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Sam Heughan News and Updates: Fans Lash Out at Caitriona Balfe's Leading Man for Trump Tweet

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Sam Heughan, one of the lead actors in the Starz period drama "Outlander," was recently under digital fire from his American fans due to a political post from his personal Twitter account. Heughan plays Jamie Fraser, a Scottish soldier who is entangled with the time-traveler Claire Randall. The show will soon to premier its fourth season.

In the concerned social media post, Heughan retweeted a link to an article posted by "The Scotsman," a Scottish newspaper and daily news website. The tweet itself featured an image of the "Trump Baby Blimp" that U.K. protestors had let fly during the American president's visit to the old colonial country.

Heughan's American fans reacted negatively to the actor's retweeting of the London protest against the American president. Certain fans expressed disappointment, stating that Heughan was spreading hate by retweeting the news article.

Others have expressed the concern that Heughan was attacking their president by tweeting about the protests.

A certain number have also judged Heughan's character as disrespectful and unkind due to the retweet.

There are also those who have expressed their disappointment at Heughan for being political on his personal Twitter account.

There are even others who say Sam Heughan's opinion is invalid due to the actor's Scottish nationality.

Heughan has replied to his disappointed fans by emphasizing that part of his job means he needs to be able to effectively emphatize, which in turn means that he needs to have an opinion. He ends his tweet with the hashtag “LoveAndRespect.”

While Heughan has defended his right to post his public opinion via his own personal Twitter account, this did not seem to allay any of the disappointment that was thrown at his social media account.

On the other end of the social media spectrum, some of Heughan's fans have also come out to support the actor's right to post about his political opinions on his personal Twitter account.

Some defended the rights of protestors against Trump in the U.K.

While Others sent messages of assurance to the Scottish celebrity.

Even beyond the whole ruckus that the retweet may have incited, Sam Heughan thanked his fans for interacting with him.

Sam Heughan is sure to return in "Outlander" Season 4, which is slated to air in the fall of 2018.

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