Jane Fonda addresses authoritarianism while referencing loved ones who fought and died for freedom

| January 24, 2026

Jane Fonda appeared with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to address the impacts of President Donald Trump’s policies. She expressed a concern about authoritarianism, about the government’s not meeting the people’s needs, the erosion of First Amendment rights, etc. Fonda claimed that people were being kidnapped and citizens were being deported. Arguing that we are the land of the brave and that many loved ones fought and died for this country, Fonda said that these rights can’t be taken away.

From Independent:

“If the government is not meeting the needs of its people, there’s something wrong, right? We’re seeing things happen that have never happened before. This isn’t like it was in the 40s and 50s. Authoritarianism has made its way into every single nook and cranny of our government,” she said.

“They are kidnapping people. They are legally deporting American citizens.”

The veteran actor also referenced the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis earlier this month after her vehicle blocked a street during an active ICE operation. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has claimed that officers were forced to open fire because Good had “engaged in domestic terrorism.” The incident has led to widespread protests across the country.

“Minneapolis, where they shot Ms. Good–they are shooting people. They are blinding people,” Fonda continued. “All kinds of really, really bad things are happening. And it’s not a question of right or left. I don’t care what party you belong to. It’s a question of right or wrong. Right?

“I think lines are being crossed. And it’s enough. We’ve had enough. Right? We are the land of the brave. Our loved ones fought and many died for these freedoms. We can’t allow them to be taken away from us, because if we let them go, they won’t be there later when we need them back.”

She explained that people need to band together “in solidarity” to protect their rights, adding that “we have to not be alone.”

Additional Reading:

Miller, B. (2026, January 23). Jane Fonda, 88, issues stark warning about the US: ‘We’re seeing things that have never happened before’. Independent. Link.

Category: Donald Trump, Liberals suck, Society

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Retired Grunt

Ive noticed that all of these people who are complaining about their right being taken away are still around to complain that their rights have been taken away. If we really were fascist, I don’t think we’d hear from them again. Im in Minnesota, and I tell you don’t you dare have a opinion on Minneapolis. Who are the fascist again? Yesterday, I’m at the license branch and a woman is talking about how bad ICE is for shooting that woman because she was married to a Mexican. Such low information people with the right to actually vote. It’s frikin scary. We’re gonna be communist in no time.

Retired Grunt

I meant a different opinion while in or near Minneapolis. Fat fingers.

Mason

I’ve found it best to just avoid Minneapolis at all costs. I don’t even like driving through on the interstate. If I do go, I prefer to be in the morning. Though I was a witness once for a shooting at about 0900 on a Tuesday in N Mpls. That was BGF (Before George Floyd).

SFC D

I was curious about the same things. If you truly live under a fascist regime, you don’t get to bitch about the fascist regime. That applies to the “No Kings” loonies too.

Anonymous

Well, ya know progressives:
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Mason

It’s such a fascist country that they have to chase the fascists down, block their paths, and prevent the fascists from doing their jobs in order to get oppressed by the fascists.

E.

Unk’s Corollary: The smaller the brain, the larger the mouth.

SFC D

Poor Jane. Still struggling to remain relevant.

MCPO USN

If she ever was. Poor Jane, take your meds.

Old tanker

Nope not that. I think it should be more like poor jane, drop dead.

waltusaf

Go back to Hanoi, Jane

26Limabeans

She’s taking speaking lessons from AOC.

Anonymous

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RCAF-CHAIRBORNE

Grind her into a slurry and send the drum to Ho Chi Minh mausoleum for storage.
She can forever be Ho’s ho

Pitbull

👍 👍 👍

E.

Sympathy? Why?

Anonymous

Ya got me.

Not a Lawyer

Where was this woman when Obama deported hundreds of US Citizens? Opiate nap? It is estimated that the US deports .5-1% of total deportations are US citizens. The parents then take the kids with them when they leave.

Every once in a great while they make a mistake. 2 million removals last year..

But How does this mostly happen? Mostly it is children born in the US to people in the country illegally and then mistakenly given US citizenship.

SFC D

“It is estimated that the US deports .5-1% of total deportations are US citizens.”

