Justine Bateman reveals her attack on Biden administration made friends turn their backs on her

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Justine Bateman revealed that her criticism of Joe Biden's administration following Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election made her friends turn their backs on her.

The 'Family Ties' actress told the New York Post in an interview published Saturday, November 16, that she has been warned that she is aligning herself with "anti-woman, anti-gay, anti, anti, anti, anti."

Justine Bateman reveals how her friends distanced themselves from her over political views

After the election was called for Donald Trump, Justine Bateman took to X (formerly Twitter) to share, "Decompressing from walking on eggshells for the past four years."

In another post, she wrote, "I have found the last four years to be an almost intolerable period. A very un-American period in that any questioning, any opinions, any likes or dislikes were held up to a very limited list of 'permitted positions' in order to assess acceptability." 

However, she told the outlet that her posts were not taken well and some even went as far as to call her a "Nazi." She added, "I did have friends say, 'I love you, call me anytime, but I have to unfollow you' or 'I have to distance myself from you online, publicly'."

The 58-year-old actress further shared, "I have been quoted publicly since 1982. You want a collection of quotes to try and support your argument that I am any of those things? Go for it, man. There’s so much material you can look through. And you will find nothing."

"So the fact that people have to distance themselves from me … Look, I still love them, that’s fine. But every time they do that, and I’m also talking about strangers now, they absolutely prove my point," expressed Bateman. 

The 'Satisfaction' star told the outlet that she was in Washington, DC, on Election Day and watched as state by state turned red. She said, "I was surprised to feel, physically feel, a relief in my body. I didn’t realize how uncomfortable the last four years had felt until I felt that balloon deflate."

Bateman added that she was glad that the "woke era" was over and remarked, "That era of not being able to question things is over. That woke police, that's over."

Justine Bateman asks trolls to 'get out of my face'

Speaking about trolls, Justine Bateman said, "There’s room for everyone to feel exactly how they want to feel. But you don’t get to come at me and start accusing me of certain things. Go live your life and feel your feelings, but get out of my face."

She added that she "really feels" for younger people who have never seen a time when people were able to express their own opinions. "Their parents need to tell them, 'Freely live your life the way you want to, but never infringe on somebody else’s ability to also live their life as freely as they want to," expressed the 58-year-old. 

Bateman further noted, "Especially when people are younger, you’re exploring. You’re going to have some ideas right now about life, and in two years maybe you grow out of them. Maybe you don’t feel like that anymore."

Internet resonates with Justine Bateman's political views

Many netizens resonated with Justine Bateman's revelations about her friends distancing themselves from her due to differing political views and her criticism of the Biden administration. 

One wrote, "Justine has the right to share her political beliefs without being ostracized. We all do," and another said, "She is not wrong. I feel the same way and I’m an independent voter. Whoever did not do a good job, we vote him out. It all comes down to good or bad, not red or blue."

A person remarked, "I felt the same, and 4 years is a long time to feel like you're hold your breath!" whereas someone else mentioned, "I’ve been a fan since Family Ties and seeing how she choose to age rather than give into the endless procedures was great to see."

"We use the word friends far to frequently nowadays, people only have a few friends, usually less than 5," commented one more, while another person shared, "The bravest woman in Hollywood. God bless you and keep speaking the truth."

"I so agree with her! I’m a conservative woman living in CT, all of my friends are Conservative, we all feel enormous relief and are so proud of our fellow Americans who voted for Trump. There was nothing good for any of us these past four years," noted an individual. 

"She very eloquently put my thoughts into words. In fact, I still cannot wipe the smile off my face since Trump won. Today, I took my Trump flag down, replaced by the American flag. God bless the citizens who voted and saved this nation," shared a netizen. 

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