Trump Threatens Julia Roberts For Supporting Harris
Ms. Roberts narrated an ad suggesting that women could privately vote for Vice President Kamala Harris without letting their husbands know.
The New York Times
Former President Donald J. Trump said Saturday morning that he thought the actress Julia Roberts would come to regret narrating an ad suggesting that women could privately vote for Vice President Kamala Harris while telling their husbands otherwise.
“I’m so disappointed at Julia Roberts because I love — she’s going to look back at that and cringe that, did I really say that?” Mr. Trump said on “Fox & Friends,” expressing disbelief that a wife would hide whom she voted for from her husband. “It doesn’t say much for her relationship but I’m sure she has a great relationship.”
He added: “Even if you have a horrible — if you had a bad relationship, you’re going to tell your husband. That’s a ridiculous ad. It’s so stupid. You’re going to look back some days and just say, did I really make that?”
As the presidential campaign nears its end, plenty of A-list celebrities have been campaigning for Ms. Harris: Bruce Springsteen, Eminem, Samuel L. Jackson, Tyler Perry, Willie Nelson and Spike Lee have all come out to support her, not to mention BeyoncĂ©, who appeared with her in Texas. It has sometimes seemed to irk Mr. Trump, who, at his own rally that night, told the crowd dismissively that “Kamala is at a dance party with BeyoncĂ©.”
The ad narrated by Ms. Roberts seemed to touch a nerve as well.
Made by the pro-Harris group Vote Common Good, the ad shows two women slyly acknowledging to each other that they were voting for Ms. Harris against their husbands’ wishes, as Ms. Roberts reminds viewers that “what happens in the booth, stays in the booth.”
Some conservatives have latched onto the ad as a sign of decaying family ties. But Democrats, who believe that Mr. Trump’s behavior toward women and the overturning of Roe v. Wade could galvanize more women to vote, hope to give moderate Republican and independent women a permission structure to vote for her, even if surrounded by vocal Trump supporters.
Gender-related issues have been central to the campaign in its final days, with Ms. Harris criticizing Mr. Trump for claiming that he would protect American women “whether the women like it or not.” Polling has indicated a significant gender gap, with women considerably more likely to vote for Ms. Harris.
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