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http://www.foxnews.com/enterta...x-our-democracy.html

Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence said she is taking a year-long break from acting to focus on activism and helping to “fix our democracy.”

The Hollywood A-lister revealed her grand future plans on Thursday while promoting her new movie “Red Sparrow.”

“I’m going to take the next year off,” Lawrence told Entertainment Tonight, “I’m going to be working with this organization I’m a part of: Represent.Us. It’s just trying to get young people engaged politically on a local level.”


She claims her activism work will have nothing to do with partisan politics. “It’s just anti-corruption and stuff trying to pass state-by-state laws that can help prevent corruption, fix our democracy. And then I don’t know what I’m doing next.”

The organization Lawrence got involved in claims to bring together “conservatives, progressives, and everyone in between to pass powerful anti-corruption laws that stop political bribery, end secret money, and fix our broken elections.” Its work focuses primarily on fighting corruption.

Lawrence has long expressed interest in activism, attacking President Donald Trump multiple times. In 2015, she said “If Donald Trump becomes president, that will be the end of the world,” according to Entertainment Weekly.

More recently, she suggested the devastating hurricanes in Texas and Florida last year were signs of “Mother Nature’s rage and wrath” at America for electing Trump and not believing in man-made climate change.

“You know, you’re watching these hurricanes now, and it’s really hard, especially while promoting this movie, not to feel Mother Nature’s rage and wrath," she said back in September.

Lawrence also joined dozens of other Hollywood stars to sign a letter urging Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to pass a legislation to protect DACA recipients, The Hill reported.



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We're not a democracy, genius. We're a constitutional republic. How are you going to fix what you don't even understand?

The arrogance of these halfwits. You're just an actor. That's all. You're just an actor. You aren't going to "fix" jack shit. Snap out of it.
 
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As the saying goes, "Well bless her heart". Yeah Jen...good luck with all that. Be sure to check your white privilege at the door!! Roll Eyes



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She's been acting? Huh, I mistook it for flouncing around saying "look at ma boobs"
 
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Wow, if she can get that done in just a year maybe we should elect her to be the President (just kidding of course).
They continue to amaze me by thinking that being good at playing pretend makes them a genius of some sort.


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This will be short lived. Once this imbecile moves away from the spotlight and realizes that it didn't follow her, she'll quickly abandon her mission to save us all Roll Eyes
 
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It sounds grand and unassailable to say "fix our democracy" but the truth of the matter is that all she really means is "elect more democrats"

BTW if she wants to really eschew partisan politics and help pass state-by-state laws to fix broken elections, I wonder how hard she will work to pass voter ID legislation???
 
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"I play dress-up for a living and I have something to say!"
More like - I read what other people write for a living and I I have something to say



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She going to run around with her bow and arrow and root out all the corruption in the democratic party?

These hollywood types living in their pretend worlds, most unstable, emotionally damaged and quite a few cards short of a full deck.




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Can't be too messed up if it'll only take a year.


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That's too bad. I actually like her. Seemed like a down to earth chick that you could get a shot and a beer with. Turns out she's just as loony as the rest of them. Confused
 
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It’s just anti-corruption and stuff...

Yeah-h, that’ll be great; bring me a cup of coffee when you come back.


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Can't be too messed up if it'll only take a year.


It’s code for ‘nobody is hiring me right now so I will throw public tantrums until somebody does’.




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It’s just anti-corruption and stuff...

Yeah-h, that’ll be great; bring me a cup of coffee when you come back.


That's great! Once she starts her anti-corruption website we can send her all that inconvenient information on Uranium One and the Clinton Foundation.

That ought to keep her busy; right?

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Wonderful! I hope she will extend to a year and a half so she can also end world hunger. Or-- though we would miss her acting genius-- (she's an actress, right?)-- if she could make it two years and cure cancer we would all be so grateful.


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I know it's trite and frowned upon here, but I really DID say "Who?" and then looked her up. AFAIK, I've never watched anything with her in it.

Of course, her Barbie Doll looks (and, I suspect, matching intellect) certainly qualifies her to fix "our democracy". Roll Eyes




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No one will miss her. someone will simply take those jobs.


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