{"id":658285,"date":"2021-08-18T11:36:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T15:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=658285"},"modified":"2021-08-18T11:36:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T15:36:32","slug":"stephen-colbert-michael-moore-and-other-celebs-compare-trump-voters-republicans-to-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stephen-colbert-michael-moore-and-other-celebs-compare-trump-voters-republicans-to-taliban\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert, Michael Moore, And Other Celebs Compare Trump Voters, Republicans To Taliban"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fstephen-colbert-michael-moore-and-other-celebs-compare-trump-voters-republicans-to-taliban%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=658285&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\/08\/GettyImages-1230466994.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>After an initial period of silence, Hollywood is beginning to speak out on events in Afghanistan with takes that go far to the left of even the legacy media. Here are a few of the most eyebrow raising comments of the last few days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephen Colbert<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The late night CBS host is arguably the most popular celebrity comparing some Americans to the Taliban, though he\u2019s by no means the only one.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday night, the comedian expressed agreement of President Biden\u2019s widely criticized speech in which he argued that the Taliban\u2019s almost-immediate recapture of the region doesn\u2019t mean it wasn\u2019t the right decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have had troops there for 20 years,\u201d Colbert said. \u201cThey fought, they sacrificed, their families sacrificed so that we wouldn\u2019t have a terrorist attack in America planned in a foreign country.\u201d He then added, \u201cWhy should our soldiers be fighting radicals in a civil war in Afghanistan? We\u2019ve got our own on Capitol Hill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cLate Night\u201d frontman, finished with a serious meditation on how, though it feels wrong, he believes the U.S. troop withdrawal was the \u201cright thing.\u201d Said Colbert:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p><em>For the last 20 years, four separate administrations told the American people to care about the plight of all the Afghan people, especially the women, and we did care and that\u2019s not going to change. All that\u2019s changed is that there\u2019s nothing we can do about it now. So pulling out may be the right thing to do, but it\u2019s heartbreaking; it\u2019s humbling when the right thing feels so wrong.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Seth Meyers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Though striking a milder tone than his late night counterpart, the NBC host also referenced the January 6 riots in relation to events in Kabul. \u201cThe Taliban yesterday entered the city of Kabul and took control of Afghanistan\u2019s presidential palace,\u201d Meyers said before delivering the punchline, \u201cMost Americans watched in horror, while some Americans watched for tips.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The SNL alum also claimed former President Trump is happy about how events have played out, saying, \u201cFormer President Trump released a statement on Friday amid the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan and, yeah, he\u2019s enjoying this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rosanna Arquette<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rosanna-arquette-compares-republicans-to-taliban\">reported<\/a> Monday, actress Rosanna Arquette has posted multiple tweets comparing Republicans to the Taliban including:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p><em>\u201cThe Taliban extremists are here in America just with a different name,\u201d \u201cThe GOP right-wing extremists who support destroying democracy are the Terrorists in America and will continue to terrorize America until they are stopped and pay for their crimes against Americans Jan 6th.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The terrorist attack on our capitol to overturn the election was the American version of the Taliban taking over.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite plenty of negative reaction to her comments, on Tuesday night, the actress again appeared to double-down on this opinion, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoArquette\/status\/1427793791075848193?s=20\">posting<\/a> applause emojis under a response that added \u201cOr Republicans\u201d to her <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoArquette\/status\/1427789344719269892?s=20\">tweet<\/a> that said, \u201cWe can never ever ever trust the Taliban \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Moore<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore expressed similar sentiments, juxtaposing images of the Capitol Hill rioters with Taliban fighters, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMFlint\/status\/1427435010387189762?s=20\">caption<\/a>, \u201cTheir Taliban, our Taliban, everybody\u2019s got a Taliban. They\u2019re at their best when they confiscate the halls of power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, the Oscar winner expressed views even liberal Hollywood might feel uncomfortable with, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MMFlint\/status\/1426903694315040773?s=20\">saying<\/a>, of the U.S. armed forces who were on the ground in Afghanistan, \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">WE are the invaders. The Taliban are not invaders \u2014 they\u2019re Afghans \u2014 it\u2019s their country! They\u2019re religious nuts. We know what that looks like \u2014 we have our own!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Other celebrities stopped short of comparing Trump supporters or Republicans to the Taliban, but they did blame the Biden administration\u2019s disastrous withdrawal from the region on the former President.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bette Midler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While many media commentators at Democrat-friendly outlets like CNN and The New York Times have somewhat framed the scene in Kabul as a bipartisan failure, the Divine Miss M says Trump alone owns the catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c#Republicans are trying to pin the blame for #Afghanistan withdrawal on Biden.&nbsp; Don\u2019t believe it,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetteMidler\/status\/1427337412481626115?s=20\">said<\/a> the \u201cBeaches\u201d star. \u201cIt was #F**kUpTrump and #Pompeo who never included the Afghan government in their peace talks with the Taliban.&nbsp; This should be laid at Trump\u2019s fat feet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sophia Bush <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cOne Tree Hill\u201d actress, who has grown more politically outspoken in recent years, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SophiaBush\/status\/1427221444463824902?s=20\">argued<\/a> that the \u201cTrump Administration set this ball rolling, and did not include ANY human rights standards for the Taliban to follow.\u201d She later added, \u201cthose trying to blame Biden for this are gross political actors, all while AFG people are being terrorized. Period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>George Takei<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The actor best known as Sulu on \u201cStar Trek\u201d let loose about the criticism President Biden has received for the horrific scenes unfolding across America\u2019s TV screens, arguing that the administration is doing the best it can with the bad hand it was dealt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe When Biden took office, 45 had left a sh*t show,\u201d Takei <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgeTakei\/status\/1426948024253784064?s=20\">argued<\/a>. He then listed the problems he believes Trump left his successor, including, \u201cRaging pandemic,\u201d \u201cSpiraling economy,\u201d Resurgent Taliban,\u201d and \u201cCapitol insurrection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t expect miracles, yet Biden delivered some,\u201d the actor concluded. \u201cSo let\u2019s keep perspective and not let the GOP blame their myriad failures and problems on him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Takei also took a spicier tone while dealing with the subject, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgeTakei\/status\/1427447836623478785?s=20\">saying<\/a>, \u201cIf you supported 45\u2019s Muslim Ban, you don\u2019t get to lecture others about saving refugees from Afghanistan. You just get to sit your ass down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>And then there was the one celeb who was honest (and funny) \u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jimmy Fallon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back to late night, when it comes to Afghanistan, one host was willing to take aim at the other side of the aisle. The \u201cTonight Show\u2019s\u201d Jimmy Fallon joked, \u201cYou can tell things aren\u2019t good for Biden, because today he said, \u2018You know, maybe the election was stolen.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After an initial period of silence, Hollywood is beginning to speak out on events in Afghanistan with takes that go far to the left of even the legacy media. 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