It is obvious who to vote for in the 2024 presidential election to protect freedom and democracy, according to actor and comedian Russell Brand.
During his podcast “Stay Free with Russell Brand,” which premiered Friday, Brand said in a choice between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden in the upcoming election, the obvious one is the former.
“In a straight choice between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, if you care about democracy, if you care about freedom, I don’t know how you could do anything other than vote for Donald Trump for precisely the reasons that they claim that you can’t,” he said.
The comedian continued, “They act as if a vote for Donald Trump is almost like you’re directly voting for Armageddon, like you see hysterical performances outside of courtrooms, endless MSNBC bombast. But I’m starting to think that no, a greater threat to democracy is this kind of technological feudalism, that tells you that it cares about you and that it’s protecting vulnerable people, all the while increasing censorship, increasing the funding of wars, increasing the division between ordinary Americans.”
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Russell Brand: If it's a choice between Trump or Biden, only one candidate will protect democracy and freedom – They act as if a vote for Donald Trump is almost like you’re directly voting for Armageddon, like you see hysterical performances outside of courtrooms, endless MSNBC… pic.twitter.com/7BR1AJSyxx
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Brand added:
“The idea of this…Orwellian nightmare continuing all the while they’re telling you that they’re helping you, is a far greater threat than their constant portrayal of Trump as a mad strongman figure, a kind of twenty-first century reiteration of the despotism of the last century. For me, what we are facing now is a bigger threat than that.”
Per RealClearPolitics’ average, Trump is slightly ahead of Biden in polling. And FiveThirtyEight’s polling average shows Trump ahead 1.2%.
A poll released by Emerson college on Thursday found 46% of respondents said Trump’s guilty verdict makes “no impact on their vote,” as IJR covered. Aditionally, 27% of respondents said the verdict makes it more likely they would vote for Trump and 33% said it would make them less likely to vote for Trump.
