Schiff, who played Toby Ziegler on the hit political drama “The West Wing,” discusses the presidential race and how the show shaped his own political views.
Actor Richard Schiff attends a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony for his stepfather, civil rights lawyer Clarence B. Jones, at the White House in May. “Our ‘West Wing’ thread lit up,” says Richard Schiff, who spent seven years playing White House communications director Toby Ziegler on the venerated network TV show — and actively campaigned for President Biden during his unsuccessful 2008 run for the White House. He’s been a Biden supporter and friendly with the family ever since.
“I’m stumped by why he would write that , and it’s certainly not anything I agree with, but we’re all capable of mind blips,” Schiff says.Personally, though, Schiff was a mess of emotions. “I was shocked and at the same time excited, and so sad for the President, who I’ve had a relationship with,” he says, adding, “I do think he fits the ‘West Wing’ profile of someone who wants to leave the world a better place.”always voted blue and has attended every Democratic National Convention since 2000.
He’s agreed to be part of a podcast series in which actors read short stories imagining a world profoundly altered by the rights and freedoms theproposes stripping away. And he’s already been on Zoom calls conscripting him to head to Michigan and Wisconsin, and, presumably, be onThe last time Schiff was in the White House was May, accompanying his stepfather, the 93 year-old civil rights attorney Clarence B.
Everyone in politics wanted to talk to him about politics, and cared about his opinion — which was pretty informed since he was spending all his time learning the inner workings of the White House and how to craft messaging from consultants including Lawrence O’Donnell , former White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers and pollsters Patrick Caddell and Frank Luntz.
“We love how Martin portrayed it, but I think Aaron Sorkin saw this as a real problem of not following the fundamental requirements of governance, such as transparency,” Schiff says. “Without transparency, you’re withholding information and you’re betraying your staff and it’s just the tip-top of the iceberg.”
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