials are involved.
