Longtime LGBTQ ally Susan Sarandon has been having a tough couple of days on Twitter.
To understand the situation, we need to travel back in time to the year 2016 when Sarandon, while campaigning for Bernie Sanders, went on MSNBC to say she wasn’t sure if she could ever bring herself to vote for Hillary Clinton then suggested she might cast her ballot for Donald Trump instead.
“You know, some people feel that Donald Trump will bring the revolution immediately,” she said. “If he gets in, then things will really explode.”
Well, things certainly exploded. Unfortunately, not in the way Sarandon, who is worth an estimated $60 million, suggested they might. The revolution didn’t come. Instead, the United States ended up with the most hateful, most divisive, most antigay, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, anti-just-about-everything administration in modern history.
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The country also ended up with not one, not two, but three right-wing Supreme Court Justices with extremely conservative leanings who are now poised to be the deciding votes in whether to overturn Roe v Wade. While the court’s final ruling isn’t expected until June, the general consensus after the oral arguments this week is that the constitutional right to an abortion will be stripped away by next summer.
Now, many on Twitter are turning their ire toward Sarandon, saying she used her platform as a celebrity to poison people’s minds in 2016 and help pave the way for Donald Trump’s presidency…
Susan Sarandon is trending because Susan Sarandon is an over-privileged karen who read too much Marx and helped lead the Bernie cult that tore down HRC and gave us Trump. Fuck her.
— Jim Stewartson, Antifascist, #RIPQ ?????? (@jimstewartson) December 2, 2021
Are we doing “fuck you Susan Sarandon?”
Why didn’t y’all tell me?
I love saying “fuck you, Susan Sarandon!”
Remember when I made this? pic.twitter.com/G4C1DMptkM
— THEE Aggressively Black Bianca (@TheeKHiveQueenB) December 2, 2021
and is this “susan sarandon” in the room with us now?
— ben e (@jeanpierreload) December 1, 2021
I woke up to see Susan Sarandon trending. Did she finally apologize for repeatedly saying Hillary Clinton was far more dangerous than Trump, now that women are losing their reproductive rights?
— Victoria Brownworth ?? (@VABVOX) December 2, 2021
Keep thinking this fucking crackling wheeze when I exhale is gone for good, and then the shit comes back. I will never forgive Susan Sarandon for this shit.
— Emergency Pants (@zwnyc) December 3, 2021
Others don’t agree…
If Susan Sarandon is single handedly responsible for the outcome of all elections how did Jill Stein and Bernie Sanders not win
— Fairy Gothmother, MD (@jenny2x4) December 3, 2021
Imagine being so propagandized by a political party that you blame the country’s problems on Susan Sarandon instead of your worthless fucking party that controls the entire government right now.
— Ryan Knight ? (@ProudSocialist) December 2, 2021
The biggest lumps of turd on here are white, male blue checks who have unhinged hissy fits about Susan Sarandon every time abortion is on the table bc they believe in their heart of hearts that they’re feminists while giving 0 fucks about policies that actually uplift all women.
— Clever Pseudonym (@minimoogles) December 3, 2021
The people blaming Susan Sarandon for Trump's win in 2016, need to have their brains examined. 1st of all that's mathematically impossible. 2nd of all She's just one woman. If she had that much power, Bernie would have won.
— Pepper Oceanna Lewis (@PepperOceanna) December 2, 2021
You can always tell when democrats do something extra shitty or allow something extra shitty to happen because susan sarandon immediately starts trending on twitter
— Gallifreyan Jedi (@JediofGallifrey) December 2, 2021
Then there are those who are pointing out the absurdity in blaming a 75-year-old actress for abortion rights being gutted…
All I’m saying is if you can’t win an election without Susan Sarandon then you better start listening to Susan Sarandon. pic.twitter.com/9dS10gjGSh
— Dr. Peacelove 2024 ? (@DrPeacelove) December 2, 2021
Everyone’s just mad at Susan Sarandon because she’s cool and hot
— Mr. Chau (@Srirachachau) December 1, 2021
Susan Sarandon would have won.
— ?? ???? (@benigma2017) December 3, 2021
Ffs! Everyday day I wake up to the same argument. Will Susan Sarandon just give us universal health care already?!
