Counter-UFC Rise Up, Sing Out event mocked as cringe after viral backlash
Hollywood celebrities, led by Jane Fonda, used a Sunday night "Rise Up, Sing Out" concert in New York City to criticize President Donald Trump and his administration during an event held to counter the White House’s UFC Freedom 250 programming.Fonda, who helped revive the Committee for the First Amendment, said Americans' rights were under government attack."This isn’t the first time that Americans’ rights have come under attack," Fonda said."But this time, what is really different from the last century is that the attacks are coming from every part of the government: the executive, the legislative, and the Supreme Court."She compared the moment to the House Un-American Activities Committee era of the 1950s. JANE FONDA WARNS AMERICA FACES 'EXISTENTIAL' CRISIS AS SHE URGES TURNOUT AT 'NO KINGS' PROTESTSRobert De Niro speaks at "Rise Up, Sing Out" in New York, where he criticized President Donald Trump and joked about attendees who "couldn’t get tickets to the White House cage fight." (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)"I think the Un-American Activities Committee right now is coming from the White House," Fonda said.Actress Julia Roberts paid tribute to Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old U.S.
citizen who was shot and killed by an ICE agent during a Jan.7 immigration enforcement operation in south Minneapolis.
DHS said agents were trying to make arrests when Good allegedly tried to use her vehicle as a weapon, prompting a federal agent to fire in self-defense."Renee Nicole Good is not a symbol," Roberts said."She is an American woman, a queer woman who was doing the very best she could do to be good in an unjust world."Robert De Niro told the crowd at New York's Town Hall that he could not separate patriotism from Trump’s second term."I can’t love a country that’s led by Donald Trump and his sycophant Congress," De Niro said.JEFF DANIELS SLAMS TRUMP'S 'DECENCY' AFTER PERFORMING 'NO KINGS' SONG ON MSNBCJane Fonda addresses the crowd during the First Amendment-theme...