Jennifer Garner wants to convince 45 to help poor kids: ‘I’m ready to have a chat’

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Jennifer Garner enthusiastically campaigned for Hillary Clinton, at a time when most of us doubted Clinton even needed our support. A Trump presidency seemed like an impossibility at that time, but it happened, every day brings some fresh surreal hell and it seems like it’s only going to get worse. We’ve seen Trump sign executive orders banning entire countries of people from the US with no forethought or planning, we’ve seen him ignore expert advice in areas in which he has no clue, and then act like no one would have had a clue despite all the help he had at his disposal, and we’ve seen his contempt for anyone who isn’t a rich white male. Most people have realized that it’s long past the point of working with the guy and that it’s time to try and get him out of power and find ways to thwart and check his influence. There are still celebrities like Jennifer Garner who think she can extend an olive branch and get some results though. Good luck with that. Garner is a longterm advocate for Save The Children with a focus on childhood poverty, having seen how it affects children in her home state of West Virginia. Garner told The Washington Post that she wants to hold Trump accountable to the poor people who voted for him. She was in Washington lobbying for Save The Children and she still thinks it’s possible to work with 45 on this issue. Also she was supposed to meet with Ivanka Trump but there were “scheduling conflicts.”

The West Virginia native has long worked to bring assistance to poor, rural communities in desperate need of it. She has no plans to change that just because most of those communities went big for Trump in last year’s election. In fact, she sees an opportunity to hold the president accountable for the pledges he made to the country’s rural working class.

“I’m looking forward to helping him make good on what they saw as promises, a mandate from him, that he was going to make their lives better,” Garner said in a 45-minute interview with The Washington Post…

Garner acknowledged that some of her friends “want to turn their back to this administration . . . [and] just wouldn’t even want to engage.”

Not her. “If he’s willing to help the poor kids who got him elected, then let’s do it. They certainly think he’s going to,” she said…

Garner calls their cause the “bobblehead issue,” because everyone loves to tell her that they support children, but in the end it sometimes seems as though they just enjoy being around a beautiful celebrity.

“Everyone’s nodding and couldn’t agree more, and shaking your hand and want their picture,” she said. “But when the vote is cast, nobody’s out there screaming and yelling for poor kids.”

“People felt like Trump really understood them, that he was going to come in and create jobs for them,” she said. “They felt like they needed something to just turn everything upside down.”

It’s that level of despair that leaves Garner willing to deal with Trump when some of her friends want to offer nothing but resistance. She may even be willing to meet the president.

“Send me a ticket to Mar-a-Lago. I’m ready to go down and have a steak and a good chat,” she said, only half joking about the prospect. “I really think it’s great, if he’s willing to help the poor kids who got him elected.”

[From The Washington Post]

This is a great cause but it’s utterly useless to try to appeal to 45. Garner could go have a steak with him (his would be burnt and served with ketchup because his taste in food is as sophisticated as his vocabulary) and he would nod and say some basic words indicating that he may have understood her, insomuch as he’s capable of expressing that. Then he would go home and sign a bunch of orders stripping programs to poor kids to pay for a military expenditure that’s as well thought out as one of his tweets. Look at how he behaved toward President Obama. He acted like he understood him, like he would take his advice, and then turned around and hired a Nazi as his chief strategist. The time is long since past trying to convince him of anything reasonable. I mean even Kanye learned early in the process that it was stupid to try to cozy up to the orange overlord. Then again Garner is nothing but persistent when it comes to trying to change people despite overwhelming evidence that it’s futile.

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  1. Tate says:

    Sorry Jen, you are not going to change Ben and you are definitely not going to change the crazy monster currently occupying the White House. Poor kids are the last thing on his tiny mind.

    • velourazure says:

      Is she really this naive?

      • Tate says:

        You have to wonder. Probably a matter of living in a bubble. Although with the seriousness of what is happening in our country it is amazing that someone can still find a bubble to live in.

      • Tamra says:

        It’s called Brentwood, CA. People there see nothing, hear nothing, know nothing — they just keep on doing those gym and coffee strolls for the paps. Ain’t life grand?

      • vauvert says:

        I don’t think she is naive, and I don’t think she is wearing rose tinted glasses. I think she is wrong to have any hope for help from 45 but I respect that she is willing to try. Unlike other celebs who have come out saying “give him a chance”, she comes across as smart and practical. She’s not arguing for change for him – she’s just saying she is willing to help if he is willing to deliver on his promise – so she puts the onus on him. Whether the Trump voters are smart enough to see that (and the ensuing lack of results) is debatable, but I like her approach.

