(...) So, in gratitude, Susan Sarandon tweeted, “Thank you African Americans in Alabama who organized and fought their way to the polls despite so much voter suppression. Thank you Selma once again. Respect.”
The backlash started almost immediately.
You Help Screw Black People Last Year. You're not welcome. pic.twitter.com/uU4pjthsjd
— Rico 81(@reesetheone1) December 13, 2017
You helped elect Donald Trump last year…STFU
— Monica Roberts (@TransGriot) December 14, 2017
Susan, black folks do what we gotta do to survive in turmoil! We always have! It’s not about you! You also tried to break us down! No, thanks! #BlackWomen
— Mahogany Brown (@WkndGirl) December 13, 2017
Hang your head in SHAME! #DougJones wldn't have been #progressive enough for you! Wld you have thrown your vote to #RoyMoore just as u suggested you'd do w/Trump or given it to a 3rd party candidate just as you did? Because you helped elect the original Roy Moore. #NetNeutality
— Deborah DiClementi (@DD733) December 14, 2017
F*ck you Susan! Your actions hurt all POC. Families are being torn apart because your white privilege thought Trump was better than Hillary. I’ll never forgive you.
— Puppymnkey (@RobinBrenizer) December 14, 2017
You’re a faux-progressive, regressive.
— Sarah Smith (@SLSmith000) December 14, 2017
Don't talk to us! This is how much you care for POC.
— Grandma Gretchen (@wechoosewisdom) December 14, 2017
(...) A recent interview with The Guardian concluded, “Liberals in the U.S., it seems, can summon more hatred for Sarandon right now than they can for Paul Ryan. Most infuriating of all, to her critics, is that she won’t admit her error.”
In the interview, Susan Sarandon said, “It’s very flattering to think that I, on my own, cost the election. That my little voice was the deciding factor.”
And regarding Clinton, she says, “I did think she was very, very dangerous. We would still be fracking, we would be at war [if she was president]. It wouldn’t be much smoother. Look what happened under Obama that we didn’t notice.”