As the Hollywood writers’ strike crossed 100 days this week, its effects are being felt far beyond California. Nightly reports 👇
SAG-AFTRA member Cari Ciotti leads as striking SAG-AFTRA members picket with striking WGA workers outside Paramount Studios on Aug. 7 in Los Angeles, Calif. | Mario Tama/Getty Images— As the Hollywood writers’ strike crossed the 100 day mark this week — and the actors’ time on the picket lines reaches almost a month — the White House continued to offer tepid support while Republican presidential candidates stayed silent.
Biden has long fashioned himself as a full-throated supporter of unions. High-profile stakeholders on both sides of this particular fight, though — from Bob Iger in management to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson on the actors’ side — are also big-name celebrity endorsers of the president, who have raised and donated significant cash to Democratic candidates and causes.
California politicians, for their part, are paying little attention to the polling. Senate candidates on both sides of the aisle — Democrats Katie Porter, Barbara Lee and Adam Schiff as well as Republican Eric Early — have shown up to the picket lines with the actors. In Southern California, the impact of the strike has reverberated beyond just filmmakers.
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