Celebrity Celebrity Belief & Identity Celebrity Social Issues Debra Messing Tells Susan Sarandon to 'STFU' Over Trump as Sarandon Calls Her 'Self-Righteous' Debra Messing is taking on Susan Sarandon again over her views on President Donald Trump By Ale Russian Ale Russian Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has appeared in Women's World, First For Women, Biography.com and the Chicago Sun-Times. People Editorial Guidelines Published on September 12, 2018 02:55PM EDT Photo: Nicholas Hunt/Getty; Charley Gallay/Getty Debra Messing is taking on Susan Sarandon again over her views on President Donald Trump. The two, who feuded all the way up to the 2016 election and continued to trade words after Trump’s win, reignited their spat on Wedneday, with Messing, 50, slamming Sarandon over a video in which she tells Variety that Trump’s presidency has inspired women to run for office. “This is a revolution,” Sarandon said. “Maybe things had to get so bad before real change actually could happen. We just have to stay awake.” “STFU SUSAN,” Messing tweeted. “Oh yes, PLEASE let’s give Trump CREDIT. I mean how else are you able to walk out on the street. Convince yourself that that this CATASTROPHE of a President who you said was better that [Hillary Clinton] IS NOT ripping children away from parents seeking asylum.” Sarandon, 71, was quick to respond, tweeting, “Debs, before you get yourself all self-righteous try clicking on the video and listening to what I actually say, not @Variety’s clickbait headline, which btw has no quotation marks. That’s a clue..” In her tweets, Messing countered that people have been inspired to run out of “desperation” and “panic” because of Trump. She also took aim at Sarandon opposing Clinton during the 2016 presidential election in favor of Bernie Sanders, and then continuing to campaign against her when she won the Democratic primary over Sanders. Debra Messing and Susan Sarandon Spar on Twitter Over the Presidential Election – and the Barbs Keep on Coming Sarandon has been a vocal critic of the Democratic party for years, while Messing was a vocal supporter of Clinton throughout her failed campaign. Close