Everybody Loves Raymond actress Patricia Heaton became the center of a heated online debate after posting a message on X directed at her "friends on the left" following a shooting that disrupted the 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner. Heaton, 68, wrote that although she disagreed with past Democratic presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Joe Biden, she believes critics of political leaders should reject extreme language and violence. She wrote, "I wasn't happy when Clinton, Obama or Biden won, but I didn't call them fascist/dangerous/threat to democracy.