--- title: Alec Baldwin Urges Voters to 'Overthrow' the Trump Government in Midterm Elections | TIME description: Actor Alec Baldwin followed up his latest parody portrayal of President Donald Trump with a serious call Sunday night for voters to use the Nov. 6 midterm elections to peacefully “overthrow” the government. canonical: https://time.com/video/mlYH8hGo/ og:title: Alec Baldwin Urges Voters to 'Overthrow' the Trump Government in Midterm Elections og:description: Actor Alec Baldwin followed up his latest parody portrayal of President Donald Trump with a serious call Sunday night for voters to use the Nov. 6 midterm elections to peacefully “overthrow” the government. og:url: https://time.com/video/mlYH8hGo/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/mlYH8hGo/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Alec Baldwin Urges Voters to 'Overthrow' the Trump Government in Midterm Elections twitter:description: Actor Alec Baldwin followed up his latest parody portrayal of President Donald Trump with a serious call Sunday night for voters to use the Nov. 6 midterm elections to peacefully “overthrow” the government. twitter:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/mlYH8hGo/poster.jpg?width=720 video:duration: 01:19 video:published: 2018-10-15 section: politics topics: midterm elections, government change, immigration policy, human rights, federal spending, GOP political power, women's constitutional rights, MeToo movement genre: political speech, commentary tones: urgent, critical, impassioned, partisan emotions: anger (high), urgency (high), contempt (medium) sentiment: negative audience: voters, political followers, progressive audiences, midterm election participants people: Alec Baldwin, Donald Trump organizations: GOP, United States government content_suitability: politics [00:00-01:19]; hate [00:54-01:19] transcript_source: publisher captions transcript_reviewed: not applicable --- # Alec Baldwin Urges Voters to 'Overthrow' the Trump Government in Midterm Elections > Sponsored content. 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Actor Alec Baldwin followed up his latest parody portrayal of President Donald Trump with a serious call Sunday night for voters to use the Nov. 6 midterm elections to peacefully “overthrow” the government._ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary Alec Baldwin urges voters to use the November midterm elections to change the government through lawful, orderly means. He criticizes the current administration's immigration policy, its handling of federal money, and its treatment of women's rights. He also says that during the MeToo movement, politicians failed to put women's rights ahead of political considerations. ## Key points - Baldwin says change in America happens through elections, which allow governments to be changed in an orderly, formal and lawful way. (00:00) - Baldwin calls for voters to overthrow the government of the United States under Donald Trump. (00:13) - Baldwin says a small cadre in power is hell-bent on continuing a malicious immigration policy that has led to charges of human rights violations. (00:20) - Baldwin claims this group has looted money from the federal treasury and deposited it into the bank accounts of its most ardent political supporters. (00:35) - Baldwin says the group aims to keep the GOP in political power for as long as possible through its wealth transfers. (00:44) - Baldwin says this group views and treats women as not entitled to the same constitutional protections as men. (00:54) - Baldwin says that during the MeToo movement, the group failed to set politics aside to establish that women's rights were more important than political expediency. (01:09) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:13] Elections as the path to change. Baldwin says change in America comes through orderly, lawful elections. - [00:13 to 00:35] Criticism of immigration policy and the government. Baldwin calls for overthrowing the current government and criticizes its immigration policy and human rights record. - [00:35 to 00:54] Claims about federal money and the GOP. Baldwin alleges that federal funds were diverted to political supporters to sustain GOP power. - [00:54 to 01:19] Criticism of treatment of women's rights. Baldwin says the group does not extend equal constitutional protections to women and failed during the MeToo movement. ## Key quotes - [00:00] Alec Baldwin: "We change governments here at home in an orderly and formal way" - [00:13] Alec Baldwin: "We need to overthrow the government of the United States under Donald Trump." - [00:35] Alec Baldwin: "This cadre has looted money from the federal treasury" - [00:54] Alec Baldwin: "They view and treat women as human beings that are not entitled to the same constitutional protections that men are." - [01:09] Alec Baldwin: "when the time arrived in the thick of the MeToo movement to set politics aside and establish that women's rights were more important than political expediency, they failed." ## Questions this video answers - What does Alec Baldwin urge voters to do in the midterm elections? [00:13] - What does Baldwin allege about federal money? [00:35] - How does Baldwin describe the treatment of women by the group in power? [00:54] - What does Baldwin say happened during the MeToo movement? [01:09] ## Content suitability - politics [00:00-01:19]: Overtly partisan political advocacy calling for government change and criticizing the current administration. - hate [00:54-01:19]: Criticism of how a political group treats women, framed around gender rights. --- Jul 28, 2023 12:41 AM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Alec Baldwin Says Playing Trump On ‘SNL’ Is ‘Agony’](/video/lENDYvmY/) ### Alec Baldwin Says Playing Trump On ‘SNL’ Is ‘Agony’ [Alec Baldwin Brings Donald Trump Impression To NYC Protest ](/video/M4lWfbjC/) ### Alec Baldwin Brings Donald Trump Impression To NYC Protest [10 Questions for Alec Baldwin](/video/21XIdwlU/) ### 10 Questions for Alec Baldwin --- ## Transcript [00:00] The way we implement change. The way we implement [00:02] change in America is through elections. We change [00:06] governments here at home in an orderly and formal [00:09] way and in that orderly and formal way and [00:13] lawful way. We need to overthrow the government of [00:16] the United States under Donald Trump. There is a [00:20] small cadre of people currently in power Who are [00:24] hell- bent on continuing a malicious immigration policy [00:28] that has set this country up for charges of human rights [00:32] violations by the global community. This cadre has [00:35] looted money from the federal treasury and deposited [00:38] it directly into the bank accounts of their most ardent [00:42] political supporters. So that they and several [00:44] generations of their descendants will have the [00:47] resources to maintain the GOP in political power for as [00:50] long as possible. They view and treat women as [00:54] human beings that are not entitled to the same [00:57] constitutional protections that men are. They are sons. [01:03] [ APPLAUSE ] They themselves are sons, husbands, [01:06] fathers and yet when the time arrived in the thick of [01:09] the MeToo movement to set politics aside and [01:12] establish that women's rights were more important [01:15] than political expediency, they failed. 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