Video: John Lithgow Recites Poem About the ‘Virus, Infecting the Health of the Nation’

Actor John Lithgow recited a poem lambasting the Trump administration Thursday, seemingly inspired by outgoing Labor Secretary Alex Acosta’s past legal deal with embattled billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Lithgow’s poem surfaced on Twitter Thursday. In it, he used Acosta – who has been at the center of the Epstein firestorm due to the plea deal he reached with the sex offender a decade ago – as a vehicle to bash the Trump administration and the “virus infecting the health of the nation” brought on by what the Pet Cemetery star says is “a toxic and foul combination of money, perversion, and power.”

Here is the poem’s transcript in its entirety:

Acosta announced his resignation Friday, explaining that the Epstein fallout was taking away from the good work of the Trump administration’s Labor Department.

“I do not think it is right and fair for this administration’s Labor Department to have Epstein as the focus, rather than the incredible economy,” he said. “My point here today is we have an amazing economy and the focus needs to be on the economy job creation.”

Acosta cut a deal with Epstein during his time as a U.S. attorney in Miami, but he reportedly told the Trump team that he was told to back off Epstein, because he (Epstein) “belonged to intelligence.”

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As the Daily Beast noted:

This is not the first time the Foot Loose actor has expressed disdain for the Trump administration. Lithgow recently participated in a surprise live-streamed play about the release of the Mueller report alongside left-wing celebrities Alyssa Milano, Mark Hamill, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sigourney Weaver, Wilson Cruz, Joel Grey, Annette Bening, and Kevin Kline.

Lithgow is currently starring in the Broadway play Hillary and Clinton, which is reportedly wrapping up production one month early due to low ticket sales.