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Mike Niendorff

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

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Sat May 23, 2026, 03:26 AM

May 23

This is a dead horse. The right-wing attack machine is deep and real -- let's talk about Facebook, Fox, Q-Anon, insane right-wing echo-chamber groups, the whole billionaire network, even the tabloid smears Trump's friend David Pecker had placed next to every supermarket checkout line in America. If you want to find how they did it, those are your culprits. Look there.

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How influential was Susan Sarandon in the 2016 election? [View all] BigmanPigman May 22 OP

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