Actor Bradley Whitford, known in part for his role in “The Handmaid’s Tale,” has issued a public plea for Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to speak out against President Donald Trump.

The 65-year-old actor spoke with Variety about his turmoil, including his opinion that the United States is turning into the fictional world of Gilead under the Trump administration. “It’s interesting,” he told the outlet in an interview published Tuesday. “Especially when you look at all the people who I’ve worked for over the years lined up at the Trump inauguration, staying silent while their daughters’ rights are being torn away.”

“The Handmaid’s Tale,” based on the Margaret Atwood book of the same title, is a dystopian drama set in the totalitarian society of Gilead, where women lose their rights and are forced into being used for reproductive purposes. The story follows June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) as she leads the women fighting for freedom.

“You know, misogyny is at the reptilian brain stem of these right-wing Christian white nationalists. It’s punitive. And, man, I’m pissed at all the people I work for. Like, ‘F***ING. SPEAK. UP,’” he added.

“I mean, if you run Disney, which I guess I work for now, I’ve sat through, ‘We really care for you and want to make sure you have access to health care.’ Speak the f*** up!” Whitford yelled during the interview, the outlet noted. “And Jeff Bezos, f***ing speak up!”

He went on to reference a drama he worked on for Amazon about a trans-identifying man who begins dressing like a woman.

“I don’t want to be a punk attacking, but I would really like to ask Jeff Bezos — who, when I worked on ‘Transparent,’ was talking about the importance of supporting this vulnerable community who has been turned into a political football — ‘What the hell is happening here?!’”

“A year ago, there were 65,000 pregnant rape victims without access to abortion care,” Whitford claimed. “Now it’s way up from that. This is not a drill. It’s not a story. This is happening. Margaret Atwood said that she almost scrapped the book a couple of times because it seemed too far-fetched. Turns out Margaret Atwood’s an optimist.”

Later in the interview, the actor again expressed disdain at the current administration. “We feel this despair because we feel we have no agency over what’s happening to us in this country. And June is a reminder that your agency will not be given to you: You need to fight for it. It’s part of what’s so wonderful about that character — she’s prodding people to embrace the power that they have.”

“I don’t care how political I sound,” Whitford continued. “I wish f***ing Jeff Bezos would sound a little f***king political. Speak the f*** up.”

There were several negative reactions to the actor’s statements on X. 

“Shut up. The election proved no one cares what celebrities have to say about politics,” one person replied. 

“Zero peoples’s daughters’ rights are being torn away,” another agreed. “Unless you count the people whose daughters are being excluded from female sports because they’ve let cross-dressing men take their place. But I have a hunch he’s not concerned about that issue.”

“The only reason people like Whitford talk about abortion is because they believe abortion is the only right women should be allowed,” another person noted. “Women should have no other sex-based standing in sport, law, policy, medicine, or language because it might make a dude in a dress sad.”

“I swear these people like being persecuted,” another commenter wrote.