This post contains mild spoilers about Birds of Prey.

Harley Quinn is many things: a lunatic, a villain, a lover of greasy breakfast sandwiches. But in Birds of Prey, the newly released Suicide Squad spin-off that follows the Gotham City crook and her eccentric girl gang, Harley reveals that she’s also…a Bernie Sanders supporter. Yes, really. For all those wondering about her political affiliation, you can now rest assured that Harleen Quinzel is a Bernie bro. Or rather, a #HotGirlForBernie.

This throwaway point is revealed in a scene in which Quinn (Margot Robbie) is captured by the uber-villainous Roman (Ewan McGregor). Throughout the film, Harley breaks the fourth wall and fills the audience in on a list of grievances her enemies hold against her. One of Roman’s many grievances against Harley, it turns out, is that she voted for Sanders in the 2016 election.

So…Bernie Sanders exists in the Birds of Prey cinematic universe, which means he exists in the greater DC comic book universe. Does this also mean…Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump exist in the DC canon? Also, how do we think Harley literally cast her vote? Did she send off an absentee ballot, or did she get up on Election Day and get in line with the normals? Or did she find some villainous way to secretly hack the election and slide in a Bernie ballot so she wouldn’t have to do things the regular way? If so, why didn’t she rig the whole thing to help her boy win? Is Harley responsible for the mess we currently find ourselves in??

Birds of Prey director Cathy Yan holds the key to all these potential questions. When asked about the decision to canonize Harley’s Bernie support, she gently passed the buck to the film’s screenwriter, Christina Hodson.

“It was a funny joke that Christina Hodson came up with, and I think that’s the kind of humor we wanted to have,” Yan told Vanity Fair. “I think there is this engagement with the real world in a way with this movie, and it was cheeky!”

When asked if Harley would likely go on to endorse Sanders in the 2020 election, Yan laughed, said “Oh, God,” and left it at that.

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