Longoria told Marie Claire. “But even before [the pandemic], it was changing. The vibe was different. And then COVID happened, and it pushed it over the edge.
Whether it’s the homelessness or the taxes, not that I want to sh-t on California — it just feels like this chapter in my life is done now.”While Los Angeles is seemingly no longer her speed, the 49-year-old “Desperate Housewives” star also cited the most recent presidential election as a reason she was confident in her decision to leave. “The shocking part is not that he won,” she said of former President Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. “It’s that a convicted criminal who spews so much hate could hold the highest office.” “If he keeps his promises, it’s going to be a scary place,” she said, recalling how depressed she felt following Trump’s 2016 win.
Longoria, who spent the summer volunteering to rally voters for Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, expressed her disillusionment with the US election process. “It was like, ‘Do my vote really matter?
Am I really making a difference?'” she said. “I was so untethered to the core of what I believe because I truly believed in my soul that the best person wins.
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