Trump election victory: ‘The vigilante era is over’, says actress Justine Bateman after Trump’s election victory

‘The vigilante era is over’, says actress Justine Bateman after Trump’s election victory (Image credit: X/@JustineBateman)

Actress and director Justine Bateman has expressed her excitement over Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, believing it marks the end of the “woke era”.
According to Fox News, Bateman explained that she sees Trump’s victory as a victory over political correctness and that cancel culture which she feels is suffocated freedom of expression and creativity in recent years.
Bateman shared his belief that the “mob mentality” that fueled the cancellation culture no longer applies. She explained: “What I’m really excited about is that the political correctness, that sort of thing awakened erais over… you need mob mentality momentum to keep it going, and when Trump won, that interrupted the momentum.”
She also linked the shift to what she described as a “spiritual change” that began when Elon Musk took over Twitter, turned it into X, and accelerated with Trump’s return to office. According to Bateman, these events marked a new phase in which society could move beyond the constraints imposed by political correctness and emotional hostility.
“Things haven’t moved forward in the arts, in philosophy, in politics, in medicine … innovation has been stagnant for at least four years, and now that’s changed,” Bateman said. She argued that the focus on “mob mentality” has stifled innovation and limited freedom of expression, which she now believes is on the way to a more open and dynamic future.
Bateman has long been an outspoken critic of artificial intelligence technology, advocates for the rights of creative individuals and is a strong supporter of trade union rights. However, she refrained from discussing her position on issues such as the use of artificial intelligence, a point of divergence between her views and those of Trump, Musk and Watters, with whom she shared the conversation.
Although she did not reveal whether she voted for Trump, Bateman made it clear that her concerns were more about the cultural and spiritual implications of the political climate, rather than party politics.
She summed up her views by saying, “I feel like spiritually there has been a shift and I’m very excited to see what’s coming.” For Bateman, the election of Trump symbolizes the end of what she describes as “emotional terrorism” and the return of free speech for all.