{"id":579080,"date":"2021-07-01T16:06:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T20:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=579080"},"modified":"2021-07-01T16:06:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T20:06:33","slug":"russell-brand-describes-himself-as-a-populist-slams-condemnation-of-trump-supporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russell-brand-describes-himself-as-a-populist-slams-condemnation-of-trump-supporters\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Brand Describes Himself as a Populist, Slams Condemnation of Trump Supporters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Frussell-brand-describes-himself-as-a-populist-slams-condemnation-of-trump-supporters%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=579080&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-861358930.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In a wide-ranging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/ep-116-russell-brand\">interview<\/a> on Ben Shapiro\u2019s \u201cSunday Show,\u201d comedian and podcaster Russell Brand defined himself as a populist and said he doesn\u2019t understand how condemning people who supported Donald Trump is going to lead to real political solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pretty populist in loads and loads of ways. In fact, I feel like I\u2019m ultimately a populist,\u201d Brand said when Shapiro asked him about his personal views. He then explained his belief that a significant reason Donald Trump was able to quickly build a political following as an outsider was because he addressed the needs of people elite Washington has overlooked in recent decades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen every single decision has to pass through the prism of powerful people\u2019s interest and the revolving door between Washington and Wall Street, like, what real chance is there for ordinary people?\u201d Brand asked. He then pointed out that a large percentage of Trump\u2019s base was made up of groups who haven\u2019t been the recipients of significant opportunity. \u201cThe wave that Trump rode to power, you know, that energy came from somewhere,\u201d Brand said, \u201cand it\u2019s got to go somewhere. And like the constant condemnation of people that found hope in Donald Trump. I don\u2019t see how that\u2019s leading to the solution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brand admitted that, for some reason, fans make the mistake of thinking he\u2019s a Communist who advocates for a highly empowered centralized state. \u201cThis is not what I believe in at all,\u201d he said. \u201cI believe that all of us have a right \u2014 like, you know, Constitutional, Thomas Paine type territory \u2014 all of us have a right to pursue happiness and freedom \u2026 And I don\u2019t think that can be possible if there\u2019s too much centralized state power intervening in the lives of individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brand, who has often been frank about his past struggles with drug addiction and alcoholism, also spoke about how his experiences have convinced him that the real answer to national division isn\u2019t political, but spiritual.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not making claims to Job levels of suffering,\u201d he said of his time as an A-list actor in Hollywood while he was using crack and heroin, \u201cbut to be introduced to God on that level, of knowing I am weak on my own, fueled just by my ego and my petty trivial desires, I discovered I will live a pretty trivial life. I need something powerful [to avoid returning to self-destruction].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The star of \u201cGet Him to the Greek\u201d and \u201cForgetting Sarah Marshall\u201d explained how that time in his life, confronted with his own tendency to be selfish and chase after consumerism, taught him that our national problems can\u2019t be resolved within the limited framework of our current political discourse. \u201cWe need to invite meaning and purpose and God back into the conversation of how we construct society,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want us in this time of division and fragmentation and fracture to find ways of coming together in peace, that\u2019s why I\u2019m chatting to Candace Owens and to you,\u201d the 46-year-old concluded. \u201cI don\u2019t want to sit around chatting with people I agree with. I want to talk to people, where there are areas of concern and discontent and we find ways that we can harmonize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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