Actress Elizabeth Banks admitted she doesn\u2019t “understand” the 53% of White women who voted for President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Banks urged women to emulate her “Hunger Games” character, Effie Trinket, and become “revolutionaries” against what she described as a “fascist regime.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Effie is the model, guys. I don\u2019t understand the 53% of White ladies that didn\u2019t vote for Kamala. What were you thinking?” Banks said in a “Bustle” podcast episode posted Tuesday, first reported by Variety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Banks\u2019s character appeared in all four films in the original “Hunger Games” franchise, including “Catching Fire” and “Mockingjay” Parts 1 and 2. Throughout the story, her character goes from being a mouthpiece for the dystopian regime hosting the child-murdering games to ending up as a rebel working against them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Banks urged American women to follow suit, saying, “I wish more of us were becoming revolutionaries.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Effie, for me, is one of the characters that has the greatest arc that I\u2019ve ever played because, obviously, she props up this fascist regime that she benefits from,” Banks said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It\u2019s not until she really comes to care for and see how unfair it is when they want to pull Katniss and Peeta into the games again.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Post-election analysis by the Pew Research Center confirmed that a majority of White women did cast their ballots for Trump in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Banks had been public about her support for Harris ahead of the 2024 election. Less than a month before Election Day, Banks joined Harris\u2019 Reproductive Freedom Bus in Las Vegas to campaign for abortion access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“19 DAYS until we elect @kamalaharris President of the United States! I joined my friends at @reproforallnv yesterday and jumped on Kamala\u2019s Reproductive Freedom Bus in Las Vegas,” Banks wrote on Instagram at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Our rights, our freedom, and our access to health care are literally at stake. Please please please check your registration status and make a plan for Election Day. 19 days! Let\u2019s go!” she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Banks will not be returning as Effie Trinket in the latest installment of “The Hunger Games” franchise. Instead, actress Elle Fanning will be playing a younger version of the character in “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,” set to premiere this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Nobody in their right mind cares what out-of-touch woke celebrities in Hollywood say or think,” White House spokesman Davis Ingle said in a statement to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n