{"id":2287626,"date":"2024-07-01T22:29:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T02:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taraji-p-hensons-meltdown-over-2024-elections-they-are-trying-to-bring-the-draft-back-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T22:31:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T02:31:01","slug":"taraji-p-hensons-meltdown-over-2024-elections-they-are-trying-to-bring-the-draft-back-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taraji-p-hensons-meltdown-over-2024-elections-they-are-trying-to-bring-the-draft-back-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Taraji P. Henson\u2019s meltdown over 2024 elections: \u2018They are trying to bring the draft back!\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaraji-p-hensons-meltdown-over-2024-elections-they-are-trying-to-bring-the-draft-back-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2287626&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Actress Taraji P. Henson \u200dused the 2024 BET Awards to emphasize the importance of voting in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">upcoming election<\/a>. She warned\u2062 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blackface-governor-cheers-robert-e-lee-statues-replacement-by-monument-to-wokeness\/\" title=\"Blackface Governor Cheers Robert E. Lee Statue\u2019s Replacement by Monument to Wokeness\">predominantly black audience<\/a> about the potential reintroduction of the draft and urged them to show up \u2063and \u2062vote. Henson \u200chighlighted the significance of judicial nominations and Supreme Court seats, encouraging\u2064 undecided voters to cast their ballots with these considerations in mind. She also drew attention to the\u200c Project 2025 plan \u2063and its impact on vulnerable citizens. Henson&#8217;s \u200cimpassioned speech aimed to inform and\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rick-scott-on-11-point-plan-with-128-promises-from-republicans-we-win-elections-by-having-plans\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Rick Scott on 11-Point Plan with 128 Promises from Republicans: \u2018We Win Elections by Having Plans\u2019\">motivate voters<\/a> to participate in the\u200c election \u200cprocess.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\" \/><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Taraji P. Henson\u2019s meltdown over 2024 elections: \u2018They are trying to bring the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-reportedly-float-making-women-register-for-the-draft\/\" title=\"Senate Democrats Reportedly Float Making Women Register For The Draft\">draft back<\/a>!\u2019<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/heather-hunter\/\">Heather Hunter<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-01T21:37:12-04:00\">July 1, 2024 9:37 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1692621\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Actress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/celebrities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Taraji P. Henson\">Taraji P. Henson<\/a> used the 2024 BET Awards on Sunday to warn the predominantly black audience about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"2024 election\">2024 election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m telling y\u2019all you better show up and show out with them ballots,\u201d Henson said while hosting the award show. \u201cI\u2019m being serious now. I know I look good, but it\u2019s a serious time; I need y\u2019all to listen. Show up and show out when it\u2019s time to vote because it\u2019s not just about the presidential election, you guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Actress Taraji P. Henson panics over the election while hosting the BET Awards: &#8220;They are trying to bring the draft back!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YjjcM3oOQ1\">https:\/\/t.co\/YjjcM3oOQ1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TarajiPHenson?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TarajiPHenson<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BETAwards2024?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BETAwards2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BETAwards?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BETAwards<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Election2024?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Election2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vote?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Vote<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Project2025?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Project2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Draft?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Draft<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Democrat?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Democrat<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Republicans?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Republicans<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/US?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#US<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Politics?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Politics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/News?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#News<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RD4wVTbCDu\">pic.twitter.com\/RD4wVTbCDu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcexaminer\/status\/1807862990932509155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey are trying to bring the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"draft\">draft<\/a> back. Who do you think they\u2019re going to draft first?\u201d Henson asked the audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur careers, our next generations to come. Did you know that it is now a crime to be homeless? Pay attention. It\u2019s not a secret; look it up. They are attacking our most vulnerable citizens,\u201d she said. \u201cThe Project 2025 plan is not a game. Look it up!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She then encouraged undecided voters to cast their ballots with judicial nominations in mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not trying to scare us; I\u2019m trying to inform us. We\u2019ve got three Supreme Court seats up you guys; we need those seats or we have no protection,\u201d she said. \u201cOK, I got it out my system. I\u2019m talking to all the mad people that don\u2019t want to vote. You\u2019re going to be mad about a lot of things if you don\u2019t vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kamala been out here in these streets, unburdened by what was. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LFkY4h5MkA\">pic.twitter.com\/LFkY4h5MkA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daryl Fairweather \u26c5 (@FairweatherPhD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FairweatherPhD\/status\/1807766737170964537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Henson also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3065294\/kamala-harris-bet-awards-appearance-labeled-cringe-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"opened the BET Awards\">opened the BET Awards<\/a> with a pretaped appearance with Vice President Kamala Harris, which was panned by many social media users as \u201ccringe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actress recently made news in June when she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3052169\/taraji-p-henson-agenda-remove-juneteenth-holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"appeared on ABC\u2019s The View\">appeared on ABC\u2019s <em>The View<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>and warned that \u201cthere is an agenda\u201d to remove Juneteenth as a holiday.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1692621\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1692621\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Tags<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\">2024 Elections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/celebrities\/\">Celebrities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/entertainment\/\">Entertainment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\">Kamala Harris<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/military\/\">Military<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actress Taraji P. Henson expressed concern about the 2024 election during the BET Awards, urging the audience to vote and warning about the potential return of the draft. She emphasized the importance of judicial nominations and Supreme Court seats, urging undecided voters to consider these factors when casting their ballots. Henson also mentioned the Project 2025 plan and criticized the treatment of homeless individuals. Additionally, she mentioned a pretaped appearance with Vice President Kamala Harris at the awards show, which received mixed reactions on social media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2287627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24183035874267.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33399,7730,5888,33608,32076],"class_list":["post-2287626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2024-elections","tag-draft","tag-meltdown","tag-taraji-p-henson","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24183035874267.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2287626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2287627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2287626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2287626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2287626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}