CROCK THE VOTE: Hollywood Hypocrites Urge Young People To Vote Even Though They Didn’t Last Midterms
The scariest thing about this post is that some people actually take advice from these wizards.
Didn’t vote in the last midterm elections? It turns out many of the celebrities pressuring young people to vote in tomorrow’s off-year elections didn’t cast a ballot last time, either.
According to the Washington Post at least five stars who participated in a recent Rock the Vote video urging youth to exercise their franchise didn’t bother to show up to the polls themselves in 2010.
View co-host Whoopi Goldberg, Orange is the New Black’s Natasha Lyonne, Glee’s Darren Criss, Girls creator Lena Dunham and Rich Kids of Beverly Hills star E.J. Johnson did not vote in the last midterm election, the Post discovered.
Dunham admittedly voted for her ‘first time’ in 2012 when she cast her ballot for President Barack Obama.
However, the Post said it couldn’t find evidence in the New York and Los Angeles voting records that her cohorts in the PSA visited the ballot box four years ago, either.
Others celebs who made cameos in the Rock the Vote campaign may not have voted, the Post said, noting that it was unable to find information for musician Lil Jon and six others who appeared in the election-themed video.
Read more: Daily Mail
