# Where are all the rich, elite celebrities when you need them? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 31, 2025, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382 "2025-03-31T03:20:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382/1 "2025-03-31T03:20:34Z")
I want to preface this by saying I don’t think it’s their _obligation_ to pony up money for the democratic cause. However, I don’t think I’ve heard any comment from our liberal stars, or word of any big donations. I mean, this is about as ugly and dangerous as it gets; where is my Sweet Baby, George Clooney? Where are all the Dems with money and influence? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382/2 "2025-03-31T04:44:57Z")
I expect a lot are hiding in fear, not wanting to be the nail that sticks up and gets hammered. I also suspect a lot at this point have given up and come to the conclusion that America is either incapable of being saved, or simply not deserving of the effort. America _chose_ Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382/3 "2025-03-31T05:46:12Z")
Bill S. Preston (Esq.) is out there leading the charge against Elon Musk, for one. [https://insideevs.com/news/751777/tesla-takeover-alex-winter-interview/](https://insideevs.com/news/751777/tesla-takeover-alex-winter-interview/) > **[Alex Winter | Activism against Elon Musk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Winter#Activism_against_Elon_Musk)** > > In response to the political activities of Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency, in February 2025, Winter helped amplify national Tesla Takedown protests outside of Tesla showrooms. He has stated that the intention was to be anti-Elon Musk and not Tesla. Winter, an avid electric vehicle owner, called Musk a “toxic figurehead” for the company and had a goal for Tesla to part ways with Musk. > Winter was married to Sonya Dawson, with whom he had a son, born in 1998. The couple later... ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382/4 "2025-03-31T05:56:23Z")
Most Excellent! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382/5 "2025-03-31T11:04:30Z")
Is it perhaps the case that those “rich hollywood librul elites” were really bogeymen largely invented by the right, but then the idea was mostly swallowed by MSM? IOW are they real or were they mostly smoke and mirrors the Rs loved to hate and we loved to love? ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382/6 "2025-03-31T11:37:56Z")
I’m not even sure that donations to the Democratic Party would be money well spent right now. I’d like to see mega-rich liberals contribute to the most essential work carried out by institutions that have been de-funded by the White House regime (such as Habitat for Humanity). I’d like them to support civil society. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382/7 "2025-03-31T13:51:32Z")
I wouldn’t be averse to Bob Dylan writing an anti-trump tune. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382/8 "2025-03-31T18:13:19Z")
> [@Chad\_Sudan](#): > > I’d like to see mega-rich liberals contribute to the most essential work carried out by institutions that have been de-funded by the White House regime (such as Habitat for Humanity). I’d like them to support civil society. Yes, this for sure. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382/9 "2025-03-31T19:45:47Z")
FWIW, Julia Louis-Dreyfus is phone-banking for the Wisconsin Democratic Party today: > **[WisDems Virtual Phonebank! · WisDems](https://www.mobilize.us/wisdems/event/749814/)** > > We’ll be making calls to voters to help Get Out the Vote for Judge Susan Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court, and for Dr. Jill Underly in the State Superintendent of Public Instruction race. > > First time making calls? Phone banking is easy, fun, and... Learned of it from **[today’s Hopium Chronicles Substack](https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/today-is-a-do-day-mad-donalds-tariffs)**. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382/10 "2025-03-31T23:10:21Z")
Only if somebody else sings it. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382/11 "2025-03-31T23:29:09Z")
Has she been SNL Tulsi yet? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382/12 "2025-03-31T23:31:32Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Only if somebody else sings it. Well, of course. It wouldn’t be very effective if it was unintelligible. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382/13 "2025-03-31T23:49:34Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Has she been SNL Tulsi yet? No, she has not 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382/14 "2025-04-01T14:31:56Z")
