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Gideon Resnick

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Rob Reiner’s impact on American politics and culture

And victims at Brown University are remembered and mourned.

Apple News Today
Rob Reiner’s impact on American politics and culture

But first, to the deaths of filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, photographer Michelle Singer Reiner.

Apple News Today
Rob Reiner’s impact on American politics and culture

Yesterday, the Los Angeles Police Department said they made an arrest in the case, one of Reiner's sons.

Apple News Today
Rob Reiner’s impact on American politics and culture

Here's LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell.

Apple News Today
Rob Reiner’s impact on American politics and culture

The case now goes to the L.A.

Apple News Today
Rob Reiner’s impact on American politics and culture

County District Attorney's Office today.

Apple News Today
Rob Reiner’s impact on American politics and culture

While many details remain unconfirmed or unaddressed by authorities, tributes poured in for Reiner yesterday, including everyone from former President Obama to Stephen King.

Apple News Today
Rob Reiner’s impact on American politics and culture

The range of voices highlighted Reiner's iconic standing in American culture.

Apple News Today
Rob Reiner’s impact on American politics and culture

He was an actor on the sitcom All in the Family and the director of movies like The Princess Bride, This is Spinal Tap, and When Harry Met Sally.

Apple News Today
Rob Reiner’s impact on American politics and culture

But also, Reiner's years supporting progressive politics and the Democratic Party.

Apple News Today
Rob Reiner’s impact on American politics and culture

The Los Angeles Times notes that Reiner was a co-founder of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which successfully mounted the effort to overturn Proposition 8, a ballot measure in California that banned same-sex marriage.

Apple News Today
Rob Reiner’s impact on American politics and culture

In an interview with the outlet Midas Touch on Monday, California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom reflected on his relationship with Reiner, who he said supported him during his time as mayor of San Francisco.

Apple News Today
Rob Reiner’s impact on American politics and culture

So it just breaks my heart.

Apple News Today
Rob Reiner’s impact on American politics and culture

Newsom is referring to the time when he defied California state law to allow for same-sex marriages.

Apple News Today
Rob Reiner’s impact on American politics and culture

In recent years, Reiner was an extremely harsh critic of President Trump, calling him, quote, mentally unfit at one point and saying that the atmosphere under the administration's leadership is, quote, beyond McCarthy-era-esque.

Apple News Today
Rob Reiner’s impact on American politics and culture

President Trump initially reacted to Reiner's death by suggesting that it had something to do with his, quote, obsession with the president.

Apple News Today
Rob Reiner’s impact on American politics and culture

His statement on Truth Social was condemned by a number of conservatives and Republican members of Congress.

Apple News Today
Rob Reiner’s impact on American politics and culture

Later on Monday, Trump was asked about that social media post by reporters at the White House.

Apple News Today
Rob Reiner’s impact on American politics and culture

Yesterday, fans laid flowers at Reiner's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Apple News Today
Rob Reiner’s impact on American politics and culture

One note read, RIP Meathead, referencing Reiner's role as Michael Stivic, the liberal student and Archie Bunker's son-in-law on All in the Family.