Can I get some clarification on that? How are US citizens being deported? How did Obama deport hundreds? I do not understand.

Not a Lawyer

Kids born in the US are granted US Citizenship. When the parents are deported they often take the kids with them.

SFC D

Yes, they do. But… those kids aren’t deported and they’re still US citizens. Natural born citizens can’t be deported.

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Fyrfighter

Thought that whole.citize. kids to illegal parents shit really needs to be changed.

SFC D

I agree. Not a fan of birthright citizenship.

rgr769

Welp, citizenship for naturalized citizens can be revoked when fraud and or false swearing was used to get here. For example, several SS concentration camp guards have had their citizenship revoked and been deported.

SFC D

Yes. Naturalized citizens. Not natural born citizens.

SFC D

I’d like to see that applied to Ilhan Omar.

timactual

Anyone remember Elian Gonzalez?

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SFC D

Yup. He’s a good little communist now.

rgr769

If politicians have a D after their names, the progs, socialists, and commies allow they can do whatever, and we will never hear a peep out of them.

Prior Service (Ret)

So now she’s sitting on the illegal immigrant’s equivalent of an NVA anti aircraft gun.

And what’s with “our loved ones fought for freedom” business? I doubt there have been many Fondas in the military.

Old tanker

Only on the silver screen…

Mason

Henry Fonda was a Navy officer during WWII in the Pacific. Got the Bronze Star.

Jane famously helped fight for the freedom from capitalism of the North Vietnamese.

SFC D

Henry was a liberal democrat but kept it to himself. Of course, that wasn’t exactly the same liberal democrats we have now.

Tallywhagger

Skank has never learned the first lesson of holes. It only seems proper that her harlotry would be featured with Stephen “Vomit” Colbert.

Goddamn your wretched soul, Jane Fonda, it might have been less evil had you been born to the Kennedys or the sister of John Fonda Kerry.

RGR 4-78

The Harlot of Hanoi.

RCAF-CHAIRBORNE

Slide her next to Uncle Ho’s pickled carcass

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RGR 4-78

No thanks. The shipping costs for hundreds of thousands of 55-gal drums of piss that far would be astronomical.

fm2176

Funny thing, these massive violations of Americans’ constitutionally protected rights haven’t affected me, directly or indirectly. My job takes me all around the region, but I’ve yet to see unmarked SUVs blocking roads and federal agents indiscriminately taking people into custody. Even the various businesses I visit don’t seem to be affected, including the immigrant-owned stores and [gasp] Latino markets.

I don’t dwell on what’s happening in Minneapolis because I don’t have the time to listen to a bunch of biased TDS media “reporting” on it.

Oh, and despite my ignorance, I find it awfully convenient that Minneapolis is in the headlines due to ICE. It’s almost like this was contrived to take away from the fraud accusations. I mean, just a few weeks back, I’m watching YouTube blow up with videos about Nick Shirley’s own video. Then suddenly everyone’s in an uproar over ICE’s presence there. It’s almost as though paid agitators were brought in to distract from the Somali fraud under the guise of anti-ICE demonstrations. Then, when Georgina Floyd FAFO’d, the dumpster fire truly began.

As for Fonda, Sir Mix-a-Lot wanted nothing to do with her in ’92. A man of impeccable taste. She’s been irrelevant for my entire life outside of the workout tapes he referenced in “Baby Got Back”. She should have stayed with the North Vietnamese people she so admired way back when, instead of being burdened by continuing to claim the title of American. I’d say that she’s wholly unqualified to talk about people who’ve fought and died for freedom. If anything, it’s a slap in the face to not only Vietnam Veterans, but to all American families who’ve had skin in the game for defending our nation and its interests.

Anonymous

She means the NVA…
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HT3

First, I can’t FUCK YOU enough to Hanoi Jane & The Hollywood Douchebags…
The fact that you can go on TV and complain about the President is 1000% PROOF that the First Amendment is alive and well thanks to REPUBLICANS. Anyone remember Twitter/X before Elon forked over $40B? Anyone remember Nina Jankowicz and The Ministry of Truth? Try going on national TV and complain about Vlady Putin, or Kim Jong Un, or Xi Jinping in those countries and you’ll see what the fuck ACTUAL authoritarianism is like. Lets not forget that Piss-Ant Jane and her party wanted to impose Draconian Laws during The Wu-Flu. The Dems chanted ‘No one is above the law’ when it came to DJT, but look the other way when actual criminals run loose. I can’t say FUCK YOU enough to DemoKKKrats, their partners in the Lame Stream Media, and the low-life vermin they want to protect. Suicidal Empathy, Jane. Look it up!

