Julia Roberts Causes Conservatives To Panic
An advertising campaign featuring Julia Roberts for Vice President Harris has sparked a heated response from conservative circles. In the ad, Roberts encourages women to vote for Harris in the upcoming presidential election, even if their spouses support former President Trump. The advertisement also touches on the contentious issue of abortion rights, underscoring its significance in an election where Trump holds a substantial lead among male voters, while Harris leads among female voters.
The narrative of the ad portrays a woman secretly voting for Harris after her husband assumes she voted otherwise, leading to a discreet exchange of knowing looks with another female voter. This depiction has incited strong reactions among some conservative commentators. Fox News host Jesse Watters, for example, equated a wife voting differently from her husband to committing an affair, a sentiment echoed on air and highlighted by media outlets.
Further criticism came from Charlie Kirk, who found the ad’s implication—that wives might conceal their true voting intentions from their husbands—particularly offensive. On a radio show with Megyn Kelly, Kirk lamented what he perceived as a betrayal of marital trust depicted in the ad, suggesting it portrays women as undermining their spouses under the guise of political secrecy.
On the other side of the political spectrum, former Republican Representative Liz Cheney, who has endorsed Harris, dismissed the conservative backlash. Cheney, posting on the social media platform X, referred to Kirk as a "twit" and used the controversy to rally support for Harris, indicating a split within the Republican Party and highlighting the ad's emphasis on personal voting rights and female autonomy.