Samantha Baker decided to cook.
Molly Ringwald, who portrayed Baker in the ’80s sleepover classic “Sixteen Candles,” published a video of herself on Instagram Tuesday delivering a grim warning to Americans about the path the country is currently barreling down.
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The “Pretty in Pink” star spoke out in the wake of the death of Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old intensive care nurse who was fatally shot by federal agents during an ICE protest in Minneapolis on Saturday.
“I feel like I can’t stay silent and neither should you,” Ringwald began. “There’s something horrible, horrible going on in our country right now. And we have one of the greatest countries — had one of the greatest countries in the world. And I’ve also been so proud to be an American.”
At this point, the “Breakfast Club“ star decided to get very blunt.

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“But right now this is a fascist government. It’s not becoming a fascist government. It is a fascist government. And ICE is brutalizing people.”
Ringwald stressed that now is the time to set aside personal politics.
“I don’t care how you identify, if you’re a Democrat, if you’re a Republican, if you’re independent, if you don’t like to be political at all — it doesn’t matter. You have to look at what kind of country you want to live in,” she said.
Ringawald reminded her followers that she lived in France for several years in her 20s, and saw firsthand how the aftermath of World War II affected the country.
“They were taken over by the Nazis. … And a lot of people collaborated [with the Nazis],” Ringwald said.
“And then there were people who did not collaborate, and were part of the resistance,” she continued. “Eventually they got their country back. And those people, who collaborated, were found to be criminal.”
Ringwald warned that this is “what’s going to happen” to Americans who remain complacent.

“You should not support what is going on because these are human beings,” Ringwald said, presumably referring to those who are being rounded up and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
She went on to reference the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Minneapolis mother Renee Good by ICE officers earlier this month, and children who have been swept up by ICE agents — such as Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old in a blue, floppy-eared hat who was sent, along with his father, to a detention center in Texas last week after officers saw him returning home after school.

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“We are human beings, and we cannot forget our humanity,” Ringwald continued. “But if you don’t care about that, if you only care about yourself, then realize you are going to be seen as a collaborationist, OK?”
Ringwald, who began to get emotional, said she doesn’t “think anybody wants to be on the wrong side of history.”
“So, please, please use your voice and protest,” she said. “These are children who are being taken away from their parents. These are mothers who are being killed. These are fathers, these are ICU nurses, these are people that are good people. Now their families have to grieve them for doing nothing except for standing up for what’s right. For keeping women from being brutalized by these monsters. And they are monsters. They’re human beings as well, but they have forgotten that they are human beings and they have become monsters. Please don’t let yourself become like that.”
Ringwald concluded by imploring everyone to summon the empathy to think about the victims’ families — and to put themselves in their shoes.
“We all have people who love us,” Ringwald said. “And we love people. I mean, I hope that we love people! I certainly do. Please do the right thing and stand up, and use your voice.”

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