Looks like the award ceremonies have become the new anti-Trump platform to slam the current president of US. After Meryl Streep's award-winning speech criticizing Donald Trump, it's Casey Affleck's turn now.

According to Variety, Ben Affleck's brother Casey Affleck won the won best lead actor at the at the Spirit Awards for his role in "Manchester by the Sea." Affleck took the podium and called out Trump administrations' as "abhorrent" policies.

Affleck was a little hesitant initially about including a political statement in a ceremony that didn't call for it. However, he soon changed his mind.

The actor admitted he feels like his kids don't listen to what their father has to say unless it's something he says on TV. The younger Affleck brother continued that the policies of this administration are abhorrent and he believes they won't last.

Casey Affleck, the humble man he is, was very self-conscious throughout the speech as he didn't want to come out as a preach.The actor stated that his political points might feel preachy and boring but he is only trying to lend his voice to the chorus.

Affleck continued with his statement even backstage as well. He wore a shirt printed with the word "love" in Arabic.

"There's a torrent of terrifying news that's coming out of Washington every day, so it's easy to feel like arts education might be less significant, but nothing could be further from the truth," Variety quoted Affleck. "We're only going to dig ourselves out of this hole if we start advocating for kids and all of our children, and be more inclusive."

It will be interesting to see if Donald Trump will react to Casey Affleck's comments like he did in the case of Meryl Streep. As previously reported by Latin Post, Trump called Streep an "overrated" actress after she chose to slam him during Golden Globes.

Streep pointed out the incident where Trump mocked a handicapped reporter about his disability. He further accused the actress of being a Hillary sympathizer.

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