We need to keep the House.”ĭash said in her statement Friday that pulling out from the race was a “difficult choice.” “I live in my district and I realized this is home to me, this is where people need the most change to occur,” she said. Recently, in an interview with The Daily Mail Tv, Dash shared that she is a new woman these days. In an interview with CNN’s The Point last month, Dash said she jumped in the race because it was “perfect timing.” But now, she’s ready to put all of that in the past. She is known for taking controversial stances on issues affecting people of color. It overwhelmingly voted for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016, 83%-12%.ĭash, who wrote a memoir called “There Goes My Social Life: From Clueless to Conservative,” has been a polarizing figure since she made the transition from beloved 1990s actor to conservative pundit. The district, which includes Compton, Watts, San Pedro and North Long Beach, has long been represented by a Democrat. 'Clueless' actress Stacey Dash is running for Congress in California I would never want to betray the personal and spiritual principles I believe in most: that my God and my family come first.”Īctress Stacey Dash speaks onstage during the 88th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theater on February 28, in Hollywood, California. However, Dash added, “At this point, I believe that the overall bitterness surrounding our political process, participating in the rigors of campaigning, and holding elected office would be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of my family. My goal was, and remains, to improve the lives of people who have been forgotten for decades by the Democratic Party.”
“I hoped, and remain hopeful, that I can assist people living here on the national level. “I started this run with the intention to address the pressing issues in the district where I live,” Dash said in the statement. The news comes one month after the actress and outspoken Republican filed paperwork to run in California’s 44th district, which is currently represented by Democrat Nanette Barragán. “After much prayer, introspection and discussions with my family, I am withdrawing my candidacy for California’s 44th Congressional District,” Dash said in an email statement to CNN. What happened on January 6 was just appalling and stupid.”įind out all of the other celebrities who supported Donald Trump.“Clueless” star and former Fox News commentator Stacey Dash is withdrawing her congressional bid, a representative for the actress confirmed to CNN Friday. “Because senseless violence of any kind I denounce. I’m truly done,’” she said of her support of Donald Trump after the Capitol Riots on January 6, 2021. “When that happened I was like ‘OK, I’m done. I’m going to give the president that we have right now a chance.” Stacey now would never work at Fox, would never work for a news network or be a news contributor,” she added.ĭash said, “Being a supporter of Trump has put me in some kind of box that I don’t belong in. Working for Fox at the time, that was my job. Stacey‘s someone who has compassion, empathy.” And that’s who Stacey was, but that’s not who Stacey is now. They were very arrogant and prideful and angry. She continued, “Things that I did say, that I should not have said them the way I said them. I made a lot of mistakes because of that anger.” I realized in 2016 that anger is unsustainable and it will destroy you. And at that time in my life, it was who I was. “I was the angry, conservative, Black woman. Former Fox News contributor Stacey Dash is making a lot of apologies for her past support of Donald Trump. “I’ve lived my life being angry, which is what I was on Fox News,” she said to Daily Mail. She said she now describes herself as “apolitical.”
She revealed she voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and then voted for Mitt Romney in 2012. Former Fox News contributor Stacey Dash is making a lot of apologies for her past support of Donald Trump.
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