  2. NotSoSocialButterfy says:

    Good luck, Jen. Get your girdle on and your tits out. Red lips & short skirt might help a bit, too.

  3. me says:

    He might talk to her if he thinks she’s a “10”.

  4. MissMerry says:

    im unsure if he will care, but good on her for calling him out on his promises

  5. An says:

    “Then again Garner is nothing but persistent when it comes to trying to change people despite overwhelming evidence that it’s futile.” LMAO! Where is the lie? Jen’s weakness in life is deplorable men who don’t care about her. Sorry hon, he doesn’t actually give a rat’s arse about the poor people (and their illiterate, hungry spawn) who stupidly voted him into office. He promptly forgot about them once the votes were tallied. P.S. The severe department cuts to pay for the wall are going to come out of things that benefit the poor. Public ed, social services, etc. It’s just a fact. Jen is delusional — I don’t think she lives in the real world with the rest of us.

  6. arock says:

    Sorry, Jen. Looks like he might not be around. (fingers crossed)

  7. HeidiM says:

    Why do you call him 45? sorry foreigner question I suppose.

  8. Lainey says:

    Lmao at all of this. Most of the deplorables who voted for Trump in these pathetically poor red states are just bigots who hate Clinton, Muslims, gays, etc. They don’t care about their own kids’ educations and are raising yet another generation of idiots. Does Garner actually think that Trump cares about education? Bless her heart! Two words: Betsy Devos.

  9. Neelyo says:

    Oh Jen, he’ll only talk to you because of your passing resemblance to his BFF, Caitlyn Jenner.

  10. Kay says:

    As we say in my hometown, bless her heart.

    (OT, but how fat, inflated and flushed did Ben Affleck’s face look at the Oscars? What is happening to his head? It has literally tripled in size from even a few years ago. Does he have a medical issue that is causing this?)

    • Jayna says:

      Ben has put on the pounds.

    • An says:

      He weirdly seems to be pretty fit from the neck down — thin, fit legs and arms. But from the neck up he’s just so puffy. He was also very jittery IMO. Maybe it’s drugs or booze, who would be surprised?

  11. Radley says:

    Yeah, he’d only meet with her for the “optics” and because he’s a starf*cker. He wouldn’t take any advice. He doesn’t even set his own policy. The circus surrounding him attempts to and fails quite often. Everything is a mess. It’s useless. The puppet and his puppetmasters have got to go.

    • HoneyBooHero says:

      Actually Dump seems to be anti-Hollywood, the exception being those “celebs” (v. loose term there) who openly supported him during the campaign.

      • Radley says:

        That’s just his childish posturing. He loves celebrities and celebrity culture. He used to party with any and everyone including Luke of 2 Live Crew who said things went on at a Mar-a-Lago Trump party that he felt he had to excuse himself from. Yeahhhh…amazing that Trump was too nasty for Mr. As Nasty As They Wanna Be. The disdain he shows now is just his hurt (gigantic) ego talking.

      • KB says:

        He’s obsessed with Hollywood. He always has been. Now he’s lashing out because of their resounding rejection of him.

  12. jccw says:

    Did anyone see GCs’ denial of Garner dating someone seriously? They also claim Ben is still at the family home. Several random spots saying he was in Salt Lake City this past weekend. DM has a pic of her hugging a woman some say is the Vanity Fair reporter she gave her interview to. Something’s brewing.

    • An says:

      Zzzz at anything having to do with gossip cop or the perpetual tabloid back-and-forth. Wake me when someone actually files or they start wearing their rings again. Until then, it’s just spin, deny, deflect.

    • lalalaltro says:

      The denial of GCs? I suppose the exclusive will be VF

      • Jenfan says:

        I think I read that Wakefield will be released in May of 2017, could this be a promo piece?

        or perhaps VF is doing a piece on Gary Marshall? That would be an article both Ron and Jen could weigh in on.

        Who knows?

      • Tamra says:

        DM said that Wakefield was going on IFC on 5/26. That’s a movie channel. So if they’re right it’s not getting a theatrical release. So it doesn’t seem logical that this would be related. But then, DM misidentified the Vanity Fair reporter, so who can really believe what they say about anything? Further, who said that she even had lunch with Ron Howard, they could have run into each other while leaving/waiting for valet.

