Posted on 07/30/2018 6:14:29 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Many Hollywood celebrities, appalled by President Trump, are ready to dive into the midterm elections. But there's also a sense of caution, and in some cases retreat, after their enormous support failed to push Hillary Clinton over the finish line in 2016.
Sunday marked 100 days until Election Day, and at least one expert on the entertainment industry and politics says the next three months could see an explosion of celebrity involvement.
“I would not be surprised that, given this more highly politicized environment of Hollywood and the frustration of many celebrities of the outcome of the 2016 election, that they would see this as an opportunity to push forward the change they want into the midterm elections,” says Kathryn Cramer Brownell, an associate professor of history at Purdue University.
“Given the experience of the 2016 election, and just in general the changes in Hollywood and #MeToo America, you see more people thinking about, ‘OK, how can I get involved in these issues?’” adds Brownell, the author of “Showbiz Politics: Hollywood in American Political Life."
Ronny Chieng, a senior correspondent (?) on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” says stars will “definitely” raise their voices louder than in any previous midterm election.
“I don’t know how Hollywood can be more vocal,” Chieng says.
Even as recently as the last midterm elections in 2014, he says, “We didn’t know what it meant to be active.”
“Why be politically active? Now we see — oh this is why,” the star of the upcoming film, “Crazy Rich Asians,” says. “Because if you’re not, people get in who don’t represent your values.”
Traditionally, left-leaning Hollywood has poured money into political races, even in lower-profile midterms.
In 2014, in an apparent effort to keep the Senate in Democratic hands, several A-listers pumped cash into campaigns across the country. Barbra Streisand donated $10,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and gave thousands more to GOP-targeted House races. Other top celebs, including Ben Affleck, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Garner maxed out with donations to Kentucky Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes, who was locked in — and ultimately lost — a tight battle with then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R).
“Especially for the Democratic Party, celebrities have tended to be more focused on the fundraising aspect,” explains Cramer Brownell. “On the right, overwhelmingly celebrities are more attuned to electoral politics, and many have actually run for office themselves."
Huge mouths....little bitty brains
They are too full of themselves.
so dumb.
In my opinion, the "stars" will do more harm to their cause than good.
Good! More mindless drivel. Anybody who takes advice from a celebrity in politics has already been indoctrinated. Although, I could see the “get out and vote” slogan being effective.
“Given the experience of the 2016 election, and just in general the changes in Hollywood and #MeToo America, you see more people thinking about, ‘OK, how can I get involved in these issues?’” adds Brownell, the author of “Showbiz Politics: Hollywood in American Political Life.”
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True ignorance is not learning from ones mistakes.
Tonight on Comedy Central, Foreign morons are gonna make fun of Trump!
They all appeared unhinged, not likely to attract non rabid Dems voters so it’s all a nothing burger.
House races are dependent on local issues.
By throwing money into the bin, the celebs are pretending to make a positive action. Their voices don’t matter in congressional elections.
” frustration of many celebrities of the outcome of the 2016 election, that they would see this as an opportunity to push forward the change they want into the midterm elections,””
“change they want” for the little people that feed their enormously inflated egos.
Hollywood, the land where fantasies rule. Who gives a crap what they say, other than the heads of mush, who think they are intellectuals. “Its still the economy stupids!” America may be finally waking up, because they are seeing through the BS of the left. Wearing a “For the People” pin does not increase your IQ any more than “I’m with her” did. If you are stuck on stupid, it can’t be fixed. Sadly, the worst state in the USA is California, go Hollywood, show us how to screw up the rest of the country.
I remember Bruce Springsteen in his (and Bon Jovi’s) campaigning for Hillary disparaging the supposedly uneducated supporters of Trump. Odd, since I don’t think that either Springsteen or Bon Jovi themselves finished high school.
They are a parody of themselves, just like the media.
Thought they all left the US after Trump won.
It was Dirty Harry weekend, and I happened to catch a segment in Enforcer (42+ years ago) where the terrorists were fist-bumping and shouting “For the People”.
Celebs have most of their expenses taken care of by the studios. Big checks when working and if the studio says jump they jump. The states offers tax breaks and they tell the studios to bash Trump and they jump and so on.
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