Olivia Wilde: Why I知 Backing Hillary Clinton for President [View all]

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So I know you’re a staunch Democrat—what were you feeling last Sunday when Hillary officially announced her campaign?

You know, I’m excited. I’m excited for the political discussions—I mean, they should never end, but people only really pay attention when it’s a presidential election. Obviously, local elections are where you can make the most difference, but it’s great when everyone starts talking about what they believe in. It makes me so excited for the movement that is a part of that and young people participating and volunteering and canvassing—this is the stuff that I really get excited about. I think Hillary is a really exciting candidate for so many reasons but she has a lot to prove to a lot of people. And I think she’s up for that.

So I’m excited to hear what she has to say. I think she learned a lot from the last election, I think she’s done a tremendous amount of work since then. The fact that she feels the plight of women and girls as the most important issue of the 21st century is a huge reason why I’m supporting her. I’m in no way suggesting that my opinion matters more than anyone else’s, of course, but the only thing that bothers me is apathy. People that sit out of the process and complain about it, or pretend that politics isn’t a part of their everyday lives. That politics isn’t their “thing.” I’m like, “Really? Well then, all of your rights aren’t your ‘thing.’”

What would you want to see Hillary accomplish?

Wow, I mean, there’s so much work to be done in so many sectors of our society, but I think it’s really important to protect our new health care law and I think Hillary would be focused on that. I think the equal rights of women in this country is something that’s still not a law and she would absolutely be focused on that. Our justice system is a mess and she’s aware of that. I think where she’ll face difficulty is with Wall Street. They’re afraid of the rhetoric she’ll use in her campaign and I think she’ll face a lot of pressure from her campaign to tone that down because of the donations they’ll receive from different banks. So it’s her responsibility to understand her base and that many of her supporters are further left-leaning than she is. We expect Wall Street reform and I think it’s really positive that people like Elizabeth Warren are voicing the concerns of people demanding Wall Street reform. You know, I think it’d be great if Elizabeth Warren ran too and then everybody had to have these really difficult discussions about that. My dream is that Warren would be [Hillary’s] V.P. but that’s not happening in a million years. (Laughs.) My ideal society!


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