Meghan McCain: 'This Meryl Streep speech is why Trump won'

[pbmus]

Conservative commentator Meghan McCain on Sunday criticized actress Meryl Streep's Golden Globes dig at Donald Trump, saying it shows that Hollywood doesn't understand the forces behind Trump's victory.

"This Meryl Streep speech is why Trump won," McCain, the daughter of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), tweeted Sunday night

"And if people in Hollywood don't start recognizing why and how - you will help him get re-elected."

McCain was outspoken in her opposition to both Trump and Hillary Clinton during the presidential campaign. After the election, she tweeted that she voted for independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/313294-meghan-mccain-this-meryl-streep-speech-is-why-trump-won

[SoCalNative]

1. And again I say

Republicans have no problem with actors/celebrities espousing their political views...as long is it reflects their own:

Ronald Reagan
George Murphy
Shirley Temple
John Gavin
Fred Grandy
Sonny Bono
Jesse Ventura
Fred Thompson
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Ted Nugent
Kid Rock
Victoria Jackson
Mel Gibson
Patricia Heaton
Kelsey Grammer

[JaneQPublic]

9. Don't forget Clint Eastwood. (nt)

[Jetboy]

13. Scratch Ventura off that list.

Righties hate him for suing the pants off that sniper guy who lied about Ventura in his book. There aren't many people they hate more than Jesse Ventura.

Ventura likes guns (and weed) but is pretty much a liberal on most everything else. Some sort of a libertarian liberal. Last I watched him I could not believe how much I agreed with him on.

I haven't paid attention to him for a while but my guess is that he is against Trump.

[Grey Lemercier]

18. Jesse Ventura: Im Glad to See Donald Trump Destroy the GOP

http://time.com/4433168/jesse-ventura-donald-trump/

I know everyone gets after Donald Trump for saying outlandish things, but make no mistake about it: Donald Trump is not a fool. He’s been a friend of mine for 25 years. I call him a friend. I don’t agree with him on many of his issues. We’re 180 degrees apart on just about everything—which is why I could never endorse him—but Donald Trump is not a dumb man. You don’t acquire the wealth and power in the private sector as Donald Trump has by being stupid.

You see, he saw what happened to the Reform Party, the third party I ran in when I became the Governor of Minnesota. Back in the 1990s, Donald was interested in running for office as an Independent, and he was there when Pat Buchanan came in with these legions of people (who were backed by the Republican Party) and took over the Reform party, got the nomination and then didn’t even run. Buchanan took the money we raised (at that point, we had quite a large national base thanks to Ross Perot and myself) and he used that money to retire his previous campaign debts. He had no intention of using our campaign money to run for president and that’s what destroyed the Reform party. This was all done by design so that the Reform party would no longer be a threat to the Republicans. Well, Trump was there then. He saw it. And I believe he’s doing the same thing to the Republicans that they did to us. I mean, come on, his own wife pretty much recited Michelle Obama’s entire speech at the GOP convention and his daughter went on and on about the need for paid childcare, equal pay laws, and a bunch of liberal principles that we’ve never heard a Republican add to a presidential platform. And then Trump gets up and reiterates all the reasons why we need to build a wall. How is that not destroying the Republican Party? I have to say, as an Independent, I’m glad to see it.

Back in the ’80s the icon of the modern day Republican Party was President Ronald Reagan—and many Republicans today still consider him the greatest president of all time. It seems to me that one of Ronald Reagan’s most famous quotes was, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” I think Ronald Reagan today is turning over in his grave because the Republicans want to build a wall between Mexico and the United States. To me, the whole wall is ridiculous. Do we want to live in East Berlin? No. And Ronald Reagan would not support this; he probably wouldn’t even be considered for president in today’s Republican Party.


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[LisaM]

2. So to extend her logic, is she saying that Trump's speech mocking the reporter WAS why he won?

She might be surprised (if she read the transcript) that Streep actually agrees, and that's what breaks her heart.

“There was one performance this year that stunned me. It sank its hooks in my heart. Not because it was good — there was nothing good about it — but it was effective and did its job," Streep said.



She was referring to Trump's imitation of reporter Serge Kovaleski, who has a congenital condition affecting the joints. She said that particular performance "made its intended audience laugh and show their teeth.”


“It was that moment, when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter — someone he out-ranked in privilege, power and the capacity to fight back," she continued.

[KingCharlemagne]

20. .ocking the disBled is as American as cherry pie. i hope

the red of the world gives us an ass-kicking we never forget. we've been asking for it since Vietnam.

[C_U_L8R]

3. So Meghan supports ridiculing disabled people??

What's your point Meghan??

[LisaM]

7. Yeah, that was my take on it too.

I wish I had five minutes to talk to her and ask her - is ridiculing people the way to get elected, and saying that we shouldn't ridicule people costs us elections? I mean, sweet Jesu, the guy mocked her own father.

[onecaliberal]

4. I have no fucks to give about what Megan McCain thinks about anything

[RelativelyJones]

5. Tough shit, Meghan

Making nice with Trump supporters will win exactly zero votes.

[Butterflylady]

6. Of course McCAin voted for McMullin

Why vote for someone who has wisdom, intelligence, understanding, is knowledgeable of how government works, has years of experience such as Hillary.
Well, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, so the saying goes.

[hibbing]

8. What brilliant political analysis n/t

[dogman]

10. So we should agree her father is a loser?

She is just trying to stay relevant with the GOP. They have no morals.

[NCTraveler]

11. Only the HA HA Goodman crowd will buy into this ignorance. Nt

[hollowdweller]

12. If she didn't vote for Clinton, she voted for Trump

Also, I mean, is she saying that making fun of other people that are different from you is not as bad as condemning somebody for being insensitive?

I think a break down of moral values is what got Trump elected. Making people feel it's ok to be mean and hateful.

[Initech]

14. So by their logic, the mere mention of Trump gets him a vote?

[Rex]

15. McCains rant is why Trump won.

She didn't go into details. Trump is the one dripping names like Chachi and Bob, nobody asked him his cred.

[Rstrstx]

16. Whew, well that's a relief!! I was beginning to think it was from something more sinister

Glad to know it was just from good ol' ignorance.

So then there's absolutely no need to look into Russia Breibart et al; no, if we just shut up and don't say anything bad about bullies it'll all be better.

Got it.

[TheFrenchRazor]

17. yeah, except that he "won" by losing by almost 3 million votes. nevermind... nt

[Orsino]

19. The televising of lightweights with anti-American agendas is why Trump won.

Meghan McCain offers no insight, and beyond that only a pretty, privileged face.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

21. No, he won because cowards like your father refused to put that little boy in his place. nt