    • xs says:

      I’m beginning to think he may not even be allowed to be with the kids on his own at this point in time. Only time we have seen him with them in 2017, he was with his mom.
      Also his face looked pretty puffy oscars night.

    • A says:

      Ben was in LA for the Oscars on Sunday. Where/ what exactly do the Salt Lake City sightings say?

      That’s definitely Krista Smith. However, I’m very doubtful that Jennifer would announce a divorce in Vanity Fair because I think she genuinely does want to protect her children. She got her story out there with the last article but saw that as clearing up an existing mess. No way she’d shine a light on any new potential drama.

      • Jenfan says:

        There is a video on FB – search Ben and LAX. He is clearly on a commercial flight and it was clearly last Sunday.

        Jen used her last story to promote her film and to capitalize on her soaring popularity as a woman scorned. I don’t think she has what to promote now. But who knows

      • Suzie says:

        Protect her kids? lmao I totally disagree. She readily exposed them to intense media scrutiny by announcing a divorce that she never had any intention of following through with. We all knew from the beginning that she was never going to divorce him. Then she encouraged further scrutiny by talking about it ad infinitum. Nothing about this ~divorce has actually been private. Her PR people have been running around to every outlet with a different story just to keep people interested. The second the Daily Mail doesn’t run a Jen-walks-here-and-there story every other day, her PR is telling another story to another tabloid. I’m sure your milage will vary but she’s been playing the PR game (to the detriment of her young children) for almost two years now.

      • A says:

        Thanks, I found the video! Are there any other sightings of him in Salt Lake City?

        It made sense to do the last interview because she was promoting a movie but also because there was an elephant in the room that she had to address at some point. If the relationship has gone south again, she has plausible deniability this time around (even if they 100% gave it another try last year).

  13. HoneyBooHero says:

    Is she for real? He put DeVos in charge of Ed FFS. Does she not read the news? She seems a bit slow and in her own special little bubble where bad things are not happening in our govt.

  14. Timestamp says:

    I think she’s pitching Blindside part 37! Football I see u Ben and poor children!Greenlight project!

  15. Merritt says:

    Not going to happen. Trump doesn’t care about kids or people in general. A lot of Trump supporters are poor, but they want to pretend they are not poor. That is why they repeatedly vote against their own interests.

  16. bitchyarchitect says:

    i think she totally knows he’s not going to fulfill his promises. Its about accountability and making it clear to the idiots who voted for him that ‘hey look your guy couldn’t give a sh*t about you- he’s totally lost interest in you now.”

    • A says:

      That’s my read of it too. You don’t stop advocating for what you believe is right just because the current goverment’s policies suggest they won’t be receptive to your arguments.

    • Suzie says:

      This is just a bid to win back some of those Breitbart-reading hillbilly fans that she lost while actively campaigning for Clinton.

    • Adele Dazeem says:

      Agree, except for the assumption ALL people in Wv are idiots. Generally she annoys me with her fake sweetness but this is a little snarkier and it looks good on her. I also respect her loyalty and concern for her home state. Despite what previous posters said, they are not ALL redneck racists, but they do want their coal and manufacturing jobs back and Trump did (wrongfully) promise he’d bring them back. She’s just kind of pointing that out. I like it.

      • Tina says:

        The citizens of W.V. absolutely expect Trump to bring back the coal jobs. Save the Children does a lot of work in W.V. and as a representative Jennifer Garner had to extend an offering to meet with his administration. She has seen first-hand how great the need is in W.V. She would be widely criticized if she didn’t try to work with them. It stinks for her but she is doing the right thing for her organization.

  17. Suzie says:

    Funny how it was starting to get quiet on the daily pap strolls being made into nothing-stories on DM… until that random US weekly article reignited everything. It is still going, too. She is so transparent in her earnest, desperate pleas for attention.

  18. TheOracle says:

    Save the Children! Who’s going to save the Affleck children from turning into doormats and drunks when they grow up?

  19. Lyla says:

    Considering 45 doesn’t even care about his own kids until they’re adults, why would he care about other people’s kids?

  20. PrincessDork says:

    He hasn’t been spotted with the kids (or Jen for that matter) in a month.

  21. Just says:

    Lainey has a barely-veiled blind this morning about Ben being in rehab.

    • Jenfan says:

      I just saw that and totally agree it’s definitely Ben. So glad he is getting treatment. Is that what the whole US story about her filing for divorce soon was about? Get treatment or we are done for good?