Actor Dean Cain of “Lois and Clark” fame is trending on Twitter Thursday night after doing a Fox News segment with Ainsley Earhardt in which he said that today, Superman wouldn’t even be able to say, “truth, justice, and the American way.” He’s got a point — you might recall way back in 2006 when “Superman Returns” was released that a character asked if Superman still stood for “truth, justice, and all that stuff.” Maybe that was just changed to appeal to the international market, or maybe not.
Dean Cain: "I promise you, as Superman, I wouldn't today be allowed to say 'truth, justice, and the American way.'"
Ainsley Earhardt: "Oh my gosh. You're right. You're absolutely right." pic.twitter.com/S7o7Zvq6Vs
— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) July 2, 2020
For some reason, CNN’s Jake Tapper decided to add some really out-of-the-blue context to Cain’s appearance on Fox News:
Note: on Feb 27 — which is when a source told the NYT the presidential daily brief warned of Russians paying bounty to the Taliban for dead American servicemembers — POTUS spent 45 minutes meeting with Dean Cain and others involved in a play based on the Strzok-Page texts… https://t.co/pLrF7bm9Ac
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 2, 2020
Thanks so much for that helpful note, Tapper. Did you happen to have Adam Schiff on your show this afternoon, speaking of sources?
Ethan Van Sciver, a comic book artist who’s worked with both DC and Marvel Comics, went to the U.S. Code to prove that, yes, Superman, though an alien, would be considered an American citizen:
Is Dean Cain aware that Superman is not even American? https://t.co/HgiL34cdZZ
— David Weissman (@davidmweissman) July 2, 2020
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Are you aware that you're completely wrong, you idiot?
“A child of unknown parents is conclusively presumed to be a U.S. citizen if found in the United States when under 5 years of age, unless foreign birth is established before the child reaches age 21.” Nationality Act of 1940 https://t.co/M43VSqLppW— ComicArtistPro Secrets (@EthanVanSciver) July 2, 2020
— Matt Sisco (@MattSisco11) July 2, 2020
— Aaron G (@adguerr) July 2, 2020
Exactly. Kal-El, as an adopted orphan, has US citizenship.
He just can't become president of the united states, because he wasn't born in the US and arrived as illegal alien before he was adopted.?— David大卫 Lanzendörfer (@leviathanch) July 2, 2020
Damn EVS…you’re going to make their mascara run…
— Demonic Ash (@DemonicAsh) July 2, 2020
Ya know Ethan, I think you're really into the weeds here.
— C. Robin (@CRobin69549676) July 2, 2020
Superman recently, as a stunt, RENOUNCED his American Citizenship.
How would he be able to do that if he wasn't a citizen?
— ComicArtistPro Secrets (@EthanVanSciver) July 2, 2020
They're bringing Immigration law into Superman comics now?
— Lord JayBamaFan (@jayBamaFan1) July 2, 2020
That's right. To OWN Dean Cain.
— ComicArtistPro Secrets (@EthanVanSciver) July 2, 2020
This editor’s so old, he owned a copy of “Superman” in which an IRS agent went after him for not paying taxes, so he squeezed a bunch of coal into diamonds to pay them. If being hassled by the IRS isn’t American, what is?
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Hot take: We have to have a much-needed conversation about superheroes, who are basically cops in capes https://t.co/BjnXxcfgh8
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 1, 2020
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