Susan Sarandon: DNC email leak confirms Sanders backers' fears weren't "paranoia"
Actress Susan Sarandon was feeling the Bern during the Democratic primary-and on Monday blasted the Democratic National Committee for its bias against Bernie Sanders, saying the DNC email leak is proof Sanders supporters' concerns about a rigged system weren't "paranoia."
"I mean, it's not surprising. It's great that everyone finally understands that this wasn't some kind of paranoia," she said in an interview with Democracy Now. "But every little thing, from not allowing Bernie's table with his information into the dinners in some of the states I went to and what I saw at caucuses, and I know what happened in New York, where all of that information, the wall went down, and then 137,000 people were just disappeared out of Brooklyn, and I know other people that went and were registered as--I mean, it was clear in California what happened, in Puerto Rico what happened."
She added that Sanders supporters are disappointed in the results of the primary, but that it's important that Sanders gets to speak directly to those people from the convention stage Monday night.
"Of course there was disappointment, but I think it was really imperative for him to be able to speak and for his surrogates, and not only surrogates, but his delegates, to be able to go," she said. "But I think the real thing, for those of us who have a bigger picture and have been in the fights for a long time, is that really what we have to do is keep the army together, because no matter who gets in, we're going to have to fight the TPP, we're going to have to fight fracking, we have to keep our eye on Wall Street."
Sarandon said Clinton's decision to tap Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate was smart, noting that it may give her crossover appeal with Republicans.
"I think that's a very wise decision," she said. "I think she's going to have a lot of Republicans cross over, and that's probably a good thing for her."
Could Sarandon see herself voting for Clinton? "I'm waiting for her to tell me what she's doing with TPP. I'm waiting for her to tell me where she's coming from fracking, you know?" she said. "I'm waiting to be seduced. I'm waiting to be convinced."