Actress, fitness queen and activist Jane Fonda has spoken out in a new video in which she says that the coronavirus is “God’s gift to the left,” arguing that the pandemic has revealed President Trump’s true colours.
Speaking in a video posted to YouTube, Fonda claimed that citizens are currently at a crossroad while urging Americans to vote for presidential candidate Joe Biden in the November election.
“We are people who can help determine which way humanity goes,” Fonda began. “What a great gift, what a tremendous opportunity, we’re just so lucky, we just have to use it with every ounce of intelligence and courage and wherewithal we have.”
“I just think COVID is God’s gift to the left,” Fonda continued, laughing after her remark.
“That’s a terrible thing to say. I think it was a very difficult thing to send down to us, but it has ripped the Band-Aid off who he [Trump] is and what he stands for and what is being done to average people and working people in this country.”
“We can see it now, people who couldn’t see it before, you know, they see it now and we have a chance to harness that anger and make a difference,” she added.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has killed over 200,000 Americans and over one million people worldwide, with Donald Trump himself recently being diagnosed with the virus.
Jane Fonda has long been staunchly opposed to Trump’s presidency, previously telling Interview Magazine that his progression to power has shown that racism is still well and truly prevalent in the US.
“For a lot of white people, the election of Trump made it more evident than it had been before, the extent to which white supremacy is alive and well in this country,” she told the publication in June.
Check out Jane Fonda urging US citizens to vote below:
