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Screen Actors Guild Awards Dominated by Dissent Against Trump Policies

HeadlineJan 30, 2017

And the Screen Actors Guild held its annual awards ceremony on Sunday night, with “Hidden Figures” winning for best film ensemble and Denzel Washington winning a best actor award for his role in “Fences.” The ceremony was dominated by statements of defiance against President Trump’s ban on immigrants from majority-Muslim countries. This is Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who won an award for her role in HBO’s “Veep.”

Julia Louis-Dreyfus: “I want you all to know that I am the daughter of an immigrant. My father fled religious persecution in Nazi-occupied France. And I’m an American patriot, and I love this country. And because I love this country, I am horrified by its blemishes. And this immigrant ban is a blemish, and it is un-American.”

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