Oh hey, it’s been a while since we’ve talked about Susan Sarandon. It’s been some time since she credited the Trump presidency for giving us “a populace that is awake” (as if much of the populace didn’t need a racist, xenophobic, antisemitic, misogynistic administration to be “awake”), since she praised the “energized” revolution brought on by the complicit Jill Stein voters like herself, or since she seriously didn’t recognize the hypocrisy in giving interviews about the merits of socialism and voting via one’s conscience (read: that “identity politics” thing rich white people don’t seem to think applies to them) from elite, lush, private members-only Manhattan clubs. 
 
 It’s been a while since all those things happened, but most of us haven’t forgotten. Most haven’t forgotten the high-profile celebrities who used their platform to dissuade people from casting their votes for Hillary Clinton in the general election–which is very different from throwing their support behind Bernie in the primaries. When something horrific happens like the Supreme Court upholding Trump’s racist, xenophobic, anti-Islamic travel ban, or the retirement of a Supreme Court justice that will inevitably result in only another justice eager to uphold similar actions, you know who we don’t want to see voicing their opposition? People like Susan fucking Sarandon. 
 
 Susan Sarandon didn’t cause Trump’s election. But she was a prominent, high-profile voice fighting his opposition. Her concerns about Hillary Clinton (namely her lack of vocal opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline) were valid, but Sarandon placed her objections to specific aspects of Clinton’s campaign above so much else, so many issues we’re now fighting. From Trump’s immigration policies to his ability to change the ideology of the Supreme Court in a way that severely jeopardizes the preservation of Roe v. Wade, none of which are new fears–they were all visible on the election trail. So sure, Susan Sarandon is allowed to protest. But we are all allowed to call her a hypocritical asshole making use of her privilege to decide which issues she feels like protesting and when. 
 
 Where is Susan Sarandon today? I wonder. Pretty sure it’s not a detention center where she’ll be prevented from ever seeing her three children again or a fake women’s clinic where a pretend doctor is giving her misleading health information about her own body. — Shannon Coulter (@shannoncoulter) June 26, 2018 
 
 I feel a series of rage tweets coming on. Trying to control myself. Must…not..@..Susan..Sarandon — Amber Tamblyn (@ambertamblyn) June 27, 2018 
 
 Oh hey ⁦@SusanSarandon⁩ is this “interesting” enough for you now? How dare you show your face at a protest against ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ when you did nothing to help stop him? Fuuuuck you #ThursdayThoughts pic.twitter.com/HW1XfrV6GV — Tara Dublin Hates Nazis 🌊 (@taradublinrocks) June 28, 2018 
 
 In short: 
 
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 Susan Sarandon was arrested while protesting Donald Trump’s immigration policy in Washington D.C. on Thursday. 
 
 During the protest, which was organized by the Women’s March and the Center for Popular Democracy, the actress, 71, joined hundreds of women to demand that all migrant families separated by Trump’s “zero-tolerance” policy be reunited. 
 
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 The protest culminated in a sit-in at the Hart Senate Office building, during which many of the protesters wrapped themselves in foil blankets, reminiscent of the silver blankets migrant children have been seen with in photos taken from detention centers. 
 
 After sharing multiple tweets documenting her time at the protest — and encouraging others to join her — Sarandon announced that she had been arrested. 
 
 “Arrested. Stay Strong. Keep fighting. #WomenDisobey,” she wrote on social media. 
 
 The Capitol Police did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. 
 
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 Three hours after her announcement that she had been arrested, Sarandon praised the protest, writing, “Powerful, beautiful action with hundreds of women saying we demand the reunification of families separated by immoral ICE policy. This is what Democracy looks like. #WomenDisobey.” 
 
 Earlier, Sarandon had also retweeted a message penned by the Women’s March, in which the organization wrote that “630 women in foil blankets are being arrested in Hart Office building now as they chant ‘Abolish ICE’ and demand an end to family detention. #WOMENDISOBEY” 
 
 In a statement, the Capitol Police confirmed that about 575 people were arrested on Thursday and charged with unlawfully demonstrating, according to DCist. 
 
 Powerful, beautiful action with hundreds of women saying we demand the reunification of families separated by immoral ICE policy. This is what Democracy looks like. #WomenDisobey https://t.co/NDHDISPTPD pic.twitter.com/szBOJ43D6y — Susan Sarandon (@SusanSarandon) June 28, 2018 
 
 630 women in foil blankets are being arrested in Hart Office building now as they chant “Abolish ICE” and demand an end to family detention. #WOMENDISOBEY pic.twitter.com/k3J1lmqIPA — Women's March (@womensmarch) June 28, 2018 
 
 The Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy has resulted in more than 2,300 children being separated from their parents at the border since April. Last week, after intense public pressure, the president signed an executive order reversing his own administration’s policy. 
 
 Susan Sarandon Jacquelyn Martin/AP/Shutterstock 
 
 While Sarandon has been vocal about her criticism of Trump in the past, she also told PEOPLE that she was optimistic about America’s capacity to create a real change now that people are “awake and scared.” 
 
 “I’m actually optimistic because I think we’re seeing an amazing revolution happening,” she explained in 2017. “Not by the people that claim to be political but by Americans, and I have great faith in America. You’re seeing more people running that have never run.” 
 
 “If you’re acting and you’re paying attention — you have to constantly be calling your representatives,” she added. “And ultimately it could make a difference.” 

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 The actor was among hundreds of women charged in Washington at a rally against the US president’s immigration policy 
 
 Susan Sarandon was among 575 women arrested in Washington on Thursday after they staged a sit-in protest against Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance immigration policy inside a Senate office at the Department of Justice. 
 
 The actor tweeted extensively from the rally, at which she and fellow protesters held aloft placards demanding an end to immigration camps and declaring, “We care�? – a reference to the controversial jacket worn by first lady Melania Trump when visiting a detainment centre last week. 
 
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 There were chants of “What do we want? Free families!�? and “This is what democracy looks like�? before the women were arrested, charged and then released. 
 
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 Organisers the Women’s March and the Center for Popular Democracy sported foil blankets like those worn by children separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border. 
 
 Sarandon has encountered hostility since Trump’s election, with many blaming her for suggesting people vote for a third-party candidate, Green party nominee Jill Stein, potentially reducing the number of ballots cast for Democratic party candidate Hillary Clinton. 
 
 Speaking to the Guardian last year, Sarandon, 71, confirmed that she still felt Clinton was in some ways more dangerous than Trump. 
 
 “I did think she was very, very dangerous. We would still be fracking, we would be at war [if she was president]. It wouldn’t be much smoother. Look what happened under Obama that we didn’t notice.�?
– Among the nearly 600 people arrested in DC on Thursday while protesting President Trump's immigration policies was celeb Susan Sarandon, reports the Guardian. Sarandon tweeted about the arrest, urging fellow protesters to "stay strong." But given Sarandon's recent political history—the 71-year-old encouraged voters in 2016 to vote for third-party candidate Jill Stein instead of Hillary Clinton, and she said as recently as last year that she still considered Clinton "very, very dangerous"—Sarandon wasn't exactly getting universal sympathy in the anti-Trump camp. In a scathing post at the Mary Sue, Vivan Kane calls out the actress for hypocrisy. No, Sarandon "didn’t cause Trump’s election," she writes. "But she was a prominent, high-profile voice fighting his opposition." She can protest now all she wants, "but we are all allowed to call her a hypocritical a------ making use of her privilege to decide which issues she feels like protesting and when." Last year, Sarandon told People she was happy about one aspect of Trump's presidency: Now that people are "awake and scared," the US is in the midst of an "amazing revolution."