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January 30, 2017

Screen Actors Guild Awards Dominated by Dissent Against Trump Policies
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And the Screen Actors Guild held its annual awards ceremony on Sunday
night, with "Hidden Figures" winning for best film ensemble and Denzel
Washington winning a best actor award for his role in "Fences." The
ceremony was dominated by statements of defiance against President
Trump's ban on immigrants from majority-Muslim countries. This is Julia
Louis-Dreyfus, who won an award for her role in HBO's "Veep."

Julia Louis-Dreyfus: "I want you all to know that I am the daughter of
an immigrant. My father fled religious persecution in Nazi-occupied
France. And I'm an American patriot, and I love this country. And
because I love this country, I am horrified by its blemishes. And this
immigrant ban is a blemish, and it is un-American."



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