Voices: Crying shows Selena Gomez is human – but it’ll take more than tears to defeat Trump
Voices: Crying shows Selena Gomez is human – but it’ll take more than tears to defeat Trump
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Crying doesn’t make the Mexican-American singer self-indulgent – it makes her human. But it’s high time liberals dried their eyes and took more action, argues Emma Clarke. Otherwise we stand to lose far more. When Selena Gomez took to social media on Monday and shared an emotional (now-deleted) clip of her weeping and speaking about the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, which saw over 1,000 people arrested across the US last weekend, it was only a matter of time before Donald Trump supporters and Republican politicians would hit back with personal jibes and claims of “woke” nonsense.
It’s what happened when a teary-eyed Billie Eilish spoke out about “someone who hates women so, so deeply” during her concert in Nashville, Tennessee last year. So, too, was it the response when Bruce Springsteen called Trump the “most dangerous candidate for president in my lifetime” in an impassioned speech ahead of polling day – and when late night talk show host, Jimmy Kimmel, held back tears after a “terrible night”, referring to the 2024 election results.
Criticising liberal values and sensitivities has become somewhat of a rallying cry (for lack of a better phrase) for the Maga crowd. It’s fashionable to make fun of sentiment. So, true to form, in addition to the right-wing pile-on, Senate candidate Sam Parker swiftly attacked the Emilia Pérez star, calling for her deportation and claiming that the singer is a “3rd gen descendent of Mexican illegals who received citizenship in the ‘87 Amnesty.”.