— Thia is with … ????? (@ThiaBallerina) December 3, 2021
A still from the documentary "The Witches of Eastwick," which follows Susan Sarandon's mastery of dark magic. In this scene she casts a spell on the Dems, which renders them powerless, transforms Hillary into a bad candidate & makes herself controller of the universe. pic.twitter.com/kV6Hr95Hvt
— Katie Halper (@kthalps) December 2, 2021
In 2020, Sarandon teamed up with Pete Buttigieg and the band Tenacious D, plus several other celebrities, to record a socially distanced get out the vote video for Democrats set to “Time Warp” from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Bosch
Dammit, Janet!
But seriously, zero Trump voters are Trump voters because of Sarandon.
Billy12345
In order for the Left to win elections, the Left must have all of their constituency voting. In 2016 a segment of the Left bailed on support the Left candidate. Thus the Right ascended and gave us 3 Court appointments.
Ronbo
@Billy
So true! Which is why the winner of the primary should not have spit in our faces after winning the primary by immediately vowing, “single-payer will never come to pass.”
Don’t insult the 80% of people who you need to vote for you
alexpof
most people really need to get a life, I will never understand that waste of time and energy looking every day to get mad at anything or anybody that cross thier mind
Ronbo
“Well, things certainly exploded. Unfortunately, not in the way Sarandon, who is worth an estimated $60 million, suggested they might.” What suggestion?
Sarandon was quite accurate and things did explode. Most of us, including Sarandon, agree that tRump becoming president was an explosion. Trying to prevent it was heroic.
Ronbo
Is this sponsored by the DNC to encourage us to not vote in the primary?
Cam
You were already exposed as another screename of the right wing troll account. But it’s cute that you keep trying.
marshal phillips
Hey Ronbo: who are you sponsored by?
Ronbo
I admit it; I am Cam and I’m writing a book: “How to be a perfect Cam”. The editors refused the original “How to be a perfect A**hole”
Who was I exposed as… and who else am I?
Are you both paranoid and delusional? Is everyone someone else? Silly Cam, lies are for Republicans.
Cam
@Ronbo
Translation: The troll account has another screename exposed, and scrambles, deflects and lashes out.
Your troll game is sad and weak.
Billy12345
The DNC wants all to vote. That is well established.
Donald Trump and Lin Wood and others have mandated that Republican voters should not vote or not vote Republican.
I concur: All GOP voters should stay home.
Ronbo
But Cam, I am you! You are me. Was it because our car broke down in the rain and we spent that night with that nice man Frank-N-Furter?
Ronbo
My point remains, primaries are part of the election process. It’s where voters are allowed to identify and vote FOR the candidates they support.
The vilification of voters who supported Sen. Sanders in the primary is repugnantly anti-democratic. This is the man who headlined 32 “Hillary for President’
DarkZephyr
Yeah I certainly wasn’t happy when Susan was claiming Hillary was more dangerous than Trump but I have long ago gotten over it. She is not single-handedly responsible for Trump.
Mack
No she’s not, but she added to the BernieBots who didn’t vote for Hillary giving Herr Trump the win and screwing up our Supreme Court. Which now will ban abortions and will eventually overturn Obergfell V Hodges.
SDR94103
hag.
jayceecook
The Witches of Eastwick tweet made me cackle. That was very clever.
Her comments on Hillary during that time were…a choice. Bad ones to say the least. Hillary was obviously not worse than Trump. She definitely wasn’t a great one. Anybody who thought Hillary was going to do to America what Trump did or worse seriously should not have been allowed to vote.
Blaming SS for Trump is extremely absurd to the point that it just becomes laughable. Then depressing because it just shows you once again how people won’t take responsibility for the things they allow to happen or are directly cause to happen. Trump didn’t win because SS said Hilary sucked. He won because an overwhelming number of idiots voted against their own best interests. They gave in to the brainwashing of conspiracy theorists. Which happens way too often.
Fahd
I get it; I’m still mad at Ralph Nadar (Ben & Jerry, too) for running in 2000, but blaming the fluke of Trump’s 2016 win on SS is a little over the top. She may be due a few “I told you so s”, but a hating frenzy isn’t going to change what’s happened. I think Hilary could have had a better campaign, too, Let’s just hope the Democrats can get it together for 2022 – there’s still a lot of work to do in a little bit of time.
Joshooeerr
It’s so easy to generate outrage to quotes like the one about Trump from Sarandon: just ensure there is no context and no nuance. If you watch or read the entire interview, she was clearly not advocating a vote for Trump.
Ronbo
GG refuses to do actual research. He falsely accused gay candidate, Alex Morse, of illegal sexual activity. Queerly apologized, GG didn’t.
