“Jason, nothing personal.

“I understand you were following your laws and rules.

And if I hurt your feelings, I apologize.”

Ricky Schroder

Ricky Schroder.Phillip Faraone/Getty Images

“You’re going to listen to these people?

They’ve destroyed our economy.

They’re destroying our state.

And you’re just going to listen to their rules?”

But I want us all to be free,” he said.

“I want us all to go back to the way it was.

I don’t want this COVID reality they want, these COVID passports.

I just don’t want it.

And neither should you.”

Back in 2020,Yahoo reportedthat Schroder had helped bail out Illinois teen gunman Kyle Rittenhouse.

A representative for Schroder didn’t immediately respond toEW’s request for comment.