Overview

• During a June 13 appearance on The View, Carrie Coon discussed Leslie Bibb’s White Lotus character who shocks friends by revealing she voted for President Trump.
• Coon revealed that her own family in Ohio includes Trump supporters, which has led to difficult political discussions at home.
• She argued that followers of an authoritarian leader exist in a closed information cycle that resists external factual evidence.
• The actress warned that many Trump voters lack a factual basis and are taught to blame immigrants or trans people while billionaires benefit.
• Coon linked recent moves to cut NIH and NSF funding to the broader decline of science-based discourse in America’s polarized debates.