One of the most heartbreaking hot-takes following Emperor Bigly’s election win was Seth Meyers describing how he and his wife were just feeling waves of grief the morning after Election Night, and how they watched their son play happily, oblivious to it all. I did think about all of those parents of older kids though, kids old enough to pay attention to the election, kids old enough to form ideas about Bigly Trump and his Groping Un-Bigly Hands. As it turns out, Katie Holmes’ daughter Suri Cruise was paying attention, and Suri was “hurt” when Hillary Clinton didn’t win. Same, Suri.
Katie Holmes is still recovering from the results of 2016’s presidential election. During a radio interview on the SiriusXM TODAY Show Radio special “The Jenna Bush Hager Show,” the 38-year-old actress opened up about Hillary Clinton’s loss, and how she feels it has affected her 10-year-old daughter, Suri Cruise.
“I know I thought Hillary was going to win this year, and it was such a… it just hurt so badly when she didn’t,” Holmes told Bush Hager. “And I know that it hurt my child so much as a 10-year old, and it really made me think, ‘Oh we have a lot…a long way to go as women.'”
“We have to raise our girls to be very strong, not just for themselves, but to open the doors for other people. Because as hard as we think we have it, there’s so many women in the world that have it so much harder and we really need to be strong and help them. And help each other so that strength is number one and, having a great education,” she added.
Holmes attended several Clinton fundraisers while the politician was campaigning for the presidency, and even introduced Suri to Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea.
I actually didn’t know/forgot that Katie Holmes supported HRC during the election. Katie was probably like so many moms of daughters last year: talking to her daughter about the history of America, and women’s leadership and how historic it will be to see a woman president. And then how to do you explain it when that sh-t goes sideways? How do you tell a ten-year-old that the country voted for a bully, a sexual assailant, a liar and a crook? Poor Suri.
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I have a lot of co workers with children that age and they all say that their proudest moment was knowing that their children knew that Habenero Hilter was a complete and total moron and should not be winning anything let alone being President. It does give hope for the future, if we bust our behinds to make sure there is one.
My nieces were so sad the next morning, I had to tell them that when they are of age, how important it is to get involved in politics and always vote, They are such bright young girls.
My niece said the next morning, “If he build’s a wall, we’ll cover it in hearts and make doors”.
Awww love that attitude!
The election has renewed conversations in our house about politics, humanism, ethics and roles of government. In a way our outrage, the country’s reactions , have had a positive effect in our home. My 4 and 6 year old are more aware and interested. They will grow up engaged and aware of the dangers of corruption. They see examples of people fighting for the basic rights of others and the positives individual activism can achieve- Hopefully this will be a point of strength for this generation. Also it’s funny to hear a child refer to trump as President Fart.
Good moment to teach your child about the Democratic process and what losing feels like.
Neo, I agree 100%. My husband and I talked politics at home but we did not take sides. That said, our children were anti trump anyway. When he won, we told them that’s the process and we have a new president. Once that we should stand behind and hope he does what’s best for our country because we are American citizens. Now, we also explained the process if he goes bat shit crazy of how to get him out of office.
If they are old enough to talk about politics they should also know there are processes in place to impeach and have him seemed unfit to be our president.
Now, on a side note, I’m just waiting for that to happen. I can’t believe we Americans are not upset at the nepotism that is thrown in our faces and we just sit here……….
My brother-in-law is a South American immigrant and my poor 10 year old niece spent the entire election terrified that her sweet daddy was going to be deported if Trump won. When he did, my heart broke thinking of the fear that little girl must have felt and the fear of mi!lions of children who saw their parents being made out as the American enemy. My brother-in-law has since started studying for the Citizenship test in part to make his daughters feel more secure and, I think, in part to create better protection for himself against this administration than his green card offers.
I adopted my daughter from another country. She has several friends at school that were adopted from Russia and China. A girl at her school told my daughter and her friends during the election that if Trump became President she and her friends would be taken away from their families and sent back to their birth countries. My daughter was very upset and scared to death. It took awhile to convince her that nothing would happen to her. She hates Trump and doesn’t want to know what is going on with him. He scares her.
I hope you reported that confused (or attention-seeking) child to the school. For her own good.
when the animal who shall remain nameless won…. as a black person, we knew that most of the president were in fact secretly deplorable from history and the tension there (no need to go into it)…but with the obama presidency, tho not perfect, there was a decorum a grace a humility and feeling like maybe we do have a seat at the table of human decency in society…like you cant just say and do the things (the animal who shal remain nameless) wants to do…. then he wins and you got racist white people out here OPENLY acting a fool like pre-1970s its just like woooooow so depressing…
My kids were both destroyed. They were so excited to see another first in history. I have zero qualms in explaining exactly what kind of person our current president is, that he’s a bad person and that you don’t have to agree with one single thing he says.
Hopefully I’m raising a daughter who will respect herself and a son who will respect women and two kids who will definitely vote!
My daughter is 13 and we followed the election closely. Neither of us were happy about Trump winning but what really disappointed her was the reaction. Prior to the election the kids at school were allowed to discuss politics regardless of who they wanted to win but after the election the school no longer allowed them to discuss it (other than in class and only in a historical way). They can not talk about Trump or current events because it will “upset” those students who “lost”, however they did discuss the protesting because it showed democracy in action. I’m mad Trump won but I am really pissed that they cant even discuss current events or LEARN from them because it may make little Sally sad instead they are learned its ok to throw a fit if you loose. We need to teach our children to make the world a better place and to work together regardless of who won/lost and this isnt the way to do it.
My youngest so says he hates Trump because he calls girls fat pigs. Hate is a strong word, I know, but I just can’t correct my son for saying that. He has the last part 100% correct – Trump does not respect women.
If I thought there would be any chance of the thing winning, I wouldn’t have involved my 10 year old in the shock of it all. I thought the election would be “a teachable moment” with a groper losing and a mommy winning. I reman with huge hopes that russian interference will be so indisputable that the thing will get impeached.
My brother said my 13 year old niece and 10 year old nephew sobbed when they heard the news. My niece stated “I’m going to become a human rights lawyer”. Until she gets there I’m going to fight tooth and nail to make sure she has access to birth control and knows attacks on women’s rights are not acceptable.
My cousin’s daughter is nine, and she also was very disappointed when she woke up the next morning and found out the news. But she keeps the family going by making her mother play Katy Perry’s “Fight Song” all the time. Here is the vid that was made for the Dem convention, where many celebrities sing along:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YttscNOoAjA