I was curious about celebrity canvassing and phone-banking, so I Googled up a little reading (below). It’s been a low-ish profile thing for a while, apparently. For those who follow prominent liberal Substackers, you’ll run across mentions from time to time, even for state races (like Louis-Dreyfus’ banking for the Wisconsin Supreme Court). > **[Knock, Knock. Who’s There? A Celebrity for Kamala!](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/hollywood-celebrity-for-kamala-harris-campaign)** > > In the frenetic final days of Kamala Harris’s campaign, her famous supporters are doing more than just making statements. Here’s why Kerry Washington, Patton Oswalt, and more are pounding the pavement and working the phones. > **[Stop Screening Your Calls! Stars Are Dialing for Kamala](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/stars-phone-bank-kamala-harris-campaign-1236041459/)** > > You don’t see many celebrity ads this election cycle, but a slew of actors (like Jessica Alba and Patton Oswalt) are making their voices heard… on the other end of your telephone. Plus, James Patterson on how he picks his co-authors and Ursula’s... > **[A Good Place Reunion! Kristen Bell and Ted Danson 'Zoom Bomb' Biden Campaign...](https://people.com/politics/kristen-bell-ted-danson-surprise-biden-campaign-volunteers/)** > > The actors recently surprised a group of Biden phone-bankers ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382/15 "2025-04-01T14:36:24Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > Where are all the Dems with money and influence? Some observers believe there is a flip side to celebrity endorsements and activism, as well – that celebrity influence can and has hurt Democratic candidates, especially in recent years. > **[Celebrity Fatigue - The American Prospect](https://prospect.org/2025/01/31/2025-01-31-celebrity-fatigue-democrats/)** > > Glam doesn’t vote. If Democrats must have star power, they should figure out better ways to hitch their stars to campaigns and candidates. # [A-list celebrity endorsements boomerang on Harris, Democrats](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4981514-celebrity-endorsements-democrats/) ([TheHill.com](http://TheHill.com), Nov 9, 2024) > Democrats are questioning their steady reliance on A-list celebrity endorsements after a brutal election loss by Vice President Harris that has triggered existential questions within the party about whether it’s fallen out of touch with working-class voters. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382/16 "2025-04-01T15:44:14Z")
Celebrities showed up to donate and volunteer for Harris in 2024 and it didn’t seem to make a difference. Maybe they’re feeling like it doesn’t matter much. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382/17 "2025-04-01T15:50:47Z")
I would think strategically your best bet right now is to sit back and do nothing. It doesn’t matter if it is right or left, without resistance either party will always go too far. You guys have not done a good job of picking your battles wisely. Sit back and watch and decide which battles to fight. I love the two party system simply because they buffer each other. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382/18 "2025-04-01T16:05:04Z")
You might as well as where are the Obamae, why are top lawyer firms not sticking together, why other universities said nothing after Columbia was threatened. They don’t want this attention. Despite generally wanting attention. A surfeit of courage and cojones. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382/19 "2025-04-01T16:24:35Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I wouldn’t be averse to Bob Dylan writing an anti-trump tune. _Come gather rich lib’ruls_ _From out your news cone_ _And admit the fascism_ _Around you has grown_ _And accept it that soon_ _You’ll be tracked by a drone_ _If Democracy is worth savin’_ _You better start helpin’_ _Or we all will get pwned_ _For the times they are a-changin’_ Apologies to Bob Dylan ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Colossus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.colossus/32/9423_2.png) [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382/20 "2025-04-01T16:27:40Z")
I saw a tweet or something shared–the sentiment was: “The GOP is terrified of their base, and the Democrats are terrified of the GOP’s base, but NO ONE is terrified of the Democrat’s base.” I also saw another that said basically the GOP are lock-step with each other over only a few issues, whereas the left is a loose conglomeration of people who “don’t agree with that,” without any unifying issues–just “I don’t agree with the Right.” I myself am ruthlessly progressive, but I’m loath to call myself a Dem–changed my status to Independent because I want RADICAL progression. I might even be a socialist. There’s simply _no_ galvanizing force, entity, group, person–we’re all just floundering. The death of America was such a whimper. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-rich-elite-celebrities-when-you-need-them/1016382.md?page=2)