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The arguably greatest fictional TV POTUS ever is not endorsing the White House bid of Robert Kennedy Jr, and Martin Sheen sure as Hell isn’t showing up as a warm prop at any RFK Jr fundraiser anytime soon.
About a week ago, invites went out for a self-described “gala” on January 22 to celebrate the independent candidate’s 70th birthday. Martin Sheen, Mike Tyson and Dionne Warwick were reported to be attending the event as “well-wishers.” Today, some Jed Bartlet’s old staff have gone public to declare their old boss has no intention of attending any such event.
In fact, via Bradley Whitford and Mary McCormack, Sheen says he remains an avowed supporter of incumbent Joe Biden, not RFK Jr.
“The Indian Wells fundraiser is a PAC event,” the RFK Jr campaign told Deadline today. “The campaign doesn’t have anything to do with organizing of this event. The campaign has no knowledge of who is attending and can’t confirm or deny anyone’s participation, either as entertainment or as a guest.”
Deadline reached out to the Silent Majority 4 RFK Jr organizers of the January 22 event today about the alleged participation of Sheen and others. We will update this post if and when they respond.
Well, 83-year-old Grace and Frankie alum Sheen and the equally iconic 83-year-old Warwick, who also mocked the gala and said she is not involved, are both clearly not going to be part of the Palm Desert event, it is pretty certain.
The one of the eldest sons of Sen. Robert Kennedy and a nephew of President John F. Kennedy, once respected environmentalist attorney RFK Jr launched a bid for the Democrats’ 2024 presidential nomination last spring. Certain to lose to President Biden in that effort and accusing the DNC of “rigging” the primary process, Kennedy shifted to an independent campaign in October 2023. The candidate’s anti-vaccine stance, which RFK Jr has denied even when shown video of him decrying getting vaxed, plus appearances with the likes of much sued conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and far-far-right organizations had failed to gain him much traction with fellow Democrats – to put it mildly.
Even Kennedy’s own notoriously family have come out against him.
“The decision of our brother Bobby to run as a third-party candidate against Joe Biden is dangerous to our country,” Said a social media post signed by four of his siblings last fall. “Bobby might share the same name as our father, but he does not share the same values, vision or judgment,” Rory Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy II, and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend added. “Today’s announcement is deeply saddening for us. We denounce his candidacy and believe it to be perilous for our country.”
Born soon after the November 1963 assassination of his uncle JFK, RFK Jr is the third of the 11 children of RFK and Ethel Kennedy.
Portrayed by Sheen for seven award winning seasons on the Aaron Sorkin created The West Wing, President Bartlet was always a fan of the Kennedys. Like the real-life 35th POTUS and his family, Bartlet is a Democrat and a Catholic – as is Joe Biden. Sheen also played JFK in the 1963 miniseries Kennedy and RFK in 1974’s The Missiles of October.
While Martin Sheen and Dionne Warwick are not appearing at the January 22 event, at least one Hollywood star will be there. RFK Jr’s wife and Curb Your Enthusiasm star Cheryl Hines has been a strong supporter of her spouse and his campaign and out on the trail for him constantly.
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