Susan Sarandon: Donald Trump Might Be Better Than Hillary Clinton
by Daniel Nussbaum29 Mar 20161,949
backer Susan Sarandon is not sure she could bring herself to vote for
Hillary Clinton if the Vermont senator fails to win the Democratic
Party’s nomination — and besides, she says, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump may be the better option over Clinton, anyway.
In an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on Monday, the 69-year-old Thelma and Louise star and avid Sanders campaigner said that independent voters and grassroots progressives may have trouble pulling the lever for Clinton in November.
“That’s a legitimate concern, because they’re very passionate and very principled,” Sarandon said of the possibility that Sanders supporters could simply walk away if Clinton becomes the nominee.
“[Clinton] doesn’t believe [in the things Sanders does],” she added. “She’s accepted money from all those people. She doesn’t even want to fight for a $15 minimum wage, so these are people that have not come out before, so why would we think they’re going to come out now, for her?”
“I think Bernie would probably encourage people to [support Hillary if he loses] because he doesn’t have any ego in this thing,” the actress conceded. “But I think a lot of people are, ‘sorry, I just can’t bring myself to [vote for Hillary].'”
When Hayes asked Sarandon how she would vote in a Trump-Clinton matchup, the actress replied: “I don’t know, I’m going to see what happens.”
“Really?” a surprised Hayes pressed.
“Really,” Sarandon replied. “You know, some people feel that Donald Trump will bring the revolution immediately. If he gets in then things will really explode. Some people feel that.”
“Don’t you think that’s dangerous?” Hayes asked.
“I think that what’s going on now — if you think it’s pragmatic to shore up the status quo right now, then you’re not in touch with the status quo,” she replied. “The status quo is not working, and I think it’s dangerous to think that we can continue the way we are, with the militarized police force, with privatized prisons, with the death penalty, with the low minimum wage, threats to women’s rights, and think that you can’t do something huge to turn that around, because the country is not in good shape. If you’re in the middle class, it’s disappearing.”
The actress called Americans’ relationship with status quo government representatives like Clinton a “bad relationship, and now we have to break up with the guy because we realize we’re worth it.”
“We have to stop prioritizing war,” she added. “And I don’t like the fact that she talks about Henry Kissinger as being her go-to guy, and the stuff that’s happened in Libya and other things, I don’t think is good.”
Sarandon was an early supporter of Sanders’ campaign, joining the group Artists for Bernie along with dozens of other actors, filmmakers and entertainment figures in September. In January, the actress appeared alongside Sanders at a rally in Iowa, where she sharply criticized Clinton over her vote to authorize the Iraq War.
“She’s had a job, but what has she done that we’re bragging about? How has she led?” Sarandon said then.
Last month, the actress made headlines when she forcefully defended her decision to support Sanders in a series of tweets.
“I don’t vote with my vagina,” she wrote in February. “It’s so insulting to women to think that you would follow a candidate JUST because she’s a woman.”
Read more...http://www.breitbart.“That’s a legitimate concern, because they’re very passionate and very principled,” Sarandon said of the possibility that Sanders supporters could simply walk away if Clinton becomes the nominee.
“[Clinton] doesn’t believe [in the things Sanders does],” she added. “She’s accepted money from all those people. She doesn’t even want to fight for a $15 minimum wage, so these are people that have not come out before, so why would we think they’re going to come out now, for her?”
“I think Bernie would probably encourage people to [support Hillary if he loses] because he doesn’t have any ego in this thing,” the actress conceded. “But I think a lot of people are, ‘sorry, I just can’t bring myself to [vote for Hillary].'”
When Hayes asked Sarandon how she would vote in a Trump-Clinton matchup, the actress replied: “I don’t know, I’m going to see what happens.”
“Really?” a surprised Hayes pressed.
“Really,” Sarandon replied. “You know, some people feel that Donald Trump will bring the revolution immediately. If he gets in then things will really explode. Some people feel that.”
“Don’t you think that’s dangerous?” Hayes asked.
“I think that what’s going on now — if you think it’s pragmatic to shore up the status quo right now, then you’re not in touch with the status quo,” she replied. “The status quo is not working, and I think it’s dangerous to think that we can continue the way we are, with the militarized police force, with privatized prisons, with the death penalty, with the low minimum wage, threats to women’s rights, and think that you can’t do something huge to turn that around, because the country is not in good shape. If you’re in the middle class, it’s disappearing.”
The actress called Americans’ relationship with status quo government representatives like Clinton a “bad relationship, and now we have to break up with the guy because we realize we’re worth it.”
“We have to stop prioritizing war,” she added. “And I don’t like the fact that she talks about Henry Kissinger as being her go-to guy, and the stuff that’s happened in Libya and other things, I don’t think is good.”
Sarandon was an early supporter of Sanders’ campaign, joining the group Artists for Bernie along with dozens of other actors, filmmakers and entertainment figures in September. In January, the actress appeared alongside Sanders at a rally in Iowa, where she sharply criticized Clinton over her vote to authorize the Iraq War.
“She’s had a job, but what has she done that we’re bragging about? How has she led?” Sarandon said then.
Last month, the actress made headlines when she forcefully defended her decision to support Sanders in a series of tweets.
“I don’t vote with my vagina,” she wrote in February. “It’s so insulting to women to think that you would follow a candidate JUST because she’s a woman.”
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Thomas Williams: And nobody perfect so I still like Donald Trump over Hillary, Bernie, Ted, and John, so what about you?
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David Dave Williams: We are living under the rule of an elitist thuggery. and a Main Stream Media that force feeds us lies constantly without being held accountable for their propaganda and b.s..,We are not being governed by representatives. We are being dictated to by tyrants who make up their own rules and only enforce the ones they feel like enforcing. Take back your country, Let's get out the Vote for Donald Trump.
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David Dave Williams: We are living under the rule of an elitist thuggery. and a Main Stream Media that force feeds us lies constantly without being held accountable for their propaganda and b.s..,We are not being governed by representatives. We are being dictated to by tyrants who make up their own rules and only enforce the ones they feel like enforcing. Take back your country, Let's get out the Vote for Donald Trump.
DemsEvileyes
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Susan is on a learning curve . She knows that Hillary is a rocky
horror show. She has felt some Bern and now THIS most recent comment!
Maybe she will finally decide that the Bern will be too TAXING and she
will finally arrive at a Trump rally...??
big b
DemsEvileyes
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2 days ago
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LOL!! I agree with her...um....kind of.
mutantbeast
big b
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2 days ago
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Not for the reasons she thinks. Shes an out -and -out commie whackjiob and a moose;limb apologist.
King Leonidas
mutantbeast
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2 days ago
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Ain't it the truth?
Piled High and Deep
King Leonidas
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There is still something wrong her for wanting a communist...
Jose Fernandez
Piled High and Deep
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2 days ago
She is sick out of mind. Total nut job. The status quo isn't working,
but she cites all the wrong reasons. She is part of the problem!
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