Roseanne Barr, well known for her controversial actions, gained notoriety when she purposely sang the National Anthem off-key and engaged in provocative gestures during a San Diego Padres game in the early ’90s. Despite subsequent controversies, ABC decided to revive her show, Roseanne, which initially garnered high ratings. However, the revival was short-lived as the network swiftly canceled it after three months, rebranding it as The Conners following Barr’s racially insensitive tweet about Valerie Jarrett, an adviser to former President Barack Obama.
Even with her tumultuous history, the 71-year-old was selected as one of the speakers at the Turning Point USA conference in Phoenix, Arizona, as part of their annual AmericaFest event. However, her performance at the conference has not been without criticism.
She presented a wobbly performance at the Turning Point USA conference
at the ABC Winter TCA All Star Party, The Langham Huntington, Pasadena, CA 01-08-18
Barr’s performance at the event was described as “wobbly,” and people were against her stance on supporting former US President Donald Trump. “I just wanna say that, I’m just all in because I know if I ain’t all in, they’re going to put my ass in a gulag. If he loses, I know what they’re gonna do,” she yelled. “And I don’t wanna go to a re-education camp and have to give all my money to a bunch of losers that never know how [to] get a job. I don’t care about them.”
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She also went into a tirade of anti-communist rants, even though it was not exactly clear who it was targeted at. “If we don’t stop these horrible Communists — do you hear me? I’m asking you to hear me, Stalinists, Communists, with a huge helping of Nazi fascists thrown in, plus one caliphate! To replace every Christian democracy on Earth now! Occupy! Do you know that?! I just want the truth,” Barr rambled on. “We deserve to hear the truth. That’s what we want! We want the truth! We don’t care which party is wrong, we know they’re both nothing but crap! They’re both on the take! They’re both stealing us blind! We just want the truth about everything we fought and died and suffered to protect! We want the truth.”
Fans react to Roseanne Barr’s Turning Point USA conference performance
The comedian’s speech, which has been posted on X and has been viewed more than 2 million times, has been met with a series of different opinions from netizens. Some criticized the comedian. “Poor Roseanne… she coulda retired and kept her mouth shut, lived like a queen on her royalties and kept the legacy of her career intact,” a user commented. “But she had to embrace Trump and everything Trump touches,” while another person wrote, “The power of free speech is that it permits idiots and flat-earthers to identify themselves.”
However, some fans expressed their support for the controversial comic. “She tells it like it is, gotta love that,” an enthusiast wrote. “We love this from Roseanne!!” someone else noted.
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— Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) December 16, 2023