The political and moral confrontation over Jeff Breckenridge's public endorsement of monetary reparations — a policy/confirmation fight that forces the administration to weigh moral truth against pragmatic politics and places Josh's team (and Leo) in t...
The political and moral confrontation over Jeff Breckenridge's public endorsement of monetary reparations — a policy/confirmation fight that forces the administration to weigh moral truth against pragmatic politics and places Josh's team (and Leo) in the role of triage/guardian of the confirmation.
Events in This Arc
Leo enters the Situation Room with Jack, urgently confirming President Bartlet's two-hour surgery timeline and General Fitzwallace's four-hour return from Manila to ensure military continuity. As Nancy McNally and Vice …
In the heated Situation Room debate over constitutional ambiguities, Toby reacts with incredulity to the revelation that President Bartlet must sign a letter delegating authority to VP Hoynes amid his …
Donna brings Jeff Breckenridge into Josh's office for a routine introduction, but the meeting becomes a confrontation that refuses to be softened. When Josh reads Jeff's back‑cover quote and tries …
In Josh's office Jeff invokes Sherman's Special Field Order No. 15 to make a moral, historical case for slavery reparations — a direct, uncomfortable framing that forces the administration to …
In Josh's office a combustible reparations argument becomes uncomfortably personal: Josh lashes out by invoking his grandfather's liberation from Birkenau, exposing the emotional cost behind his political realism. Jeff refuses …