Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., recalled backing state subsidies to attract movie productions and said President Donald Trump's policy could bring economic activity, as Rep. Nancy Pelosi told Fox News Digital she welcomes the president to the table.
EXCLUSIVE: President Donald Trump has gained several unlikely allies, including the man who led his first impeachment trial, in a major push to bring motion picture production back to California from other countries.
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who represented studio-heavy Burbank in Congress, was joined by Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in echoing support for Trump’s federal tax incentive plan to draw major film projects back to where it began.
"We’ve been promoting that for a long time. I’m glad he finally arrived at it," Pelosi told Fox News Digital when asked about the plan on the Capitol grounds.
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President Donald Trump has found an unlikely ally in his push for incentives to bring back the film industry to Hollywood: Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. (Fox News)
Schiff tweeted earlier this week that he is "in strong agreement with the president."
The Democrat, who has accused Trump of colluding with Moscow to win the election and whom the president has responded to by calling him "pencil-neck," said it is time for Republicans and Democrats to "work together… get this done and bring the movie magic back to America."
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Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a rally opposing House Republicans Tax Proposal prior to the final House Vote on Capitol Hill on May 21, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Families Over Billionaires)
"Congress should immediately take up and pass a federal film tax incentive to bring back these good-paying jobs that we've lost to other countries."
Omar told Fox News Digital a similar refrain, adding that she has worked separately to attract film projects to Minneapolis.
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Donald Trump has a longtime friend in actor Jon Voight, who he appointed as a special ambassador to Hollywood in 2025. (Mandel Ngan)
She referenced "Fargo," the 1996 Coen Brothers comedy starring William H. Macy as an example of Minnesota’s ability to host large projects. The "Mighty Ducks" series starring Emilio Estevez and Joshua Jackson also filmed heavily in the Twin Cities during its 1990s run.
