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22. Robert Duvall - "The Godfather" and "The Judge" star Robert Duvall backed Mitt Romney in 2012 and narrated a video for the Republican National Convention in 2008. He also raised $800,000 for Romney and appeared on stage with Sarah Palin and John McCain at a New Mexico rally.
23. Gene Simmons - "Kiss" rocker Gene Simmons publicly supported Mitt Romney in 2012.
"The 1 percent provides all the jobs for everybody else. If the one percent didn?t exist, there would be chaos and the American economy would drop dead. I don?t remember the last poor person who gave me a job," he told The San Diego Union-Tribune in a July 2014 interview.
He's also said of Obama, "I think that our president is not being a leader."
24. Dwayne Johnson - Wrestling and acting star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson performed at the 2000 Republican Convention, expressed admiration for President Reagan, and said he hopes for a political career when his acting days are done.
25. LL Cool J - Rapper LL Cool J backed former GOP New York Gov. George Pataki in 2002 and attended the Republican Convention in 2004, where he supported Sen. John McCain.
26. Arnold Schwarzenegger - "Terminator" star and Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger served two terms as the governor of California. Describing himself as a fiscal conservative and a social moderate, his pro-choice abortion stance and support for gun control and stem cell research made some conservatives uncomfortable with the GOP governor.
27. Sylvester Stallone - "Rambo" and "Rocky" franchise star Sylvester Stallone has long been regarded as a hardcore conservative, announcing his support for McCain in 2008. He's a registered Republican, although his strong advocacy for gun control earned him a place on the NRA's "enemy list."
28. Pat Boone - Longtime singer and one-time teen idol Pat Boone, well known as a conservative Christian, has called Obama a "Marxist" and insists that the president is a Kenyan-born Muslim. He campaigned for Ronald Reagan and recorded voter drive messages for McCain in 2008. In 2011, Boone received a lifetime achievement award from the Conservative Political Action Conference.
29. James Caan - "The Godfather" star James Caan told Fox News in 2010, "I'm an ultra conservative. I'm not a GD Hollywood liberal. I'm not." He has said he is a fan of Fox News and only watches Bill O'Reilly. He once told Larry King, "I am, at the present time . . . a conservative."
30. Susan Lucci - "All My Children" soap star Susan Lucci is one of Hollywood's outspoken conservatives. A registered Republican, Lucci held fundraising events for New York City GOP Mayor Rudy Giuliani. However, she also is a converted supporter of LGBT rights, since her daughter, Bianca, came out as gay in 2000.
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