Coming off Eva Longoria’s appearance on the final night of the Democratic National Convention last month, the Hyphenate Media Group co-founder is “hopeful” that Kamala Harris will beat Donald Trump in the election.
“Very hopeful, very hopeful, Longoria said on-stage today at the FT Business of Entertainment Summit. “Yeah, I’m also a manifester, so I have to say that as well,” the long-time activist and Democrat added of the Vice President’s electoral battle against the former president. “She will be president. Yeah, I cannot wait to say Madam President, for sure.”
For all her optimism, Longoria tempered her remarks Friday about the race with the reality of hard numbers – and a very precise throwback shiv to the GOP.
“It’s wild to me that we’re neck and neck in this election with the things that have come out of one candidate’s mouth,” the producer and director stated of the latest polls and the pet eating insisting Trump to the West Hollywood audience at the final panel of the two-day conference. “One candidate that wants to move this country forward, and one that wants to reboot Desperate Housewives,” the Desperate Housewives star noted of the rivals and the Trump second term blueprint Project 2025.
The swipe by Texas-born Longoria today hits a little harder being that she was one of the stars of the Marc Cherry created comedy-drama during its ratings topping run from 2004 to 2012.
Ever since Taraji P Henson called out Project 2025 at the BET Awards in June, ex-Celebrity Apprentice host Trump has been trying to distance himself from the draconian mandate for a second term. Yet, Trump’s pleas have proven pretty unsuccessful, in no small part because some of his closest aides worked on the 920-page Heritage Foundation document, which is full of restrictions on women, reproductive and otherwise.
A good thing that’s happening is women are coming out in full force for reproductive rights, no matter what side of the aisle you’re on,” Longoria said of the conservative SCOTUS overturning of Roe v Wade in 2022 and the centerpiece bring a woman’s right to choose has become for the Harris campaign and down ticket Democrats.
To that end, as well as discussing the vision that she and partner/TV Academy chair Cris Abrego have for Hyphenate, Longoria today provided some broad strokes on her own schedule as 45 days remain before the November 5 vote. “A lot of my efforts are Arizona, Nevada, because it’s large Hispanic population,” Longoria explained.
While filming overseas for much of this year, the actress has been working the phone banks for months for both President Joe Biden and the VP, I hear.
As the Flamin’ Hot director said, VP Harris and Trump are truly neck and neck right now. Over a week after the candidates went head to head in their first and maybe only debate, a New York Times/Philadelphia Inquirer poll yesterday had the two tied with 47% of the vote each.
A celebrity participant in Democratic politics for decades and having spoken at the past several DNCs, Longoria is expected to be out on the campaign trail herself next month.
