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Actor and comedian Seth Rogen spoke for millions of Americans when he ascended the stage alongside Edward Norton earlier this month at the Breakthrough Prize Ceremony and delivered a pointed jab at President Trump.

Rogen criticized the tech titans in attendance for supporting Trump whom he accused of destroying science.

“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science,” Rogen reportedly said in the since-cut remark. “It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr., very fast.”

Rogen and Norton were presenting the Special Breakthrough Prize in Physics to Gerardus’t Hooft, a Dutch theoretic physicist and Nobel-winner who has spent his career in quantum field theory.

The remark was edited out of the official YouTube video of the event but it managed to spark widespread discussion anyway among viewers and supporters of Rogen’s comment.

The Breakthrough Prize ceremony is an event co-founded by tech giants like Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin, and Yuri Milner to honor significant scientific achievements.

The point Rogen was making is that the Trump administration is moving to reshape federal science policy, specifically through budget........

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