Praise From Hillary
In 2004, Hillary Clinton was the Senator of New York. The West Wing continued airing until 2006. In real life then Senator Clinton wrote an open letter to the fiction Josh Lyman, played by Bradley Whitford. She wrote the letter after his character on the show suggested closing an actual military base in upstate New York. Of course, the whole thing was done tongue in cheek. She also took a moment to thank fictional character Toby Ziegler for trying to save Social Security. When asked to respond about the rebuke, West Wing producer Laurence O’Donnell who actually wrote the episode said “Josh Lyman is quaking in his boots.” Years later Bradley Whitford supported Hillary for her real life presidential run in 2016, as did many of his cast mates.
