Jim Gaffigan explains why a clean apolitical comedian like him went on a profane anti-Trump rant: "I had no choice"

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Gaffigan wrote in a Facebook post titled "What I've Learned Since I Lost My Mind" that his lengthy Twitter rant after President Trump spoke at the Republican National Convention "felt liberating." But he didn't think he had the power to sway voters. “So if I believe I won’t sway any voters, why speak out like I did?" he wrote. "Honestly, I feel I had no choice at this point. I think Trump is ruining and possibly has already ruined my country. … I feel a responsibility to coming generations, my children but selfishly I didn’t want to explain to my grandchildren that I didn’t fight to stop Trump. Maybe they will see that I stood up for decency, rule of law, and equality. That’s way more important to me than selling out an arena,” he said after calling the president “a great salesman.”