Dennis Quaid speaks at Coachella Trump rally, says 'It's time to choose a side'

“Reagan” movie star Dennis Quaid rallied for former President Trump in Coachella, California, on Saturday, addressing a crowd in the deep blue state that was once Vice President Harris' turf.

“God bless you. God bless America. I am here today to tell you that it is time to choose a side,” Quaid said on stage. “Will we be a nation that stands up for the Constitution? Or for TikTok? Will we be a nation of law and order? Or wide open borders? What is that? Because it’s time to choose a side.”

Speaking in the desert city east of Los Angeles known for its eponymous annual music festival, Quaid said he played President Ronald Reagan, his “favorite president of the 20th century,” in the 2024 biopic. The actor drew parallels between the political landscape when Reagan was first elected and the present.

“It's amazing that the themes of the 1980 election are very similar to those of today,” he said, recalling record-high inflation at the time and the Iranian hostages.

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Dennis Quaid speaks at a campaign rally for Donald Trump at Calhoun Ranch on Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Coachella, California. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

“We were a nation in decline. That's what they told us. Ronald Reagan came along and said, No, we are not a nation in decline. We're going there. And we followed him,” Quaid said, pointing upwards. “The same goes for Trump, for President Trump. My favorite president of the 21st century.”

The actor said that when he voted for Reagan decades ago, he went home to his then-roommate in Los Angeles, who asked him who he voted for and told Quaid, “You're kicked out of the hippies.” “

“I'm going to ask you a question that Reagan asked America back then, and I think it's the question that got him elected. “Are you doing better than you were four years ago?” said Quaid.

Dennis Quaid leaves after speaking at a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump at Calhoun Ranch in Coachella, California, on Saturday, October 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

“Four years ago, under President Trump, we had energy,” he said. “We were an energy independent nation. We had cheap gas. We actually exported oil to our allies and friends. Today Putin is making money hand over fist by selling oil to finance his Soviet-style comeback war.” He did it with Ukraine, and while we're here shutting down our pipelines and capping our wells and Saudi Arabia and Begging Venezuela to please sell us some oil, we're a little short right now. ”

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When Trump left office, Quaid said, inflation was low and there was “peace in the Middle East.” The actor also said Trump was negotiating a withdrawal from Afghanistan with “honor and order,” recalling how the Republican former president said he threatened a Taliban leader with a satellite image of his home.

Dennis Quaid speaks at a campaign rally for former President Trump at Calhoun Ranch on Saturday, October 12, 2024, in Coachella, California. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)

“Iran was bankrupt,” Quaid continued. “They couldn’t give weapons to Hamas and Hezbollah. And look at where we are today. We basically financed this war. Four years ago we had a secure border. We were on our way to doing even more and having a wall. That is what makes a nation. … But I think it’s like a voter ID card that for some reason you don’t need in this country.”

The actor concluded with a personal story about his housekeeper Josie, who he said was in the United States illegally for more than a decade using her sister's ID. When Trump was elected in 2016, Quaid said the housekeeper from Mexico was “afraid she would be sent back to her country.”

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“I told her, ‘Josie, no, that’s not you. That's not what he's talking about. He wants people to come here the right way, I will be your sponsor,'” he said. “And so we started it. Right now she has her green card today and she really wants to get her citizenship before then so she can vote for Donald Trump.”

“Like I said, folks, it’s time to pick a side. Who will you choose? God bless you,” Quaid added.