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Streep At The Golden Globes: Endorses Oprah For President In 2018; Slams Trump In 2017; Praises Weinstein In 2012

John Bickley

Meryl Streep has come under fire in recent months for her former passionate endorsement of disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein, whom she once lauded as “God” at the Golden Globes in 2012. But that hasn’t deterred her from issuing another forceful public endorsement at the Golden Globes, this time for Oprah Winfrey, whom Streep says “doesn’t have a choice” but to run for president now.

“She launched a rocket tonight. I want her to run for president,” Streep told The Washington Post following the Golden Globes award ceremony Sunday night. “I don’t think she had any intention [of declaring]. But now she doesn’t have a choice.”

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