Ronbo
The election of 2016 will forever be known as the year of None-of-the-Above.
As you know, tRump has always been an ass. But, few recall that team-Clinton pushed, passed and signed: DADT, DOMA, cuts to welfare and NAFTA. Hillary previously said “Marriage will ALWAYS be between one man and one woman.” And one can’t forget… Separate but Equalish… domestic partnerships. Gay bigotry’s greatest hits!
Openminded
Ronbo, it’s not limited to 2016. It’s becoming too normal to not have a candidate on either side that the vast majority of either party can really love to vote for. I don’t know if both parties are too splintered or if political office isn’t worth the trouble for truly decent people with good intentions to put up with it.
Ronbo
I loved voting for President Biden. You may recall that he went on Meet the Press way back in 2012 and gave voice for marriage equality before President Obama.
Biden is a good person with a good heart. From Stacey Abrams to Gavin Newsom to AOC and the entire “Squad”, we have good people doing good things. The problem, IMHO, is that we have a lot of DINOs AKA “moderates” and “centrists” and third-way neoliberals and establishment politicians driven by conservative corporate money.
Identity politics are a big part of the problem where slicing and dicing
Cam
@Ronbo and @openminded
It’s almost like you forget that both of these troll screenames were already exposed. But I do love how the right wing troll account is always so insecure that it brings on other screenames to support it’s original comment.
As always, your troll game is sad and weak.
Ronbo
@Cam. Your false personal attacks expose your M.O. is screaming “troll” to derail any conversation or discussion.
Do you scream “troll” when your mom tells you to brush your teeth? Maybe she isn’t your real mom; but a dentist fighting cavities.
(Some moms ARE dentists!)
Ronbo
@Cam. Your false personal attacks expose your M.O. is screaming “troll” to derail any conversation, discussion or presentation of fact.
Do you scream “troll” when your mom tells you to brush your teeth?
Openminded
Ronbo, Unlike Cam, I will respectfully disagree with your implying that moderate Dems are a big problem. As a Republican myself, I believe both parties need to do a better job of meeting in the middle which requires moderate thinking people. I’m openminded enough to step back and realize not all Republican stands on policy are correct and likewise not all Democrat stands on policy are correct. The only way we can actually have a true and fair democracy is to meet in the middle and for both sides to give a little and take a little. IMO, it’s the extreme polarization of Trumpets on the right and the AOC crowd on the left that has caused America to stall and begin it’s fall from mid air. But that’s just my opinion and as I started out, respectfully offered.
As for CAM, you are one sad person and I hate being a part of any group you are in, so much so, I’d almost turn in my card. Kiss your mama for me before you head down to the basement.
DuMaurier
Sarandon never remotely suggested she’d vote for Trump. That “bring on the revolution” comment, in context, was a hypothetical she didn’t even endorse; i.e., that Trump would be so horrible there would be a massive backlash in favor of true progressivism as opposed to corporate liberal centrism. Obviously Biden’s election doesn’t exactly support that hypothesis, but again, Sarandon didn’t endorse it (and it arguably did happen in pockets; i.e., with the election of AOC and the so-called “Squad”. But no, the U.S. doesn’t have revolutions)
Blaming Sarandon for Trump is just vapid social media nonsense. She doesn’t have that kind of influence.
jayceecook
“But no, the U.S. doesn’t have revolutions.”
That’s exactly why this country has been stuck in the same rut for decades. Addicted to the same two party system, election process, and more. If Americans recycled paper, plastic, metal, wood, etc like they do politicians the planet probably wouldn’t be on the brink of collapsing.
Openminded
Jaycee, I couldn’t agree more with you on this. At a minimum, I think we need to have an Independent Party Primary. If the General Election were between only 3- “parties”, I believe we would be much better off. IMO, both the left and the right have some great policies, likewise, I also believe both sides have some pretty lousy policies. I would hope an Independent could blend the good from both parties and provide results that are good for both sides. No, nobody would get everything they want, but something would be better than the nothing we have been getting from either side. We’ve had too many presidents unable to provide meaningful change because the opposing side blocks them and this goes for both parties.
ciasteczek
Oooh! so woke snowflekes are going after Sarandon this week. Far left is canceling their own. Why am i not supprised??
IvanPH
They’re not actually blaming Susan Sarandon for the election of Trump. However, Susan Sarandon has become a poster child of the Bernie or Bust movement. So she’s not the one being blamed but all the progressives who voted third party or didn’t vote at all in 2016.
Ronbo
Yes, Both of them!