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Eva Longoria is worried about America after Donald Trump won the election

After President Biden withdrew from the election and endorsed his No. 2, Vice President Kamala Harris, for president, a litany of celebrities got to work campaigning for the former prosecutor, including actress and Texas native Eva Longoria.

“Kamala’s success is our success,” Longoria told a crowd in Chicago at the Democratic National Convention in August. “And she also supports us to dream big. So let me tell you, in the Latino community, our community, we have a saying: ‘Si Se Puede!’… It means ‘Yes We Can!’ But tonight I’m here to tell you, ‘Yes She Can!’ So we’re going to say, ‘She Se Puede!'”

But she didn’t.

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Eva Longoria in a bright blue dress speaks passionately from behind the stage at the DNC 2024

Actress Eva Longoria speaks on stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on August 22. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Shortly after Trump was asked to run for president, a bruised Longoria tried to remain optimistic. “I would like our fight to continue,” she told Marie Claire in a new interview. She noted that she finds the country “a scary place,” adding, “If he keeps his promises, it’s going to be a scary place.”

As Trump returns to the Oval Office, Longoria will return en masse to one of her two homes outside the US. For several years, the “Desperate Housewives” star has split her time between Spain and Mexico with her husband, José Bastón, and their 6-year-old son, Santiago.

“I’m privileged,” she acknowledged. “I can escape and go somewhere. Most Americans are not so lucky. They will be stuck in this dystopian country, and my fear and sadness are for them.”

José Bastón in a black jacket is held by wife Eva Longoria in a white halter dress with cutouts as they walk in Spain

Longoria and her husband José Bastón currently divide their time between Spain and Mexico, where he is from. (Jose Ruiz/Europa Press via Getty Images)

Despite Trump being named president-elect, the element of shock has diminished for Longoria, who retreated to her bed when he was first elected in 2016. “I’ve never been depressed in my life,” she recalled of that time. “It was like, ‘Does 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 really believed in my soul that the best person wins. And then that happened, and I was like, ‘Oh, wait. The best person doesn’t.’ win.'”

Eva Longoria in black poses with Chelsea Clinton in a black patterned dress, Hillary Clinton in a green suit, America Ferrera in a red jacket and Bill Clinton looking at the audience in a blue suit and purple shirt

In 2016, Longoria was an outspoken and active campaigner for Hillary Clinton. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images)

Days after the 2024 election, Longoria could say she wasn’t surprised by the election results, for the same reasons as before. “The shocking thing is not that he won,” she admitted. “It’s that a convicted criminal who radiates so much hate can hold the highest office.”

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Eva Longoria in a sparkling silver dress looks over her left shoulder at Donald Trump; in a blue suit and red tie, looks serious to his right

Longoria says the most shocking thing about Trump’s victory is that people would elect a “convicted criminal.” (Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images/Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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“If (Trump) keeps his promises, it will be a scary place.”

– Eva Longoria

Longoria noted in the interview that she has lived in the US her entire adult life.

“But even before the pandemic, it was changing. The atmosphere 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 talk about California. – it just feels like this chapter in my life is over now,” she said.

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Longoria, days before the election in New York City, is photographed pointing to her “I VOTED” sticker on the lapel of her jacket. (TheStewartofNY/GC Images/Getty Images)

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