Kelsey Grammer: Difference between revisions

Grammer has criticized Washington politicians, stating: "I don't think Washington did us any favors for the last 50, 60 years, I think they've all been sort of the same party, the same bunch of clowns"<ref name= "twsUSAToday11">{{cite web|work=USA Today|first=Maeve|last=McDermott|date=May 16, 2019|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/05/16/kelsey-grammer-praises-trump-calls-rest-washington-clowns/3691179002/|title=Kelsey Grammer stands up for Trump, calls politicians 'the same bunch of clowns'|access-date= May 17, 2019}}</ref> He has expressed an interest in some day running for [[United States Congress]],<ref>{{cite web|title = Transcript: Twenty Years of 'Frasier'|url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,98169,00.html|website = [[Fox News Channel]]|date = September 24, 2003|access-date = February 23, 2016|publisher = [[21st Century Fox]]}}</ref> [[Mayor of New York City]],<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/kelsey-grammer-emmys-snub-republican-boss-frasier-362744|title = Kelsey Grammer Accuses Emmys of Snubbing Him Because He's a Republican|work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date = August 15, 2012|first = Jordan|last = Zakarin|access-date = February 23, 2016}}</ref> and the presidency.<ref name= "Dinneen">{{cite news |last=Dinneen |first=Steve |title=Kelsey Grammer Interview |date=June 9, 2016 |website= CityAM.com |url=http://www.cityam.com/242955/kelsey-grammer-interview-the-frasier-and-breaking-the-bank-star-talks-about-donald-trumps-hair-running-for-president-and-jared-leto-being-a-clown}}</ref> In an interview with radio talk show host Frank Morano in August 2021, he indicated that he was no longer interested in running for office.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://wabcradio.com/episode/kelsey-grammer-8-11-21/|title=Kelsey | date= 2021-08-11| publisher= WABC|website= wabcradio.com}}</ref> Grammer was a guest at President [[George W. Bush]]'s first inauguration.<ref name="NYMAG" /> Grammer endorsed [[Rudy Giuliani]] in the [[Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008|2008 presidential primary]] and later campaigned for [[John McCain]] in the [[2008 United States presidential election|general election]].<ref>{{cite web|title = Kelsey Grammer's federal campaign contribution| url = http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=CA&last=Grammer&first=Kelsey|access-date = February 23, 2016|website = NEWSMEAT|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131006094707/http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?st=CA&last=Grammer&first=Kelsey|archive-date = October 6, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/elections/political-emissaries-descend-valley|title = Political emissaries descend on valley: Richardson, Grammer rally voters at events|work = [[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]|date = October 11, 2008|access-date = October 16, 2008|issn = 1097-1645|first = Richard|last = Lake}}</ref> Grammer also promoted [[RightNetwork]], a [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] start-up American television network.<ref name="DailyNews">{{cite news|url = https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/fox-liberal-kelsey-grammer-backs-upstart-right-wing-tv-network-rightnetwork-article-1.163294|title = Fox too liberal for you? Kelsey Grammer backs upstart right-wing TV network, RightNetwork|location = New York|work = [[New York Daily News|Daily News]]|first = Richard|last = Huff|date = April 19, 2010|access-date=December 4, 2021}}</ref> He endorsed [[Michele Bachmann]] for the [[Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2012|Republican nomination]] for president in 2012.<ref name= "frumforum.com">{{cite web|url = http://www.frumforum.com/celebrity-endorsements-draw-attention-not-votes|title = Endorsements Draw Attention, Not Votes|date = June 26, 2011|access-date = August 31, 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150403081854/http://www.frumforum.com/celebrity-endorsements-draw-attention-not-votes/|archive-date = April 3, 2015|website = FrumForum|last = Berenson|first = Tessa}}</ref> Grammer later endorsed [[Mitt Romney]] after he had won the Republican nomination.<ref name= hill-probably>{{cite web |url = http://thehill.com/video/campaign/202579-kelsey-grammer-says-mitt-romney-would-probably-do-a-pretty-good-job|title = Kelsey Grammer says Mitt Romney would 'probably do a pretty good job'|access-date = June 4, 2012|website = [[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date = January 5, 2012|last = Kurtz|first = Judy|publisher = Adam Prather}}</ref> He initially supported [[Ben Carson]]'s candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, although later stating he would gladly vote for Republican candidate [[Donald Trump]] in the upcoming election.<ref name="Dinneen" />