Controversial: Fonda, seen here at a Vietnam War protest in Colorado in , has been politically active for decades, regularly supporting left-wing causes. Speaking out: Fonda has been a strong supporter of women's rights and anti-war efforts, seen here in D.
Conservative criticism: The former Republican presidential candidate blasted Mrs Obama for the suggestion. In spite of the backlash that came as a result of her Vietnam trip, she has stayed politically active ever since, actively opposing the war in Iraq in and touring the West Bank as part of her involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Though she is clear Democrat, Fonda is not known to have appeared at a rally or fundraising event for President Obama or his wife.
Mrs Obama isn't the only member of her husband's administration to praise the Academy Award-winning actress. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Argos AO. Privacy Policy Feedback. Michelle Obama admires 'Hanoi' Jane Fonda who she calls 'politically savvy' The First Lady said that Jane Fonda, 76, was an older woman that she looked up to during an interview timed with Mrs Obama's 50th birthday The Academy Award-winning actress has always been a controversial figure among conservatives due to her left-wing beliefs Fonda infamously posed with Vietnamese troops during a tour of the war-torn country in and was called a 'traitor' as a result By Meghan Keneally Published: GMT, 23 January Updated: GMT, 23 January e-mail 91 View comments.
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This time, the year-old piece says it's from journalist Barbara Walters. The lengthy post, which names two men, goes on to accuse Fonda of betraying several prisoners of war during her trip to Vietnam, and inciting deadly beatings. It will eventually end up on her computer, and she needs to know that we will never forget," it continues.
Fact check: Ted Nugent did not write viral post criticizing athletes for kneeling. Fonda traveled to Hanoi, Vietnam , to protest the Vietnam War, but she did not do most of the things the post claims. Fonda has said the insensitive photo she took with North Vietnamese soldiers while sitting on an anti-aircraft gun used to shoot down American planes still haunts her.
And confronting her past, she then apologizes. And I want to apologize to them and their families. Please take the time to forward to as many people as you possibly can.. It will eventually end up on her computer and she needs to know that we will never forget. It is simply false that the president is planning to honor Jane Fonda as one of the " women of the century," as this chain e-mail claims. Fonda was one of many women featured in a Barbara Walters special for ABC News called " A Celebration: Years of Great Women ," which looked at the "most inspiring, intriguing and entertaining" women of the 20th century.
The program hosted by Walters aired on April 30, , nearly 10 years prior to Obama becoming president. They make some false claims about Fonda. Jane Fonda in Vietnam. It is true that Fonda, an actress and activist, traveled to Hanoi, North Vietnam, in to protest U. She also reportedly called freed American prisoners of war returning to the U. And she was infamously photographed posing warmly with a group of North Vietnamese soldiers at an anti-aircraft gun site during her visit there.
Her actions earned her the moniker "Hanoi Jane" from war veterans of that era who still harbor bad feelings toward her to this day.
In fact, some of the claims were debunked years ago by some of the very people named in the e-mail. False Claims. It is not true, as this e-mail claims, that Jerry Driscoll, a former POW in Vietnam, suffered career-ending double vision from a beating he allegedly received from his captors after Fonda visited.
Driscoll, who has said he never met Fonda, has denied for years that the scenario described in the e-mail ever happened. In , the Star Tribune of Minneapolis reported him saying:. Star Tribune , May 25, "Totally false. It did not happen," Driscoll said. After all, he flies corporate jets now, after retiring as a pilot from the Air Force and later American Airlines. The trouble that individual has caused me!
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