Bette Midler deactivated her X account following Donald Trump’s surprising political return, but not before insulting the new president, calling him “a complete moron.”
The Hocus Pocus star, 78, is among the liberal celebrities shocked by the 78-year-old Republican’s landslide victory in the US presidential election on November 5, after beating former Vice President Kamala Harris, 60.
Before deactivating his account, he spoke about his disapproval of the president-elect in a lengthy statement on X, joking that his mind “is a virtual void.”
She wrote: ‘When a candidate for public office faces voters, he does not face sensible men; He faces a multitude of men whose main distinguishing characteristic is the fact that they are completely incapable of weighing ideas, or even of understanding any but the most elementary ones: men whose thinking is based exclusively in terms of emotions and whose dominant emotion is fear. to emotions. what they can’t understand.
‘Faced with this, the candidate must either bark with the pack or get lost… All the odds are on the man who is, intrinsically, the most devious and mediocre: the man who can most skillfully disperse the notion that his mind It is a virtual void. … The Presidency tends, year after year, to fall to men like that.’
Bette Midler expressed her diastasis for Donald Trump after his surprising political return, claiming that the White House is once again “garnished by a downright moron”; seen in February 2023
He ended his statement by responding to Trump voters by saying, “As democracy is perfected, the office represents, ever more closely, the inner soul of the people.” We move towards a high ideal.
“On some great and glorious day, the simple people of the land will finally achieve their heart’s desire, and the White House will be adorned by a complete moron.”
Before the election, Midler, who is a devout Democrat, publicly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s run for the White House.
In a tongue-in-cheek post on her
At the time when her account was still open, the post was well received among her fans, receiving over 57,000 likes and 7,000 repeat posts.
The longtime LGBTQIA+ ally also criticized Trump for the viral moment in which he simulated oral sex on a microphone stand while speaking at one of his final campaign stops.
She wrote to her audience of 2 million followers: ‘Yesterday I saw Trump pretending to ab*** f**k into his microphone! YUCK! It looks like someone is preparing to try to win the popular vote… in prison!
In addition to Midler, Vice President Harris had garnered several endorsements from a number of high-profile celebrities who had pledged to vote for her.
She responded to Trump voters, saying: “On some great and glorious day, the simple people of the country will finally achieve their heart’s desire, and the White House will be graced by an absolute idiot”; Trump seen in July 2024
The former LGBTQIA+ ally also criticized Trump for the viral moment in which he simulated oral sex on a microphone stand; seen December 2021
He publicly endorsed the candidacy of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for the White House; Kamala seen in November 2024
Just after the Oct. 1 presidential debate, pop megastar Taylor Swift took to Instagram to endorse the former senator, writing, “I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to support them.” defend.” I think she is a strong and talented leader and I believe we can achieve much more in this country if we are guided by calm and not chaos.’
Nine-time GRAMMY Award-winning singer Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas also took to X to praise the Harris-Walz entry.
Other celebrity endorsements include Harrison Ford, Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Ariana Grande, Charli XCX, Bill Nye, Jaime Lee Curtis, Demi Lovato, Anne Hathaway, Cardi B, Ben Stiller, Bruce Springsteen and Barbra Streisand, among others.
