![]() ![]() And the way I see it, theya€™re not going to quit doing it until they bring this country to its knees,' he told the crowd. Now I hate to point fingers at anybody, but the present administration probably had a lot to do with that. Lee Ermey said the insurance giant fired him from his commercial spot for speaking out against President Barack Obama, according to a report from TMZ. Geico fired me because I wasn't too kind about speaking about the present administration,' Ermey told TMZ.He said it's part of a bigger problem in Hollywood. Shortly afterward, he apologized for making the comments, but not before Geico decided to give him the boot. But in 2010, Ermey slammed the presidenta€™s policies, saying his administration was attempting to a€?impose socialisma€? on the American people and, in the process, was a€?destroying the country,a€? TMZ reports. Ermey played a former drill sergeant in the commercial, where he called a weeping man a a€?jackwagona€? before throwing a box of tissues at the man in a hilarious and popular commercial for Geico. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. ![]() Ermey, 68, came in for criticism after a political rant during a charity ball for Toys 4 Tots. R Lee Ermey, who played the iconic drill sergeant in 'Full Metal Jacket,' claims he was fired by Geico for his vocal opposition to the Obama Administration.A 'Gunny,' a retired US Marine, starred in a single commercial for the insurance company in 2010 in which he hilariously demonstrated why a former drill instructor makes a terrible psychiatrist. ![]()
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