Elizabeth Banks is shocked not all white ladies align with her views probably because they live in real America

Elizabeth Banks is very disappointed in white women — at least the ones who don’t vote the way she thinks they should.“I don’t understand the 53% of white ladies that didn’t vote for Kamala,” she told a Bustle podcast.“What were you thinking?”And I don’t understand how in 2026, a rich Hollywood liberal lady is still doing the identity politics nonsense — the very thing that pushed normies to vote for Republicans in droves.Don’t these people have anyone in their lives to tell them how condescending they sound?Banks’ narrowminded point of view demands we women are ruled by our private parts, not our minds.It pushes the idea that we are bound to one political party by our immutable characteristics.

In Banks’ mind, we are nothing more than boxes we check on a doctor’s form.How highly the actress, director and producer regards her fellow women.But the funniest bit of the story is that Banks — who campaigned hard for both Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris — believes she’s part of the righteous-but-downtrodden class of people striving to rise up, break their chains and do good for humankind.She is yearning to taste freedom from the patriarchy.“Effie is the model, guys,” she said invoking Effie Trinket, her “Hunger Games” character who is part of the elite ruling class in the dystopian movie franchise.Eventually the flamboyant Trinket has an epiphany and joins the oppressed in a bid to fight fascism.“I think in ‘Catching Fire’ when she’s like, ‘I want to be part of this team,’ and you really see her struggling and then by the end she’s like a revolutionary … I wish more of us were becoming revolutionaries!” said Banks.Well, if Banks wants to break free from her multi-million-dollar Los Angeles home, great wealth, blockbuster productions and Hollywood Reporter Power Women list, go for it.But sister, you are ruling class.Banks is ensconced in the elite structures and institutions that dictate social norms and polic...