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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Catherine Shoard

Jennifer Lawrence says speaking about Trump would ‘add fuel to a fire that’s ripping the country apart’

Jennifer Lawrence at the Rome film festival in Octobber.
‘The second term feels different’ … Jennifer Lawrence at the Rome film festival in October. Photograph: Remo Casilli/Reuters

Jennifer Lawrence has said she no longer feels it appropriate to speak out against the Trump administration, lest she exacerbate unhelpful debate and further divisions.

“I don’t really know if I should,” said Lawrence in an interview with the New York Times. “During the first Trump administration, I felt like I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off. But as we’ve learned, election after election, celebrities do not make a difference whatsoever on who people vote for.

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