The event livestreamed once and required a donation for access (more on that below). Reuniting on behalf of Wisconsin, a key battleground state in the 2020 presidential election between Trump and Democratic nominee Biden, Louis-Dreyfus and the cast ended up raising more than $500,000 for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin by the end of the broadcast, and urged fans tuning in to volunteer for the cause. There were so many little pieces,” the showrunner explains. “On Friday I was on the phone with the old writers assistants saying, ‘Look, can I just pay you for a couple hours of work?’ The organization of it got crazy. And with plans for the event to include a few scripted bits, Mandel quickly found himself leaning on some of the show’s writers. Mandel’s first phone call was to star and fellow executive producer Louis-Dreyfus, and one email from the pair had almost the entire cast on board: Anna Chlumsky, Reid Scott, Sam Richardson, Tony Hale, Tim Simons, Clea DuVall and Matt Walsh - along with surprise guests Dan Bakkedahl and Nelson Franklin - all participated. Mandel, who took over as showrunner and executive producer for the final three seasons of Veep, was approached about one month ago by the Democratic Party of Wisconsin to hold Sunday’s reunion event to benefit the Joe Biden- Kamala Harris campaign. “Anything you donate will be used to ensure that Trump loses Wisconsin, and thereby the White House,” read the public invite for the event. I will say, this week it’s nice to see that there are consequences again. The only thing I can say is that, for three and a half years, it did seem like Donald Trump did whatever he wanted without consequences, which is part of what ruined Veep a little bit because it was a show where Selina often suffered from her own actions. Let’s try to take the high road while the man is in the hospital - or driving around, as the case may be.
Now, speaking to THR, Mandel explains, “When Trump got sick, we made a very conscious decision to say, let’s just leave him out of it.
Who does that sound like? So that massive ego grew and grew and grew until she absolutely did herself in with her own self at the end of the series.” Trump was only invoked when summing up the legacy of Selina Meyer: The “second worst president of the United States,” said Mandel Louis-Dreyfus added of her character, “Selina began as somebody who was very self-centered and that focus on herself was completely reinforced by everyone around her.
But on Sunday night, as news headlines circulated about Trump’s controversial SUV ride to salute cheering supporters outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where the president is being treated, the Veep reunion and political fundraiser largely avoided any Trump talk.
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