CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — If you live in a swing district and it’s October of an even numbered year, you’re bound to get strangers knocking on your door asking for your vote. But if you’re in the right place at the right time, that stranger is actress Olivia Wilde, who has appeared in everything from “BoJack Horseman” to “Tron.” And if you ask nicely, she’ll send over her partner, “Saturday Night Live” alumn Jason Sudeikis, who is across the street with woke pro football player Chris Long, the son of NFL legend and Charlottesville resident Howie Long. That’s who greeted Nancy Braier when she opened her door Sunday, along with the congressional candidate herself, Democrat Leslie Cockburn, who also happens to be Wilde’s mother.
“Is this really happening?!” Braier said, clutching her face in joy and disbelief.
Republican admakers have long tarred Democrats for associations with “Hollywood liberals,” and especially now in the cultural wars of Donald Trump’s America, never mind that he’s a former reality TV star who hosted Kanye West last week. But would the attacks be any different if the celebrity were an immediate family members? The answer, as it turns out, is no. Read more.