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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Is Now a Kavanaugh Accuser-Bashing Trump Troll (actress Kristy Swanson)
Daily Beast ^ | 10/02/2018 | Libby Torres

Posted on 10/03/2018 7:06:49 PM PDT by Drew68

Kristy Swanson, who originated the role of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the 1992 film, has made no secret of her distaste for ‘liberals’ and support of Brett Kavanaugh.

While a plethora of celebrities—Alyssa Milano, George Clooney, and Danny DeVito, to name a few—have made no secret of their support for Democrats and left-leaning political candidates, the right isn’t without its Hollywood supporters either.

Most recently, it’s Kanye West who’s been the most outspoken A-list supporter of Trump but Kristy Swanson, the actress famous for originating the role of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the eponymous 1992 film, seems poised to give West a run for his money in terms of passionate support for the right.

Swanson’s Twitter and Instagram accounts are a minefield of far-right-informed political hot takes—in a tweet from August 23, in the wake of the Mollie Tibbetts murder, she ponders, “Why do Liberals [sic] say calling someone an ‘Illegal Alien’ is racist and offensive?” In a previous tweet, Swanson wondered why people called her an “immigrant hater.”

A Twitter photo from a few days before her immigrant tweet shows Swanson proudly sporting a shirt with an image of an assault rifle on the front, the words “American Trigger Pullers” emblazoned underneath. And in an Instagram post from August, Swanson wears a shirt that says “Make America Not A Bunch of Whiny Bitches Again.” Her caption links back to the far-right apparel company American Trigger Pullers, who ostensibly designed her clever T-shirt.

Swanson’s cause célèbre, at least on social media, seems to be mocking the #MeToo movement, especially as it relates to politics. Memes posted on her Instagram— complete with cartoon characters wearing the ubiquitous pink pussy hats—lampoon the “not my president” logic of many feminist protests.

And Swanson frequently reposts or retweets actor turned far-right crusader James Woods. In one tweet of his that she posted to her Instagram, Woods bemoans the “#HowlingHarpies” continually disrupting the Kavanaugh hearings—a misogynistic epithet for feminist protestors, but one that Swanson seems glad is trending on Twitter.

Swanson mostly takes issue with the sexual-assault allegations currently being leveled at Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh by a number of women. She retweeted a protester present during the hearings, and asked “exactly what rights of ‘women’ would Kavanaugh be taking away?” if he was confirmed; meanwhile, a tweet from September 19 saw Swanson saying “Screw you, bitches” to the Women’s March Twitter page. In a tweet from August, Swanson stated, “Woman have ALL the power. We decide Everything, when to eat dinner, go to sleep, wake up, date, have sex, get married, when we will have babies, go to school, go to work & have careers, play sports, run for office & even for potus. What’s with the victim train? #WomenHaveItAll.”

Since we’ve apparently achieved gender parity, Swanson sees no need for the “false” allegations against Kavanaugh. Tweets and retweets of hers frequently call into question Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s credibility, and maintain that Kavanaugh is innocent. Swanson is a big fan of the hashtag #WomenForKavanaugh, and seems determined to use her platform as a washed-up celebrity turned right-wing supporter to draw attention to the Supreme Court nominee’s supposed innocence. “He deserves to be treated fairly!” she tweeted, adding, “I do believe it’s very possible that something has happened to Dr. Ford at some point of her life, and if that’s true, I do feel for her. I do believe without question Kavanaugh is a victim of False Allegations & had Nothing to do with her assault. I pray for them both.” Swanson seems to think that false rape accusations are a pervasive and dangerous threat to society—not, you know, toxic masculinity or rape culture or anything like that.

For those wondering if Swanson’s far-right tendencies were a relatively new thing, think again. In response to a tweet earlier this summer accusing her of riding the far-right wave for another fifteen minutes of fame, Swanson replied, “I’ve actually been a conservative all my life. I was raised that way. Since the 70’s. I was on the Trump train before he ran for office.”

And as recently as yesterday, Swanson reaffirmed her political leanings were hardly a trend. “I’ve been MAGA since 1969… I was born this way,” she tweeted, complete with kissy face and American flag emojis.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kristyswanson; maga; swanson; twitter; women
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Kristy Swanson on Twitter

Another celeb on the right. I follow her. While she hasn't quite risen to the James Woods level of s**tposting, she's working on it.

Links and tweets at the source.

1 posted on 10/03/2018 7:06:49 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Drew68

I’m shocked!

I didn’t know this. Wow!


2 posted on 10/03/2018 7:09:26 PM PDT by chris37
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To: Drew68

““I’ve been MAGA since 1969”

:)


3 posted on 10/03/2018 7:10:15 PM PDT by max americana (Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: Drew68

Wow, cool to see she’s my age, too. Coming of age in the Reagan era didn’t hurt.


4 posted on 10/03/2018 7:11:25 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Drew68
The original Buffy.


5 posted on 10/03/2018 7:13:42 PM PDT by Drew68 (Twitter @TheRealDrew68 https://twitter.com/TheRealDrew68)
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To: Drew68

Looks damn good at nearly 49 years old


6 posted on 10/03/2018 7:32:36 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Drew68

“Thank you, Simone!”


7 posted on 10/03/2018 7:33:46 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Drew68

She needs to bring that wooden stake to Washington ... plenty of vampires there.


8 posted on 10/03/2018 7:36:50 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Drew68
Kristy's acting debut was to "excuse" Ferris' classroom absence to teacher (Ben Stein) in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986)

VIDEO - "Bueller?" "Bueller?" (Buffy's debut)

9 posted on 10/03/2018 7:37:27 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Drew68

This is a poorly written and punctuated headline that the blog wrote.


10 posted on 10/03/2018 7:59:05 PM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: Drew68

And speaking of James Woods, where can he be found these days?


11 posted on 10/03/2018 8:07:19 PM PDT by Boomer One ( ToUsesn)
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To: Drew68

MANABOWABA!


12 posted on 10/03/2018 8:07:53 PM PDT by calenel (The Democratic Party is a Criminal Enterprise. It is the Progressive Mafia.)
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To: Drew68

What a woman!!


13 posted on 10/03/2018 8:16:17 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Drew68

“far-right”

cool


14 posted on 10/03/2018 8:17:14 PM PDT by snarkpup
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To: Drew68

She's not BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, This is the real one:


15 posted on 10/03/2018 8:25:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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To: Drew68

Gorgeous Gal. smart too


16 posted on 10/03/2018 8:27:06 PM PDT by buffyt (“If you want to keep your guns, Beto vote for Cruz.”)
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To: Drew68

Kristy Swanson is a wonderful actress, a great gal, a courageous American and a good friend.

Love her.


17 posted on 10/03/2018 9:16:51 PM PDT by karnage
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Haha - I checked out her Twitter page - she reposted a vid of Hillary ranting and the comment “Let’s have a discussion about temperament, shall we?”


18 posted on 10/03/2018 9:31:11 PM PDT by Paul R.
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To: Drew68
Memorable short (43-second) scene from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
19 posted on 10/03/2018 9:40:35 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (Trump is fixing the world's problems just to distract us from Russia.)
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To: Drew68

Swanson is much saner than all those twits this smear piece listed (Millano - pretty but an airhead, Luny Clooney, and DeVito (sorry to see him in with this bunch of Coconuts).

Glad someone in Hollywood has the balls to stand up and say “ENOUGH”.

As I once said about Sara Michelle Gellar (the TV Buffy), she can “bite me” any time.


20 posted on 10/03/2018 10:20:42 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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