Toby Ziegler fiercely defends the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) against Congresswoman Tawny Cryer's aggressive push to cut funding and redirect it to national parks, clashing over provocative art examples like Lisa Mulberry's installations and ...
Toby Ziegler fiercely defends the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) against Congresswoman Tawny Cryer's aggressive push to cut funding and redirect it to national parks, clashing over provocative art examples like Lisa Mulberry's installations and the societal value of culture.
Events in This Arc
In the Mural Room, Toby Ziegler confronts Congresswoman Tawny Cryer, who weaponizes examples of provocative, NEA-funded art—like chocolate-covered nudity and dung cheeseburgers—to justify the Appropriations Committee's plan to dissolve the …
In the Mural Room, Toby passionately confronts Tawny over proposed NEA funding cuts, provocatively analogizing them to Nazi Germany's 1937 'degenerate art' exhibition that vilified progressive works. He counters her …
In Leo's office late at night, anxious Toby paces while Leo pores over the provocative UN speech draft. Leo halts the pacing, praises the bold rhetoric they demanded to counter …
In a tense late-night standoff in Toby's office, he reminds ex-wife Andy that the UN speech's provocative language cleared NSC and NSA after three grueling days, refusing any alterations. Andy …