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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Chris Evans, the top politically stinking “Avenger” a few years ago, with wilted tweets about President Donald Trump and his Republican supporters.
But the actor of “Captain America” kept this presidential campaign relatively quiet. Instead, it needs to magnify the voice of elected officials.
Last month, Evans introduced an app and civic engagement called A Starting Point, which contains short videos of Republican and Democratic members of Congress and other American politicians who share their views on political issues.
With normal visits to the Capitol, Evans built the site in two years along with tech entrepreneur Joe Kiani and actor and producer Mark Kassen, an old friend. They expect it long after the November election.
“This was born from the same explanation for why I do what I do on Twitter. You have to check to help. You have to check to use the platform you got the right way,” Evans said. “And it gave the impression that I could throw out the wider network, because it suppressed my non-public policy and simply tried to provide data to other people who wanted to participate.”
The site is divided into 3 segments. One includes 3 Republicans and 3 Democrats who answer questions about general long-term issues such as immigration, climate change, student debt, and manipulation. The timing allows politicians to download solo messages about existing issues, such as Trump’s executive orders or the TikTok ban. And a segment of “counterpoints” highlights the heated inter-party debates: do schools deserve to reopen the pandemic? Should the government demand the vote by mail?
The goal is to educate, not defend, says Evans. It is built without incentive to extremes. There are no view counters, “Like” or “Dislike” buttons, or comment segment. Videos in the “Starting Points” segment are verified through an external group.
“The explanation for why making this site is to combat the proliferation of erroneous data,” Evans said in an interview from his home in Boston. “Much of the misguided data comes from the Americans who created those platforms and extracts data from sales options and creates a narrative. And that’s a lot of guesswork. And one hopes that the elected officials inside are the ones who are looking to get over that.
Evans, whose uncle served in Congress as a Democrat for a decade that ended last year, says he and Kassen had to do everything they could to convince Republicans to participate. The 39-year-old actor, an extremely cheerful liberal at the start of Trump’s tenure, called the president a “Biff” and a “meatball.”
Kassen said Evans’ reputation had left the duo with “a hill to climb” when the duo visited the Capitol offices to provide their vision of an impartial online location: “Our hard paintings and charm allowed us to continue. But, of course, there’s a lot of prejudice against us for that.
Evans says he is pleased to see Republicans upload more “daily dots” videos to the site than Democrats in recent weeks.
As he prepares to potentially film a Netflix spy movie in January, the self-proclaimed “news junkie” says he has temporarily interrupted the presidential crusade at a starting point. Your social media is usually benign in those days.
“It’s a measure of power. How can you be the best, the most useful?” said Evans. “This site I find that it can have a broader effect than anything I can do on my individual Twitter.”
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