Susan Sarandon at the DNC: ‘Bernie has ignited this spark and we’re not letting go’

Comedian Sarah Silverman, who endorsed Bernie Sanders during the Democratic primary, lashed out Monday night at pro-Sanders hecklers at the Democratic National Convention.

“To the ‘Bernie or bust’ people, you’re being ridiculous,” Silverman told the raucous crowd inside the Wells Fargo Center.

She could’ve been talking directly to actress Susan Sarandon.

In an interview with the Young Turks on the eve of the convention, the actress and prominent Sanders surrogate vowed to keep up the fight for his political revolution.

“Bernie has ignited this spark and we’re not letting go,” Sarandon said in an interview with “The Young Turks,” a progressive online television show. “For anyone who thought this was a cult of personality, you’re wrong. People are committed.”

“It’s important to know this army is going to continue,” she continued. “When we said this is a movement not a moment, we meant it.”

Sarandon slammed the Democratic National Committee over leaked emails that suggested the party favored Hillary Clinton over Sanders during the primaries. Some cybersecurity experts have linked the thousands of leaked emails to the Russian government.

“That’s so disgusting,” the actress said. “I think we really have to ask what’s happened to us in terms of what we’re willing to sacrifice to get our person in.”

Sarandon accused cable news outlets, including CNN and MSNBC, of being in “collusion, basically” with the Clinton campaign by airing unsubstantiated reports painting Sanders supporters in a bad light.

“The good news is that people are awake,” she also said. “They feel empowered and they feel angry. … I’m curious to see what’s gonna happen. I’m really loving all these young people that are like, ‘No, I‘m not accepting this.’ That’s how this country was built.”

Sarandon was on the convention floor Monday night, holding a sign protesting the Trans-Pacific Partnership — a free-trade agreement that the Vermont senator had pushed for the Democratic Party to oppose in its platform.

And while Sanders, who endorsed Clinton earlier this month, called on his supporters to support the former secretary of state as the Democratic nominee, Sarandon has yet to do so.

And based on her tweets, it doesn’t seem like she’s going to anytime soon.

In March, Sarandon sparked controversy by saying she wasn’t sure she’d vote for Clinton over Donald Trump, and predicted her fellow Sanders supporters — many of them first-time voters — would not turn out for Clinton in the fall.

“They feel like she’s not authentic,” she said at the time, in an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes. “That she’s a liar, that they don’t trust her, so what difference does it make? … I think a lot of people are [saying], ‘Sorry, I just can’t bring myself to do that.’ ”

“How about you personally?” Hayes asked.

“I don’t know,” Sarandon said. “I’m gonna see what happens.”

“Really?” Hayes responded.

“Well, you know, some people feel Donald Trump will bring the revolution immediately,” she said.

Sarandon later clarified her comments, saying she’d never vote for Trump.

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