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Former (Fake) President Selina Meyer Wants Millenials To Get Out And Vote

You can't vote for her, unfortunately.

by Tom Clift  6 November 2016

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The American presidential election is just a few days away, and things are looking uncomfortably close. In a race this tight, every ballot counts, something that former president Selina Meyer knows all too well. Turns out the failure of young people to vote may have cost her the fictional race for the White House. And also the failure of old people to vote. And also it was cold on election day.

Point is, the protagonist of HBO’s Veep, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, doesn’t want “millennial apathy” to decide an actual presidential election. That’s why she’s urging young Americans to get out and vote.

Louis-Dreyfus has been a vocal supporter of Hillary Clinton throughout the election campaign. Earlier this week she released another video aimed at young voters in which she lambasted Donald Trump for his stance on climate change.

“Donald Trump talks a lot about building a wall, his pervy love of Putin, and fake colleges he can bankrupt for profit,” she said. “One thing he doesn’t talk much about is climate change, and that’s because he doesn’t believe in it. And because it doesn’t have a grabbable pussy.”