That’s no way to treat “the Gipper” — Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States.
Several theaters in New York City and much of the metro region didn’t screen the new film “Reagan,” about the conservative icon and actor, in what Republicans are alleging is an act of censorship by “liberal bias.”
The few theaters that did show the flick had limited screenings to once or twice a day.
“Ronald Reagan was one of the most successful presidents in history. They’re trying to censor his success,” said John McLaughlin, a Republican pollster who worked for a firm that conducted surveys for Reagan in the 1980s.
He suspected the limited distribution was over liberal fears that the movie about a popular Republican president — who won re-election in a landslide in 1984, carrying 49 of 50 states — would benefit Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.