Jennifer Lawrence encouraged her 8.7 million Instagram followers to vote on Election Day by channeling her iconic role of Katniss Everdeen from “The Hunter Games.” The Oscar winner posted a photo of herself on Instagram giving the franchise’s trademark three-finger salute along with the caption: “Midterms [baby]. Don’t forget who burns with us. Go vote.” Lawrence included a link Vote.org, where people can look up their nearest polling location.
\n\nWhile Lawrence stopped short of endorsing any candidates, her “burn with us” quote comes directly from 2014’s “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1” when Katniss fully embraces her role as a rebel leader against the tyranny of the Capitol (sound familiar?). After a hospital is bombed in her home district, an emotionally-charged Katniss gives a direct-to-camera address to President Snow and says: “You can torture us and bomb us and burn our districts to the ground. But do you see that? Fire is catching. And if we burn, you burn with us!”
\n\nAgain, Lawrence did not throw any direct shade at Donald Trump but her fans inferred as much given the symbolic nature of the “burn with us” quote in the “Hunger Games” franchise (and the deep ties between Snow and…
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