George Clooney says he has more clout as a heartthrob-turned-activist than he’d ever have as an a politician.
Clooney made the rounds on the Sunday talk shows after being arrested
for protesting outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington last week.
He is calling on the U.S. to intervene diplomatically to stop violence
in in the border area between Sudan and South Sudan — and to get
humanitarian aid into the region.
“I think I actually have a lot more influence on it here,” Clooney told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“No super PAC has given me money...There is no outside influence for
me. I can actually have an opinion and it may not fit what the UN wants
and it may not fit what other people want, and I can say this I think is
right, and stand by it. I don’t have to check in to make sure and I
don’t have to compromise,” Clooney said.
“I think it’s a lot easier than running for office. I don’t have any interest in that.”
After testifying before Congress Friday, Clooney and his father, Nick, were cuffed protesting outside the Sudanese embassy.
They say Sudan’s president,
Omar al-Bashir, is blocking food and aid from getting to the mountainous region on the country’s border with South Sudan.
Clooney warned of a humanitarian crisis in the border area, where residents were hiding in the mountains to avoid bombings.
In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations committee, Clooney
argued that joint diplomatic action by the U.S. and China would be the
only way to curb an outbreak of violence in the region. China imports
some 6% of its oil from Sudan and so has an economic interest in peace
in the region.
“We’re not appealing to anyone’s better angles. We’re not looking for
humanitarian causes - I’ve done that before, it doesn’t work,” Clooney
said on “Meet the Press.”
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