Fyrfighter

Ignorant traitorous where says what?

Fucking cunt cheered on the draconian measures then left wanted to and did take during the bat flu plandemic… and she’s damn sure OK with taking away 2nd Amendment rights from actual citizens…

Can’t she just fuck off by now??? You’d think AIDS or something similar would have gotten her by now..

A Proud Infidel®™

It would have been fitting if she had contracted jungle rot or intestinal parasites while she was in North Vietnam.

Fyrfighter

I was thinking the clap from Giap..

SFC D

VD from the VC…

rgr769

One does not get jungle rot without being out in and living in Vietnam’s jungle. I never saw a REMF who had never been to the bush with jungle rot. One gets it from being dirty and sweaty and getting cuts that become infected from stuff in the jungle.

E.

Dementia.

Fyrfighter

Traitorous whore… damn spellcheck

A Proud Infidel®™

It’s apparent to me that “Hanoi Jane” Fonda still craves attention like a spoiled toddler does candy, I wonder how many times she gave head to General Giap while she was in North Vietnam? Yeah, I said it, AND “Hanoi Jane” once said that she would have blown Che Guevara as well. One thing is for sure, and it’s that “Hanoi Jane” Fonda has more time in Vietnam than “Da Nang Dick” Blumenthal.

NHSparky

This bitch ain’t dead yet? She better hurry the fuck up, I can’t hold it forever.

Anonymous

Her cancer will come back.

SFC D

It’s begun. Tim “No Balls” Walz has the war he wanted.

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/01/24/breaking-another-shooting-in-minneapolis-at-ice-arrest-n3811191

He will not like the shitstorm he’s sown.

Anonymous

They seldom do. Speaking of such, where’s Lars?

Mason

Getting his poly pros out as he prepared to join the revolution. The Fat Soy Line in Minneapolis must hold.

SFC D
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Blaster

I hate this bitch and refuse to watch anything with her in it.

BUT, it’s like most people forget about Sean Penn and his “fact finding” trip to Saddam Hussain. And that other POS Bruce Springsteen that hates America and its military too. At the concert for hero’s, he even sang American Son by CCR. I like CCR, but John Fogerty wasn’t exactly patriotic. Even though he served in the Army Reserve for like 20 minutes.

SFC D

Apparently, Bruce’s biopic is crashing pretty hard.

E.

Hope so!

MCPO USN

Sucksteen is the poster child of running his cake hole against all the things that have allowed him to be famous. He should have to be in a Russian gulag for some real perspective. What a dickweed.

SFC D

He’s an actor playing a role in a lifelong musical. As are most celebrated musicians.

Blaster

He had a couple of songs that I liked when I was in Junior High, then, later I figured him out and refuse to listen to him. If he comes on, I change the station or turn the radio off for about 5 minutes.

He can think that his fame and money make home so much more enlightened all he wants. I’ll be happy sitting in my log cabin in the woods with my Bible and my guns (and my degrees, all 3 of them), and let HIM, be the SMART one.

Jackass is not nearly a good enough offense for him, so I’ll just say F him!!

AND,, while I’m at it,,,, I was always a fan of Tom Hanks, but with his antics lately and the probability that he was on Epstein’s Island (why????🤷,,,why else!),, F him too!!!!!

Anonymous

Good, he ain’t had a hit song since the ’80s.

A Proud Infidel®™

I remember when Sean Penn went to Baghdad to “Be a human shield” but was remarkably stateside when the bombings began.

Forest Bondurant

Thought this was appropriate…

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Blaster

🤣🤣🤣

E.

Janie, Janie, Janie. It sucks to be YOU, right?

Roh-Dog

I ‘needed’ a reason to go to the bar. Jane Fonda is as good as any!