“The View” co-hosts heaped praise on liberal activist and actress Jane Fonda on Monday after she delivered a politically charged speech at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, defending being “woke” and speaking out about empathy.
“It also gave me inspiration because, you know, there’s a lot of people that are older that have marched, that have protested in the past that are now saying, you know, we’re tired. It’s time that the young people do it, and Jane Fonda just reminded us that you are never too old, that you are never too successful,” co-host Ana Navarro said.
Navarro continued, praising Fonda for standing up for her beliefs, while sometimes disagreeing with the actress.
“This is a woman who has been protesting and standing up for her beliefs. Sometimes I’ve disagreed with her, and it has cost her at times. It has had great costs at her career, and you do not give up on America. You don’t turn your back on America. When America needs us to stand up, speak up, and show up, we have to continue doing it,” Navarro shared.
Fonda defended being “woke” during a speech at the SAG Awards and said, “Make no mistake, empathy is not weak or woke. By the way, woke just means you give a damn about other people.”
Co-host Sunny Hostin argued that the word “woke” had been co-opted by the right, and said in the African-American community, the term meant “acknowledging social justice inequities, acknowledging people’s suffering.”
“The View” co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro laud Jane Fonda for her speech at the Screen Actor’s Guild (SAG) awards. (Screenshot/TheView)
“Back to empathy, a whole lot of people are going to be really hurt by what is happening, what is coming our way. And even if they’re of a different political persuasion we need to call upon our empathy and not judge but listen from our hearts and welcome them into our tent, because we are going to need a big tent to resist successfully what’s coming at us,” Fonda said.
Hanna Panreck is an associate editor at Fox News.
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