Justine Bateman says she’s thrilled ‘this whole woke era is over’ because of Trump’s win

Don’t count actress and director Justine Bateman among those upset about Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election. Speaking to Fox News’ Jesse Watters on Thursday, Bateman revealed that she is “really excited” about Trump’s victory because after her view means “this whole waking era is over.”

“What I’m really excited about is that political correctness, that kind of woke era, is over because you need, you need mob mentality momentum to keep it going, to threaten people if they not think and speak like you do, to threaten their lives, threaten their careers, threaten their place in society,” Bateman said. “You need that momentum to do that, and when Trump won the presidency again, it cut that off momentum. So this whole waking era is over.”

After agreeing with this sentiment, Watters joked that the left is “all divided and arguing with each other, and they’re not offended. They cancel each other out. That’s probably a good thing.”

Then he asked, “is it really official? Do you think it’s official? We’re never going back to canceling culture. We’re never going back to political correctness. You’re calling it right here?”

“Well, I say you need it. I mean, when you look at mob mentality,” Bateman replied, referring to the Dutch “tulip mania” and the Salem witch trials of the 160s, “there has to be a mob, a mob mentality drive . And if you don’t have it, it dies out. And I’m talking about, of course, things have changed, but there’s a spiritual shift.”

Bateman claimed that this “spiritual shift” began “when Elon Musk bought Twitter and turned it into X, and it really changed when Donald Trump won this presidency… I can feel it. Definitely. I can.”

Watters claimed that he and other people “expect” there to be “a bigger change” and asked Bateman, “do you feel that too?”

“Yes,” she replied. “In the last four years, very acutely, and I know it preceded these four years as well, but there has been a kind of suppression, a suppression and a kind of limitation of what people can say. And that also is that you limit what can happen in society. And then there has been a stagnation. Things have not moved forward in art, in philosophy, in medicine, in anything.”

“I mean innovation, like with your thoughts,” she clarified, “with what’s coming into your spirit, from God, magic, the universe, whatever you want to call it, that’s been stagnant for at least four years, and now has changed, and I’m really excited about that. I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time.”

Okay then. Watch the clip below:

Bateman is an outspoken opponent of so-called “AI” technology and its use to exploit creative people. She is one too great advocate of trade union rights. The interview did not touch on how Trump, Musk and Watters are diametrically opposed to her on all of these issues.

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