Hollywood Heaps Praise on Meryl Streep’s Anti-Trump Speech: ‘True Inspiration’

Ellen DeGeneres, Sharon Stone among those hailing actress; Ron Howard points to “hypocrisy” of president-elect’s reaction

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By far the biggest moment of the night at the Golden Globes was Meryl Streep‘s acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement award; a speech that was leveled directly at President-Elect Donald Trump. While her words rankled Tucker Carlson and other prominent conservative media figures, it certainly struck a chord with the actress’ peers in Hollywood.

“When the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose,” said Streep in reference to Donald Trump’s mocking of a disabled reporter during a presidential campaign. “It kind of broke my heart when I saw it, and I still can’t get it out my head because it wasn’t in a movie; it was in real life.

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