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5. Susan Sarandon: If 'Dangerous' Hillary Would've Won, 'We Would Be at War'
Fri May 22, 2026, 01:48 AM
May 22
During the 2016 presidential election, Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon was a fervent Bernie Sanders supporter. And she really, really, REALLY disliked Hillary Clinton. Before Sanders lost the Democratic nomination to Clinton, Sarandon told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes that she didn’t think she could vote for Hillary in a two-person race with Donald Trump. She also told Hayes that “some people feel that Donald Trump will bring the revolution immediately, if he gets in.”

Following the election — Sarandon eventually supported and voted for Green candidate Jill Stein — the actress has taken quite a bit of heat from the center-left over her refusal to support Clinton and her insistence that a Trump presidency wouldn’t have been much worse than Hillary’s. In another interview with Hayes in February, she said Trump’selection made people more “awake” and involved. Meanwhile, in an April appearance on The Late Show, she echoed those sentiments, stating that people are more “energized” with him in office.

Well, a recent interview with The Guardian is sure to further raise the ire of moderates, Democrats and Clinton supporters. Why? Oh, just because Sarandon said that Clinton is extremely “dangerous” and would have led the country into war.

https://www.mediaite.com/online/susan-sarandon-if-dangerous-hillary-clinton-wouldve-won-we-would-be-at-war/

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She is an asshole, why are we even talking about a woman that trashed our Democratic candidate and in the end voted for a Russian asset by the name of Jill Stein.

Here she is dining with Putin.

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insignificant but some people made themselves feel better by dumping on her nt msongs May 22 #1
That is absolutely not true. Sarandon Cha May 22 #8
Welp, she sure didn't help. sheshe2 May 22 #13
According to a 2017 article in The Guardian, I'd say Sarandon was pretty anti-Hillary. George McGovern May 22 #2
She helped, as did Nina Turner, David Sirota, Briana Joy Gray, Cornell West, etc lostincalifornia May 22 #3
Sarandon is a dipshit bottomofthehill May 22 #4
Thank You for knowing that! Cha May 22 #9
Susan Sarandon: If 'Dangerous' Hillary Would've Won, 'We Would Be at War' sheshe2 May 22 #5
Thanks, she! It's been documented that Stein Cha May 22 #11
Yes, correct, Cha. sheshe2 May 22 #12
Yes, Sarandon was nasty to Delores Huerta Cha May 22 #14
Almost none at all Sympthsical May 22 #6
Non-issue nt canetoad May 22 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity May 22 #10
What is your point? Famous people by definition have influence to some degree..... ColoringFool May 22 #15
I was reading a current article about her BigmanPigman May 22 #16
Oh Snap. sheshe2 May 22 #17
Bradly Whitford call her out on her LIES Cha May 22 #18
She didn't help SocialDemocrat61 May 22 #19
And, that shows how Brainwashed & Cha May 22 #23
Sarandon helped trump LetMyPeopleVote May 23 #33
"Always Bet on the Wrong Horse, My Life as an Activist Against Progress and Democracy," a memoir by Susan Sarandon. betsuni May 22 #20
That's it in a Nutshell. Cha May 22 #24
People try to brush it off as just something a celebrity said once, but it's a movement against the Democratic Party. betsuni May 23 #30
She was not at all influential outside her own sphere of fame and activism ms liberty May 22 #21
That has happened every election in my life. Some celebrity says something about some candidate. Autumn May 22 #22
Sarandon and Tulsi Gabbard spread the attack-from-the-left that Democrats are dangerous warmongers. betsuni May 23 #25
She was an emblematic example of a problem we had, have and will continue to have on the fringes of the "tHe leFt". FascismIsDeath May 23 #26
She was an enemy to progressives JBTaurus83 May 23 #27
I literally don't know one person who was even aware of anything she was saying, let alone influenced by it. Mike Niendorff May 23 #28
Please H2O Man May 23 #29
Sarandon's has no influence whatsoever, she's nothing more than gnat Raine May 23 #31
Dammit, Janet! Orrex May 23 #32
Lol 😅 MustLoveBeagles May 23 #36
Sarandon helped bush win in 2000 LetMyPeopleVote May 23 #34
Sarandon helped trump in 2016 LetMyPeopleVote May 23 #35
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