Editing Rob Reiner (section)

== Political views ==
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[[File:Rob Reiner at Howard Dean rally.JPG|left|thumb| Rob Reiner speaking at a [[Howard Dean]] rally on October 29, 2003]]
Reiner has devoted considerable time and energy to [[Liberalism in the United States|liberal]] activism.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/bill-maher-asks-a-question-even-a-meathead-cant-answer-on-real-time-1235101440/ |title=Bill Maher Asks A Question Even A Meathead Can't Answer On 'Real Time' |last=Haring |first=Bruce |date= 26 August 2022 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |publisher= Deadline Hollywood |access-date= 15 November 2023 |quote=}}</ref>

Reiner is a co-founder of the [[American Foundation for Equal Rights]], which initiated the court challenge against [[California Proposition 8]] that banned same-sex marriage in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wehoconfidential.com/2010/08/civil-rights-activist-director-rob.html |title=Civil Rights Activist: Director Rob Reiner |publisher=WeHo Confidential |date=August 2010 |access-date=April 14, 2012}}</ref>

In 1998, Reiner chaired the campaign to pass Prop 10, the [[California Proposition 10 (1998)|California Children and Families Initiative]], which created First 5 California, a program of early childhood development services, funded by a tax on tobacco products. He served as the first chairman of First 5 California, from 1999 to 2006. His lobbying, particularly as an anti-smoking advocate, prompted his likeness to be used in a satirical role in a ''[[South Park]]'' episode titled "[[Butt Out]]", in which he is depicted as a morbidly obese, hypocritical tyrant.<ref>{{Citation|last=Parker|first=Trey|title=Butt Out|date=2003-12-03|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0705898/|type=Animation, Comedy|others=Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mona Marshall, Eliza Schneider|publisher=Braniff|access-date=2020-11-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | publisher=Reddit | title=Rob Reiner here signing in for my first AMA. Here we go… | url=https://old.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/7bnkna/rob_reiner_here_signing_in_for_my_first_ama_here/dpjcmoy/?context=10000 | date=November 8, 2017 | accessdate=July 21, 2023}}</ref> Reiner came under criticism for campaigning for a ballot measure (Prop 82) to fund state-run preschools while still chair of the First Five Commission, causing him to resign from his position on March 29, 2006. An audit was conducted, and it concluded that the state commission did not violate state law and that it had clear legal authority to conduct its public advertising campaigns related to preschool. Prop 82 failed to win approval, garnering only 39.1% support.

Reiner is a member of the Social Responsibility Task Force, an organization advocating moderation where social issues (such as violence and tobacco use) and the entertainment industry meet. He is also active in environmental issues, and he successfully led the effort to establish California's [[Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve|Ahmanson Ranch]] as a state park and wildlife refuge rather than as a commercial real estate development. He introduced [[Spinal Tap (band)|Spinal Tap]] at the [[London]] [[Live Earth concert, London|Live Earth concert]] in July 2007.
[[File: Rob Reiner LBJ Library 2016 - DIG13955 105.jpg|right|thumb|Reiner at the [[LBJ Presidential Library]] in 2016]]

Reiner was mentioned as a possible candidate to run against California Governor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] in 2006 but decided not to run for personal reasons. He campaigned extensively for [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] presidential nominee [[Al Gore]] in the [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 presidential election]], and he campaigned in [[Iowa]] for Democratic presidential candidate [[Howard Dean]] just before the [[2004 Iowa Democratic caucuses|2004 Iowa caucuses]]. He endorsed [[Hillary Clinton]] for president for the [[2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2008 election]]. In 2015, he donated $10,000 to [[Correct the Record]], a political action committee that supported Hillary Clinton's [[Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign|2016 presidential campaign]].<ref name="correcttherecordcenter2016">{{cite web|title=Correct the Record: Contributors, 2016 cycle|url=https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgave2.php?cycle=2016&cmte=C00578997|website=opensecrets.com|publisher=[[OpenSecrets]]|access-date=September 5, 2016}}</ref> Since the 2016 election, he has continued to campaign against [[Donald Trump]], calling him [[Racial views of Donald Trump|racist]], [[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|sexist]], [[Homophobia|anti-gay]], and [[Antisemitism|anti-Semitic]]. Reiner said that [[Harvey Weinstein]] is a "bad guy" but Trump is "also an abuser".<ref>{{cite news |title=Rob Reiner Says Donald Trump Is Even Worse Than Harvey Weinstein |url=https://observer.com/2017/10/rob-reiner-harvey-weinstein-donald-trump-comments-details/ |work=Observer |date=October 9, 2017}}</ref>

Reiner serves on the advisory board of the ''Committee to Investigate Russia''.<ref name="InvestigateRussia">{{cite web | title = Committee to Investigate Russia: Advisory Board | url = https://investigaterussia.org/advisory-board | website = Committee to Investigate Russia | access-date = February 10, 2018 |archive-date=February 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211131257/https://investigaterussia.org/advisory-board}}</ref><ref name="Variety19092017">{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Ted |url= https://variety.com/2017/politics/news/rob-reiner-david-frum-committee-to-investigate-russia-1202563293/ |title= Rob Reiner Helps Launch Committee to Investigate Russia |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=September 19, 2017 |access-date=November 20, 2020 |archive-date=November 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107104301/https://variety.com/2017/politics/news/rob-reiner-david-frum-committee-to-investigate-russia-1202563293/}}</ref> He and [[David Frum]] launched the site in September 2017 with [[Morgan Freeman]] warning people that "We are at war" and that [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections|Russia has attacked the United States]].<ref name="Variety19092017"/> Others on the committee's advisory board at the time of launch included [[James Clapper]], Max Boot, Charles Sykes, and Norman Ornstein.<ref name="Variety19092017"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://investigaterussia.org/advisory-board |title=Committee to Investigate Russia: Advisory Board |work=InvestigateRussia.org website |access-date=November 20, 2020 |archive-date=September 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920012402/https://investigaterussia.org/advisory-board}}</ref> Additionally, in early November 2020, the advisory board included Evelyn Farkas, Michael Hayden, Michael Morrell, Leon Panetta, and Clint Watts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://investigaterussia.org/advisory-board |title=Committee to Investigate Russia: Advisory Board |work=InvestigateRussia.org website |access-date=November 20, 2020 |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109030122/https://investigaterussia.org/advisory-board}}</ref>

Reiner endorsed [[Joe Biden]] for president for the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 election]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kurtz|first1=Judy|title=Rob Reiner backs Biden's 2020 bid|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/440728-rob-reiner-backs-bidens-2020-bid|work=The Hill|date=April 25, 2019|access-date=April 25, 2019|archive-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425222300/https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/440728-rob-reiner-backs-bidens-2020-bid}}</ref>

In June 2021, Reiner said that he was working on a 10- to 13-episode TV project covering the relationship between [[Vladimir Putin]] and Donald Trump. The project, he said, would cover the leaders' childhoods up until the point where their lives cross. Reiner said he is working with writer Ward Parry on the project, which he is calling ''The Spy and the Asset''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pedersen |first=Erik |date=2021-06-30 |title=Rob Reiner Says He's Working On TV Project About Donald Trump & Vladimir Putin |url=https://deadline.com/2021/06/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-rob-reiner-tv-series-spy-and-the-asset-1234784437/ |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Matthew Gilbert |date=July 1, 2021 |title=Rob Reiner creating a Trump-Putin limited series |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/07/01/arts/rob-reiner-creating-trump-putin-limited-series/ |access-date=2022-04-10 |website=The Boston Globe |language=en-US}}</ref>