It’s an election year, and Rosie O’Donnell is not staying quiet about what’s at stake when Americans head to the polls and see one-term, twice-impeached, quadruply-indicted ex-president Donald Trump‘s name on the ballot again.
In a recent appearance on Chris Cuomo‘s NewsNation show, the actress, activist, and icon firmly stated that “democracy is on trial.”
“I think [Trump is] the worst thing that’s ever happened to the United States and his cruelty knows no bounds,” she explained. “And when he’s upset and humiliated, he has no control and goes apesh*t.”
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If there’s anyone who’s been sounding the warning sirens, it’s certainly O’Donnell, whose feud with the former president far predates his time in office.
In case you forgot, Trump went on a press tour bashing the funny lady in 2006 after she criticized then-Miss USA Tara Conner on The View. Apparently, when O’Donnell’s fellow co-host Barbara Walters tried to talk the orange man down, he said Walters called O’Donnell “a pig” that would be fired leading to Rosie’s eventual exit from the program. (Walters later denied Trump’s accusations.)
Of course, Trump later recycled the verbiage at his first-ever presidential debate, calling O’Donnell a “fat pig,” unprovoked. It was these types of attacks –– which Rosie called “not just an attack on me but on all women he doesn’t deem worthy” –– that inspired the 62-year-old to fight back.
“He’s the kind of person that is a grifter,” she told Cuomo. “And he is an evangelical preacher to people who believe that Celebrity Apprentice was true. And Celebrity Apprentice was not true.”
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Furthermore, she intimated that partial blame for Trump’s rise lies with Apprentice producer Mark Burnett, who has “tapes of [Trump] calling people every racist word in the world [and] telling women to get down on their knees.”
Moving into the election, O’Donnell hopes more people will see the former reality star for whom he really is.
She expounded on the sentiment via TikTok, telling her 2.3 million followers, “I feel very strongly that people know the truth about Donald Trump … He represents the worst parts of human nature: misogyny, racism, elitism, white supremacy.”
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According to O’Donnell, Trump’s involvement in the overturning of Roe v. Wade –– not to mention his flip-flopping stances on abortion –– stand firmly against “the Founding Fathers’ values.”
“It’s surprising that we’re not in the street, ladies,” she said. “That we haven’t called a national ban on working for all women in light of this bullsh*t, Roe v. Wade overturning.”
It’s particularly fitting that the comedian’s TikTok bio proudly states, “Save democracy.” Since joining the platform, O’Donnell has amassed a new generation of followers with charming glimpses into family life and the occasional political rambling.
At this year’s Queerties, she was even nominated for Best TikToker and honored with the Icon Award for her impactful career in entertainment, and now, activism.
In her acceptance speech, O’Donnell shared a heartwarming story about her nonbinary child Clay’s coming out, and how being their mom inspired her.
“My 11-year-old is teaching me how to be a more fully alive queer person,” she said. “How to be the PFLAG mother that I wished I had, how to be the person that will stand up forever and fight for your nonbinary, autistic child who’s trying to fit in, in a world that wasn’t made for them.”
And as O’Donnell reminded us in her TikTok, that fight starts at the voting booth.
“Women, vote for yourself, vote for your children, vote for your mothers, vote for your grandmothers,” she said. “And husbands, vote for your sisters, vote for your aunts, your moms, your daughters. There’s no way that white men get to decide what women can do with their bodies in America in 2024.”
CornPopBadDude
Meanwhile, we have repeatedly heard Joe Biden’s uncle was eaten by cannibals.
NOT!!!
abfab
No…that’s your pastime, Baron Corn Hole JoJo.
still_onthemark
Repeatedly?
SoPluckyWhat
Just because you need to reread the same article multiple times to understand it, does not mean repeatedly.
dbmcvey
Barren, the name change didn’t make you better.
Fahd
Understanding what makes the Count of Monte Crisco tick doesn’t make the hurt he inflicts less painful.
Since Rosie is such a formidable TikTok presence, I wonder what her views are on the U.S. Congress trying to force TikTok to sell to a U.S. owner or have TikTok be banned in the U.S. ? No one wants the Chinese government to be collecting data on the many million of U.S. TikTok users, but what about free speech if TikTok is banned. And of course there’s always VPNs for the determined. And forcing the Chinese owners to sell TikTok in the U.S. is such a “Chinese government move”….
Openminded
You are so right about the TikTok issue. Banning or forcing a sale is exactly something you would expect the Chinese Gov’t to do. Maybe the root of the problem is that too many people now see social media as one of the biggest necessities in their life and the thought of canceling, throttling or controlling it is a sin against mankind to them. It’s scary to consider what all China is likely doing with the info gleaned from monitoring American’s on Tiktok.
abfab
Kids. China has been living in the USA for many decades. Just waking up, or just paranoid?
Fahd
The Republicans attached the sale or ban TikTok legislation to the new Ukraine/Israel/Gaza foreign aid bills that Speaker Johnson has agreed to ferry through – of course, with Democratic help, the House of Representatives this week/weekend. The Senator in charge- I forgot her name – has said the Senate will support this version of the TikTok legislation, and Biden has said he will sign if passed. Probably shouldn’t have raised the issue here; if I suddenly stop commenting here, you all know what happened.
still_onthemark
Right. TikTok uses “info” to sell stuff, and how is that a national security issue?
dbmcvey
Does she have to have an opinion on that?
I think it’s a good idea to make TikTok sell. I also think it’s a good idea to keep kids off social media until they’re older.
abfab
Good luck with that.
CornPopBadDude
@SoPluckyWhat
When someone tells a story more than once, they’ve repeated the story. Not too difficult.
LumpyPillows
TikTok is toxic. I won’t miss it if it goes.
Openminded
Hey Rosie, just like not all Lesbians are bad people, not all “white men” are bad people either. I can gladly support women’s rights but don’t stomp on me while you try to shine light on your cause.
SoPluckyWhat
HUH?
dbmcvey
What are you on about?
Kangol2
You sound triggered. By what, though?
Stefano
She better get ready to leave the country soon when Trump is re-elected.
abfab
Inspiring.
Chrisk
Why are you so sure of that? Rightwing Echo chamber..
MISTERJETT
…………and then you wake up from the dream.