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BigmanPigman

(55,568 posts) Fri May 22, 2026, 01:13 AM Friday

How influential was Susan Sarandon in the 2016 election? [View all]

Do you think her badmouthing Hillary was negative? Would Hillary have had a better outcome if Susan kept her personal opinions to herself instead of using her celerity platform to promote her own issues?

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How influential was Susan Sarandon in the 2016 election? [View all] BigmanPigman Friday OP

insignificant but some people made themselves feel better by dumping on her nt msongs Friday #1

That is absolutely not true. Sarandon Cha Friday #8

Welp, she sure didn't help. sheshe2 Friday #13

According to a 2017 article in The Guardian, I'd say Sarandon was pretty anti-Hillary. George McGovern Friday #2

She helped, as did Nina Turner, David Sirota, Briana Joy Gray, Cornell West, etc lostincalifornia Friday #3

Sarandon is a dipshit bottomofthehill Friday #4

Thank You for knowing that! Cha Friday #9

Susan Sarandon: If 'Dangerous' Hillary Would've Won, 'We Would Be at War' sheshe2 Friday #5

Thanks, she! It's been documented that Stein Cha Friday #11

Yes, correct, Cha. sheshe2 Friday #12

Yes, Sarandon was nasty to Delores Huerta Cha Friday #14

Almost none at all Sympthsical Friday #6

Non-issue nt canetoad Friday #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity Friday #10

What is your point? Famous people by definition have influence to some degree..... ColoringFool Friday #15

I was reading a current article about her BigmanPigman Friday #16

Oh Snap. sheshe2 Friday #17

Bradly Whitford call her out on her LIES Cha Friday #18

She didn't help SocialDemocrat61 Friday #19

And, that shows how Brainwashed & Cha Friday #23

Sarandon helped trump LetMyPeopleVote 15 hrs ago #33

"Always Bet on the Wrong Horse, My Life as an Activist Against Progress and Democracy," a memoir by Susan Sarandon. betsuni Friday #20

That's it in a Nutshell. Cha Friday #24

People try to brush it off as just something a celebrity said once, but it's a movement against the Democratic Party. betsuni Yesterday #30

She was not at all influential outside her own sphere of fame and activism ms liberty Friday #21

That has happened every election in my life. Some celebrity says something about some candidate. Autumn Friday #22

Sarandon and Tulsi Gabbard spread the attack-from-the-left that Democrats are dangerous warmongers. betsuni Yesterday #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 Yesterday #26

She was an enemy to progressives JBTaurus83 Yesterday #27

I literally don't know one person who was even aware of anything she was saying, let alone influenced by it. Mike Niendorff Yesterday #28

Please H2O Man Yesterday #29

Sarandon's has no influence whatsoever, she's nothing more than gnat Raine Yesterday #31

Dammit, Janet! Orrex Yesterday #32

Lol 😅 MustLoveBeagles 14 hrs ago #36

Sarandon helped bush win in 2000 LetMyPeopleVote 14 hrs ago #34

Sarandon helped trump in 2016 LetMyPeopleVote 14 hrs ago #35