Boston Herald

Celebritie­s speak out loud and proud

- By BRIAN DOWLING — brian.dowling@bostonhera­ld.com

A-list celebritie­s who skipped Friday’s inaugural festivitie­s took to the stage at the Women’s March on Washington, D.C., yesterday to blast President Trump and the policies they fear will sideline women and minorities under his administra­tion.

Actress Scarlett Johansson, speaking to the masses in the nation’s capital, told President Trump, “I did not vote for you.

“That said, I respect that you are our president and I want to be able to support you — but first I ask that you support me.

“Support my daughter, who may actually as a result of the appointmen­ts you’ve made, may grow up in a country that is moving backward not forward, and who may potentiall­y not have the right to make choices for her body and her future that your daughter Ivanka has had the privilege to have,” Johansson said.

Pop superstar Madonna told the crowds, “It took this horrific moment of darkness to wake us the (expletive) up.”

“And to our detractors that insist that this march will never add up to anything, (expletive) you! (expletive) you,” she said. “It is the beginning of much-needed change.”

Feminist leader Gloria Steinem said, “Trump and his handlers have found a fox for every chicken coop in Washington,” and warned, “The Constituti­on does not begin ‘I the president.’ It begins ‘We the people.’ So don’t try to divide us.”

Actress America Ferrera said the march was “for the moral core of this nation, against which our new president is waging a war.”

“He would like us to forget the words ‘ Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,’ ” Ferrera said.

“But the president is not America. His Cabinet is not America. Congress is not America. We are America, and we are here to stay.”

Vocalist Alicia Keys said, “We will not allow our bodies to be owned and controlled by men in government, or men anywhere for that matter ...

“We want the best for all Americans. No hate, no bigotry. No Muslim registry.”

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